CE8016 Groundwater Engineering Syllabus:

CE8016 Groundwater Engineering Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2017

OBJECTIVES:

  • To introduce the student to the principles of Groundwater governing Equations and Characteristics of different aquifers.
  • To understand the techniques of development and management of groundwater.

UNIT I HYDROGEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS

Introduction – Water bearing Properties of Rock – Type of aquifers – Aquifer properties – permeability, specific yield, transmissivity and storage coefficient – Methods of Estimation – GECnorms – Steady state flow – Darcy’s Law – Groundwater Velocity –- Dupuit Forchheimer assumption – Steady Radial Flow into a Well

UNIT II WELL HYDRAULICS

Unsteady state flow – Theis method – Jacob method – Chow’s method – Law of Times – Theis Recovery – Bailer method – Slug method – tests – Image well theory – Partial penetrations of wells – Well losses – Specific Capacity and Safe yield – Collector well and Infiltration gallery

UNIT III GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT

Need for Management Model – Database for Groundwater Management – Groundwater balance study – Introduction to Mathematical model – Model Conceptualization – Initial and Boundary Condition – Calibration – Validation – Future Prediction – Sensitivity Analysis – Uncertainty – Development of a model

UNIT IV GROUNDWATER QUALITY

Ground water chemistry – Origin, movement and quality – Water quality standards – Drinking water – Industrial water – Irrigation water – Ground water Pollution and legislation – Environmental Regulatory requirements

UNIT V GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION

Artificial recharge techniques – Reclaimed wastewater recharge – Soil aquifer treatment (SAT) – Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR)Seawater Intrusion and Remediation – Ground water Basin management and Conjunctive use – Protection zone delineation, Contamination source inventory and remediation schemes

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Raghunath H.M., “Ground Water Hydrology”, New Age International (P) Limited, New Delhi, 2010.
2. Todd D.K., “Ground Water Hydrology”, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2000.

REFERENCES:

1. Fitts R Charles, “Groundwater Science”. Elsevier, Academic Press, 2002.
2. Ramakrishnan, S, Ground Water, K.J. Graph arts, Chennai, 1998.