Course Schedule, Unit 2

Part 2 of Course, after midterm to final exam

Week 9: Porous Media

Week 10: Basics of Groundwater

Week 11: Darcy’s Law

Week 12: Flow Modeling, Wells, and Pumping Tests

Week 13: Water Quality and Groundwater Contamination

Week 14: Groundwater Remediation

Week 15: Final Exam

Final Exam Week

WeekLectureLab or Field Trip
1Watersheds and Water Mass BalancesLab: Watershed
2Precipitation, Measurement, and Historical DataWeekend field trip to the Old Croton Dam and Aqueduct
3Evaporation, Transpiration, EvapotranspirationWater budget of Mono Lake 1
4(Quiz #1) Infiltration, Water at the Land-SurfaceWater budget of Mono Lake 2
5Runoff Processes, Infiltration and Saturation Excess FlowsLab: infiltration
6Streamflow, Hydrographs, Land Use ChangeLab: stream flow
7Flood Prediction and Flood Frequency AnalysisLab: flood frequency
8Midterm ExamGreen Infrastructure Field Trip
9Porous MediaLab: Porosity, specific yield, specific retention
10Basics of Groundwater flowLab: Groundwater Hydrology Part B
11Darcy’s LawLab: Groundwater Hydrology Part A
12(Quiz #2) Flow Modeling, Wells, and Pumping TestsLab: Darcy’s law
13Water Quality and Groundwater ContaminationLab: water quality data and pollution sources
14Groundwater RemediationReview
15FINAL EXAM