Ground-water Hydrology & Containment Transport

Host University

University of Virginia

Semester

Spring 2026

Course Number

CE 5240

CRN

17599

Credits

3

Discipline

Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering

Instructor

James Smith (jas9e@virginia.edu)

Times and Days

Asynchronous

Course Information

An introduction to groundwater hydrology and contaminant transport. Topics include Darcy’s Law, fluid potential, hydraulic conductivity, the unsaturated zone, the 3-D equation of ground-water flow, well hydraulics and pump tests, including the principle of superposition, the advection-dispersion-reaction equation, pollutant fate and transport processes, and numerical simulation of groundwater. Prerequisites: CE 2210, CE 3200 or equivalent.

Prerequisites

CE 2210, CE 3200