Basic to advanced principles in underground hydrology.
Basic to advanced principles in groundwater contamination and remediation.
Fundamental concepts of flow and transport of pollutants in Groundwater.
Design and analysis of pumping tests, application of “slug test” methods using AquiferTest software. Methods for determining hydraulic conductivity, storage coefficient, porosity, and recharge.
Concepts and advanced principles of groundwater flow, destination and transport of pollutants and natural attenuation: diffusion, dispersion, sorption, retardation, biodegradation, reduction or depletion of the natural source zone.
Cleanup goals or targets, key regulators, and risk controllers for remediation.
LNAPLs (Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids, BTEX, MTBE), DNAPLs (Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids): concepts, remediation and challenges.
Introduction to popular software programs (eg MODFLOW, MT3D, BIOSCREEN…) and their applications in groundwater hydrology, pollution and remediation: Emphasis on practical applications.
Fundamental concepts and theory of water and chemical movement in the unsaturated zone; Laboratory methods and field equipment (suction lysimeters and tensiometers) to characterize the extraction of water samples from the soil / gases in the unsaturated zone (Gases in the Vadose Zone)