Groundwater Hydrology and Contamination
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The official GTU curriculum for Groundwater Hydrology and Contamination (subject code ME01018071) as prescribed for EM · Semester 1 divides the course into 8 units, covering 35 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (ME01018071)Unit 1 Introduction
- Definition of ground water
- vertical distribution of sub surface water
- hydrological properties of water bearing strata
- ground water in hydrologic cycle
Unit 2 Ground Water Hydraulics
- Darcy’s law, its range of validity
- Dupuit’s & Forchheimer assumptions
- Applications of Darcy’s law for simple flow systems
- Governing differential equations for confined and unconfined aquifers
- steady and unsteady flow solutions for fully penetrating wells
- partially penetrating wells
- interference of wells
- test pumping analysis with steady and unsteady flows
- delayed yield
- method of images
Unit 3 Ground Water Quality
- Indian and international standards
Unit 4 Ground Water Pollution
- remedial and preventive measures
Unit 5 Transport of Ground Water Contamination
- Transport Mechanisms
- Dispersion and diffusion
- Numerical Flow and Transport Modeling
Unit 6 Models for Groundwater Flow
- Sampling and Monitoring Methods
- Transport Mechanisms
- Modeling Advective-Dispersive Transport
- Adsorption and Chemical Reaction
- Biodegradation Kinetics
- Numerical Flow and Transport Modeling
- Waste Site Characterization/Investigation
- Ground Water Remediation
- Legal Issues in Groundwater Contamination
Unit 7 Ground Water Restoration and Treatment
- Source control strategies
- Treatment technologies
- In situ treatment methods
- Pump and treat method
Unit 8 Ground Water Conservation
- Ground Water Budget
- Seepage From Surface Water
- Artificial Recharge
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