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Introduction to Hydrogeology

Class at Faculty of Science |
MG451P01

Syllabus

- Introduction - what is Hydrogeology, history of the hydrogeology, organization scheme of czech hydrogeology

- Basic terms in hydraulics, hydrological cycle, porosity, permeability, groundwater movements, amin equation of flow

- Principles of hydrochemistry, groundwater compositions, chemical reactions

- Regional hydrogeology of Czech republic - qualitative and quantitative description of main aquifers in Czech republic

- Mineral waters in Czech republic - qualitative and quantitative description of main sources of mineral water, their exploitation and protection

- Applied hydrogeology - exploitation of groundwater resources and principles of their protection, introduction to contaminant hydrogeology, overview of the remediation technics

* Practical skills:

Calculation of water balance components, hydrologic equation, separation of baseflow, use of Darcy´s law, hydraulic tests.

Annotation

Main target of the lecture is give a short outline of the hydrogeology in atractive and understandable way not only for the future hydrogeologists but also for other specialists. Graduate a subject of hydrogeology suppose the grammar school knowledges of the chemistry and mathematics.