Groundwater and Surface Water Quality

3 credits · Undergraduate Programs

Chemical and biological processes in surface water and groundwater systems. Water quality standards and regulation, contaminant transport and dispersal, fluid-sediment interactions, remediation of contamination, field approaches for delineation of contamination. Review of the partial differential equations and boundary conditions that describe groundwater flow and transport. Techniques will include the use of thermochemical models, numerical modelling of contaminant migration, and examination of case studies. Prerequisite(s): 3 units from Earth 430 or Geology 401; 3 units from Earth 435 or Geology 403. Also known as: (formerly Geology 505)