http://www.mines.edu/~epoeter/466/

GEGN 466 --- Ground Water Engineering
a Colorado School of Mines course
Mon and Wed 4-5:15

Professor:
Eileen Poeter
epoeter@mines.edu
303-273-3829
fax 303-384-2037
Office BH 121B
Office Hours
generally Mon 2-3:30 Wed 9-10:30 but check the link above for exceptions

Click here for the semester Schedule

web links will be posted at least a week before the class date
AUG 20 - Introduction / Water Cycle / Darcy's Law / Unit Conversions *** Aug 20 "Answers"
AUG 25 - Water Budgets 1 *** Aug 25 "Answers"
AUG 27 - Water Budgets 2 *** Aug 27 "Answers"
SEP 01 - Water Budgets 3 *** Sep 01 "Answers" DISRCHspreadsheet
SEP 03 - Porosity/Capillarity/HydraulicHead *** Sep 03 "Answers" (corrected radius on cpaillary rise calculation Sep8)
SEP 08 - Hydraulic Head / Hydraulic Conductivity / Darcy's Law *** Sep 08"Answers"
SEP 10 - Hydraulic Head / Hydraulic Conductivity / Darcy's Law continued *** Sep 10 "Answers"
SEP 15 - same link as SEP 10 Hydraulic Head / Hydraulic Conductivity / Darcy's Law continued *** Sep 15 "Answers"
SEP 17 - Heterogeneity *** Sep 17 "Answers"
SEP 22 - Flow Nets *** Sep 22 "Answers"
SEP 24 - Flow Nets continued same link as SEP 22 *** Sep 24 "Answers"
SEP 29 - Storage  / Flow Equations *** Sep 29 "Answers"
OCT 1 - Exam 1 - to study:
              1) review expectations for Exam 1 below and your class notes
              2) work the exercises and old exam problems under the links above
              3) make a 3 page (both sides "cheat sheet")
              4) get some rest so you can think and bring a calculator, pencil, eraser
Exam 1 Key
Oct 6   - Well Hydraulics 1 - Intro and Steady State solutions *** Oct 6 "Answers"
Oct 8   - Well Hydraulics 2 - Estimating h T and S in a confined infinite aquifer
Oct 13 - no classes at CSM
Oct 15 - Well Hydraulics 3 - Estimating T and S in a leaky and water table aquifers
Oct 20 - Well Hydraulics 4 - Superposition
Oct 22 - Well Hydraulics 5 - Approximating Wu / Specific Capacity / Slug Tests

Expectations: Exam  1
Expectations: Exam  2
Expectations: Final Exam

Texts
Applied Hydrogeology, 4th Edition, author: Fetter
Hydrogeology Laboratory Manual, 2nd Edition, authors: Lee, Fetter, McCray
Information related to the text and solutions to some of the problems: http://www.appliedhydrogeology.info/

Study Materials:
See exercises under each topic: EXERCISES & SOLUTIONS
EXAMS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS & SOLUTIONS
CSM LIBRARY GEGN466 Reserve Item # 2: TEXT PROBLEMS & SOLUTION MANUAL for Applied Hydrogeology (ed4)