Ground-water Hydrology & Containment Transport

Host University

University of Virginia

Semester

Spring 2025

Course Number

CE 5240-600

CRN

20882

Discipline

Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering

Instructor

James Smith

Times and Days

Asynchronous

Course Information

An introduction to ground-water 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 ground-water.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites: CE 2210, CE 3200 or equivalent.