Environmental Hydrology and Remediation

Examines how water moves through natural and engineered systems, integrating hydrology, chemistry, and ecology. It begins with the hydrologic cycle, aquifers, and groundwater flow, introducing core concepts such as porosity, hydraulic conductivity, and Darcy’s Law. Students explore well hydraulics, including well construction, pumping tests, and protection of groundwater resources, before learning how contaminants enter and move through aquifers by advection, diffusion, and dispersion. The course covers groundwater and surface water contamination and remediation methods, along with runoff estimation, open-channel flow, and the effects of climate change on watersheds. It concludes with contaminant degradation kinetics and phase distribution, including bioconcentration, bioaccumulation, and biomagnification, reinforced through real-world case studies. Pre-requisites: MATH105, MATH201, PHYS101.