Groundwater flow and Contaminant Transport

1. COURSE INFORMATION:

School	Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Course Level	Undergraduate
Direction	Environmental Engineering
Course ID	ENVE 432	Semester	8^th
Course Category	Required
Course Modules	Instruction Hours per Week		ECTS
Lectures, Lab assignments and Tutorials	5 T=3, E=1, L=2/2		5
Course Type	Special Background
Prerequisites
Instruction/Exam Language	Greek
The course is offered to Erasmus students	No
Course URL	https//www.eclass.tuc.gr/courses/MHPER162/ (in Greek)

2. LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

Recall the hydrogeological framework and the basic principles and parameters that determine the flow of groundwater
Solve the basic equations of Underground Hydraulics
Recognize the operation of wells and their impact on aquifers
Distinguish the mechanisms of transport of pollutants in the subsoil
Design simple and complex groundwater plumbing projects and groundwater exploitation and protection projects

General Competencies/Skills

3. COURSE SYLLABUS

Porous Media, Groundwater Distribution, Porosity, Hydrogeological Formations
Hydraulic heads and Slopes, Hydraulic Conductivity, Homogeneity and Anisotropy
Free Aquifers, Constrained Aquifers
Continuity Equation, Numerical Groundwater Models
Wells, Constant Flow to Well (Free and Constrained Aquifers, Leaking Aquifers)
Unstable Flow to Well
Pumping Test, Soil Water in the Unsaturated Zone
Soil Measurements and Properties
Water Balance
Sources of Pollution, Mass Transfer Procedures Continuity Equation, Concept of Transport
Underground Flow Diodes, Impacts on Underground Pollution
Fick Law, Molecular Diffusion Factors, Diffusion in Porous Media
Applications of Diffusion Equation, One-Dimensional Flow, Circular Flow, Transverse Dispersion, Mechanical Dispersion Tensor, Dispersion Models and Pollution Zones

4. INSTRUCTION and LEARNING METHODS - ASSESSMENT

Lecture Method	Direct (face to face)
Use of Information and Communication Technology	Specialized software Supplementation of learning procedure through e-class platform Environmental models development and use
Instruction Organisation	Activity	Workload per Semester (hours)
	- Lectures	39
	- Tutorials	13
	- Projects, autonomous assignments and lab assignments	50
	- Study and literature review	23
	Course Total	125
Assessment Method	Ι. Written final examination (60%) which includes: -Problem solving with quantitative data. ΙΙ. Lab report assessment (15%). III. Projects 25%).

5. RECOMMENDED READING

6. INSTRUCTORS

Course Instructor:	Professor G. Karatzas (Faculty - ChEnvEng)
Lectures:	Professor G. Karatzas (Faculty - ChEnvEng)
Tutorial exercises:	Professor G. Karatzas (Faculty - ChEnvEng)
Laboratory Exercises:	PD 407/80

Technical University of Crete