http://inside.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 *updated Oct 26

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 capillary 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 s T and S in a confined infinite aquifer *** Oct 8 "Answers"
               Key to example of transient drawdown calculation for class selected properties
Oct 13 - no classes at CSM
Oct 15 - Well Hydraulics 3 - Estimating T and S in a leaky and water table aquifers *** Oct 15 "Answers"
Oct 20 - Well Hydraulics 4 - Superposition *** Oct 20 "Answers"
Oct 22 - Well Hydraulics 5 - Specific Capacity / Slug Tests *** Oct 22 "Answers"
Oct 27 - Water Chemistry 1 - Fundamentals *** Oct 27 "Answers"
Oct 29 - Water Chemistry 2 - Presenting Water Analyses
Nov 3  - Water Chemistry 3 - Equilibrium, Solubility, Saturation Index, Alkalinity *** Nov 3 "Answers"
NOV 5 - Exam 2- to study:
              1) review expectations for Exam 2 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") - you can ALSO bring your sheets from the last exam
              4) get some rest so you can think and bring a calculator, pencil, eraser
                            AND BRING YOUR WELL FUNCTION TRANSPARENCY
Exam 2 Key
Nov 10  - Water Chemistry 4 - Interpretation *** Nov 10"Answers"
Nov 12  - Water Chemistry 5 - Quality *** Nov 12 "Answers"
Nov 17  - Contaminant Transport *** Nov 17 "Answers"
Nov 19  - Contaminant Transport continued same link as NOV 17 *** Nov 19 "Answers"
Nov 24  - Modeling
Nov 26  - No class, Thanksgiving break
Dec 1    - Management and Remediation - link coming soon
Dec 3    - No Class

FINAL EXAM
**** WEDNESDAY DEC 10 FINAL EXAM 3:15-5:15 PM regular classroom BE201
if you cannot make it on Wednesday, the ALTERNATE time is:
SATURDAY DEC 6 FINAL EXAM 3:15-5:15 PM regular classroom BE201

Expectations: Exam  1
Expectations: Exam  2 *updated Oct 29 and again Oct 30
Expectations: Final Exam *updated Oct 29 and again Oct 30

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)