Synthesize water level data and construct a water table map or potentiometric map to determine groundwater flow directions at a site.
Select an appropriate drilling technology and propose a monitoring network to detect groundwater contamination at a new site.
Apply Darcy's Law
Synthesize water level data and construct a water table map or potentiometric map to determine groundwater flow directions at a site.
Select an appropriate drilling technology and propose a monitoring network to detect groundwater contamination at a new site.
Apply Darcy's Law to estimate/calculate groundwater velocities. Employ water budget equations to calculate changes in water levels (hydrologic cycle). Calculate water storage and release from unconfined and confined aquifers.
Predict the impact of different chemical and physical processes (diffusion, dispersion, sorption, biodegradation, DNAPL) on solute transport.
Apply skills in lithologic description and contouring to characterize site conditions at an actual contaminated site in Michigan by drawing geologic cross-sections, water table maps and contaminant plume maps that will be used to identify flow pathways and estimate groundwater travel times.
Use an understanding of groundwater – surface water interactions to explain obser