WATR414-25S1 (C) Semester One 2025

Applied Hydrogeology

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 February 2025
End Date: Sunday, 22 June 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 2 March 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 11 May 2025

Description

The Applied Hydrogeology course provides postgraduate students in engineering geology and environmental science with a sound understanding of the nature and occurrence of groundwater, various techniques for resource evaluation, contaminant transport issues, and a brief introduction to groundwater modelling. The course is an integrated one, developing both geological aspects of groundwater occurrence and chemistry, as well as pragmatic methods for quantifying flow parameters and aquifer characteristics.

Prerequisites

MATH101, 102 or 103 or with approval from the course coordinator

Restrictions

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Hydraulic conductivity lab report 30% Hydraulic conductivity lab report
Field work report 30% Field work report
Quiz 10% Quiz
Physical and computer modelling report 30% Physical and computer modelling report

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Fetter, C. W; Applied hydrogeology ; 4th ed., Pearson new international ed; Pearson, 2014.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,145.00

International fee $5,275.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Earth and Environment .

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