Groundwater modelling

This course is a part of ENVM1602-24 Regional Hydrology, but it can be followed as a separate elective. Please contact the instructor in case you are interested in taking this course as a separate elective.

Students learn how to model groundwater systems. Different modeling approaches are applied in exercises to assess the environmental impact of man-made changes in the geohydrological system.

Topics include:

• The analytic element method and the finite difference method (including MODFLOW).

• Comparison of grid-based methods and analytical methods.

• Design of well fields including capture zones and wellhead protection

• Pumping test analysis

• Travel times

• Time series analysis of groundwater time series.

• Prediction of groundwater heads in wet and dry periods.