Hydrogeological designing and documenting 1300-OPDH4CW

The lecture is designed to acquaint students with:
 characteristics of groundwater circulation zones within hydrogeological system
 types of water intakes, including a groundwater intake
 levels of administration associated with groundwater resources
 hydrogeological parameters of aquifers and properties of aquitards and aquitards
 a geological project of a groundwater intake (gaining and evaluation of the input data, project assumptions, a technical project, legal aspects related to the projections)
 practical aspects related to the hydrogeological supervision of groundwater intake construction
 hydrogeological drilling methods
 types of drilled wells, their construction (pipes, a filter)
 methods of conducting a cleaning and a pumping test and interpretation of the results (calculations the hydrogeological parameters of aquifer and determination of exploitation resources)
 determination of efficiency of old ones and new groundwater intakes and the improvement methodology
 methodology for calculating the resource area and well interaction,
 project of well renovation or elimination of wells
 documenting exploitation resources of groundwater
 types of hydrogeological documentation for resources or determining hydrogeological conditions, for example connected with a projection of the investment, that could make worse environmental state or dewatering

Classes are concentrated on:
 methodology of measurements and observations during a pumping test
 practical realization of a pumping test of the selected well (Quaternary or Oligocene) at the Research Station of the Faculty of Geology
 determination of the permeability coefficient using a pumping test for the analysis of steady flow
 determination of the hydrodynamic parameters of aquifers based on analysis of unsteady flow
 methodology of determination of well efficiency parameters
 preparation of the data for a project of geological work of a groundwater intake
 realisation a project of geological work of well

Type of course

obligatory courses

Prerequisites (description)

Student should have basic knowledge related to: - classification of rocks because of their genesis and lithological composition; - stratification of rocks; - tectonics of rocks; - Quaternary geology; - methods of hydrological research used in hydrogeology - systematic of hydrogeology; - chemical composition and physical properties of groundwater and interpretation of hydrogeochemical analyses - groundwater flow and the rules that govern it - groundwater resources - methodology of hydrogeological field research - methodology of geological drilling The knowledge on these subjects a student can earn during the following obligatory subjects conducted at UW: - Dynamic Geology (lecture and exercises) - Structural Geology (lecture and exercises) - Hydrology and hydraulics (lecture and exercises) - Hydrogeology (lecture and exercises) - Field course to choose , - Boring techniques and an introduction to mining technology (lecture and exercises) - Geomorphology & Quaternary geology (lecture and exercises) of at least 1 semester) - due to the specificity of regions where most students realize projects and documentation.

Course coordinators

Włodzimierz Humnicki
Dorota Porowska

Learning outcomes

After completing the course (lectures and exercises) a student:
 characterized rocks according to criterions of permeability and capacity
 adapts the drilling for hydrogeological situation
 calculates the hydrogeological parameters of aquifers
 projects groundwater wells
 plans schedule of field works related to the construction of water intakes
 estimates wells efficiency
 calculates the admissible volume of extracted groundwater
 documents the admissible volume of extracted groundwater
 has knowledge about the types of hydrogeological documentation and the methodology for obtaining materials for their implementation.

Assessment criteria

Requirements on the test:
- knowledge of the material presented in the lectures,
- knowledge of the literature and the data contained in the legislation indicated by the lecturer on the first lecture
- knowledge of the practical skills gained during the exercise

Practical placement

none

Additional information

Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:

Applied geology

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

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