CIVL 3018 Hydrogeology

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Credit Points 10

Legacy Code 301397

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Description This unit covers principles of hydrogeology. It contains concepts related to occurrence of groundwater, groundwater movement, groundwater hydraulics, water wells, quality of groundwater, groundwater modelling and groundwater management. The objectives of this unit are to enable students to learn the concept of groundwater and apply the learnt concepts in solving groundwater problems in engineering practice.

School Eng, Design & Built Env

Discipline Water and Sanitary Engineering

Student Contribution Band HECS Band 2 10cp

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Level Undergraduate Level 3 subject

Pre-requisite(s) CIVL 2003

Equivalent Subjects EART 3004 - Hydrogeology

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

Apply fundamental knowledge of groundwater movement, groundwater hydraulics and water wells to solve hydrogeological problems
Apply groundwater quality modelling techniques
Evaluate groundwater pollution and management problems
Analyse groundwater modelling and exploration techniques
Evaluate current Australian codes and software to solve groundwater problems
Critically evaluate current literature to benchmark recent problems and developments in groundwater engineering practice
Design sustainable groundwater engineering projects

Subject Content

1. Occurrence of groundwater
2. Groundwater movement
3. Groundwater and well hydraulics
4. Water wells
5. Groundwater levels and environmental influences
6. Quality of groundwater
7. Pollution of groundwater
8. Management of groundwater
9. Groundwater modelling
10. Groundwater investigation

Assessment

The following table summarises the standard assessment tasks for this subject. Please note this is a guide only. Assessment tasks are regularly updated, where there is a difference your Learning Guide takes precedence.

Item	Length	Percent	Threshold	Individual/Group Task
2 Quizzes (Short answer test), @ 10% each = 20%	30 minutes each	20	N	Individual
Project (Students to complete a design project, three students in a group, a group submits one report)	2,500 words	25	N	Group
Final exam	2 hours	55	N	Individual