NRME 234C/GEOL234C Introduction to Ground Water Hydrology
Syllabus 2007
Credit hrs: 4 Class hours: T, Th 2:15 – 5:15
Locations: Lecture Tuesday: Rm 317 Beach
Lab Thursday: Computer - Rm 303 WBY (Young); LERIS Laboratory
Field - BH well field or Water Resources Field
Station - Building #2(B2 former MCL)
Instructor: Dr. Gary A. Robbins, 313 WBY, 486-2448 (-2480 Dept.)
Email: gary.robbins@uconn.edu
Office hrs: M 10-11, W 11-12 or by arrangement
Exams: two and final
Lab: class experiments, problem sets, computer analyses,
Final Grade = 30%(ave lect tests) + 20%(final exam) + 20%(HW) + 25%(lab ave)
+ 5%(class participation.)
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COURSE SCHEDULE:
Lecture
Week Date Topic Readings
1 8/28, 8/30 Ground Water Intro, Hydrologic cycle Ch. 1
2 9/4 Water Properties Ch. 2,3
3 9/11 Aquifer Properties Ch. 6
4 9/18 Aquifer Properties Ch. 4
5 9/25 Ground water flow Ch. 5, 9/27E
6 10/2,10/4 Well Hydraulics Ch. 5
7 10/9 Well Hydraulics and Testing Ch. 5
8 10/16 Regional Ground Water Conditions Ch.7, readings
9 10/23 Regional Ground Water Conditions Ch. 8, 11, readings
10 10/30,11/1 Connecticut Hydrogeology, Water Quality Ch. 8, 9, readings
11 11/6E Ground Water Quality Ch. 9
12 11/13 Ground Water Quality, Contamination Ch. 10
13 11/20, 11/22 No CLASS
14 11/27 Contaminant transport Ch 10
15 12/4, 12/6 Contaminant transport Ch. 10, readings
final not yet scheduled (week of Dec 10)
E = exams
Exercises Tentative Schedule
Week Date Topic Location
2 9/6 Spreadsheet Lab 303 WBY
3 9/13 Drilling and soil sampling WRFS
4 9/20 Aquifer properties, geotech tests, Lab K WRFS
7 10/11 Water level measurement, analysis MCL
8 10/18 Flow net drawing and analysis 303 WBY
9 10/25 Pump testing WRFS
11 11/8 Slug testing WRFS
12 11/15 Ground water quality evolution 303 WBY
13 11/22 NO CLASS
14 11/29 Water Qualtiy Sampling and Analysis WRFS and WBY
1. Homework Instructions
All homework must be done in a spreadsheet (see
model). Make sure you label the spreadsheet sufficiently so the instructor
can identify the question number, follow your work, and find your answer
on the printout. Underline your answers or put them in boxes. Print your
spreadsheet out using 10-point font size or larger. Also make sure the printout
is legible. (Make sure there is sufficient ink in the printer to print legible
quality). Do not use paper with other material printed on it (this is not
good for the printer and it makes my job grading your work harder). IF I
CAN NOT FIGURE IT OUT, YOU GET NO CREDIT.
2. Exercise Instructions
Most lexercises require you to provide answers on the instruction sheets,
supplemented with spreadsheets. You should attach in a logical order, any
computations, computer printouts, graphics and other relevant data or information
to the instruction sheet when you hand in the exercise. NO BACKUP-NO CREDIT!
3. Due Dates
All homework and laboratory reports are due in two weeks.
Unless you have permission of the instructor, late work will not be acceptable.
If you think your work will be late, contact me ASAP.
4. Ethics*
DO YOUR OWN WORK! IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, SEE THE INSTRUCTOR. ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT*
WILL RESULT IN A FAILING GRADE IN THIS COURSE AND DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
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* “Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to, providing or
receiving assistance in a manner not authorized by the instructor in the
creation of work to be submitted for academic evaluation (e.g. papers, projects,
and examinations); any attempt to influence improperly (e.g. bribery, threats)
any member of the faculty, staff, or administration of the University in
any matter pertaining to academics or research; presenting, as one's own,
the ideas or words of another for academic evaluation; doing unauthorized
academic work for which another person will receive credit or be evaluated;
and presenting the same or substantially the same papers or projects in two
or more courses without the explicit permission of the instructors involved.
A student who knowingly assists another student in committing an act of academic
misconduct shall be equally accountable for the violation, and shall be subject
to the sanctions and other remedies described in The Student Code.”