SUS 9000B: Groundwater Hydrology

EAS 44600/B4600/SUS 9000B/EES 79903 GROUNDWATER HYDROLOGY

Fall 2022

Instructor: Dr. Pengfei Zhang, MR 932, 212-650-5609, pzhang@ccny.cuny.edu

Time: M, W 11:00 am-12:15 pm; location: MR 107; office hours: M 1-2 pm, or by appointment

Description:

This course is designed for graduate and senior undergraduate students who would like to have a working knowledge of groundwater. Course material will cover hydrologic cycle, fundamental physics of porous media flow, aquifer evaluation, chemical properties of groundwater, and contaminant transport. The course will also introduce commonly used groundwater/contaminant transport models such as MODFLOW and MT3D.

Objectives (and Relation to Departmental Course Outcomes: A-J):

At the completion of this course, students should have:

(1) a good understanding of the fundamental physics of porous media flow (B, C, D, E);

(2) knowledge of common groundwater modeling software (B, C); and

(3) skills to use instruments in hydrologic measurements (A, G, J).

Prerequisite:

Math 20300 or 20800; Physics 20800; EAS 10600 or 21300, or by permission.

Required textbook:

Fetter, C. W. and Kreamer, D., 2022, Applied Hydrogeology (5^th ed.), Waveland Press, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-1-4786-4652-5; ISBN-10: 1-4786-4652-7

Other useful texts:

Freeze, R. A. and Cherry, J. A., 1979, Groundwater, Prentice Hall (free copy available)

Schwartz, F. W., and Zhang, H., 2003, Fundamentals of Ground Water, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, NY

Domenico, P. A. and Schwartz, F. W., 1998, Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology (2^nd ed.), John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, NY

Fetter, C. W., Boving T., and Kreamer D., 2017, Contaminant Hydrogeology, Waveland Press, Inc.

Langmuir, D., 1997, Aqueous Environmental Geochemistry, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ

Grading:

Problem sets and lab reports: 220 points (20 points each)

Exams: 300 points (midterm: 100 points; final: 200 points)

Term paper (graduate students only): 100 points (presentation: 40 points; report: 60 points). Graduate students will prepare a term paper that critically reviews a topic in groundwater hydrology. Details will be provided in class early in the semester.

Attendance and participation: 30 points

Total: 550 points for undergraduates and 650 points for graduate students

Grading scale: A: ≥93%, A^-: 90-92%, B⁺: 87-89%, B: 84-86%, B^-: 80-83%, C⁺: 77-79%, C: 74-76%, C^-: 70-73%, D: 60-69%, F: <60%

Course policy:

Problem sets and lab reports will be due at 11 am on the specified due date. No late problem sets or lab reports will be accepted. Exams will be close-book and will cover materials in homework. The final exam will be comprehensive. Students can discuss homework problems with fellow students, but copying homework from fellow students is prohibited. Please review CUNY academic integrity policy here (https://www.cuny.edu/about/administration/offices/legal-affairs/policies-procedures/academic-integrity-policy/).

Schedule:

The instructor reserves the right to modify this syllabus during the semester.