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

GEGN 466 --- Ground Water Engineering
a Colorado School of Mines course
Mon and Wed 8:35-9:50

Professor:
Eileen Poeter
epoeter@mines.edu
303-273-3829
fax 303-384-2037
Office BH 121B
Office Hours
Mon Wed 10-10:45 and by appointment

check the link for exceptions because conflicts occasionally arise during the semester

Throughout the semester, changes will be noted in red text and dated

Click here for the semester Schedule

web links will be posted a week before the class date, results from the morning's class will be posted that afternoon M_ is a Monday W_ is a Wednesday
W_AUG 25 - Introduction / Water Cycle / Darcy's Law / Unit Conversions
                            answers for Aug 25 class problems
M_AUG 30 - Water Budgets 1
 HW due from AUG 25 Unit Conversions
                            answers for Aug 30 class problems
W_SEP  01
- Water Budgets 2
 *8/28 minor update to notes HW due from AUG 30 Precipitation Distribution 
                            answers for Sep 01 class problems
M_SEP  06 - Water Budgets 3 HW due from AUG 30 Basin Budget
                            answers for Sep 06 class problems
W_SEP  08 - Porosity / Capillarity / Head NO HW due 
                            answers for Sep 08 class problems
M_SEP  13 - Hydraulic Head / Hydraulic Conductivity / Darcy's Law HW due from SEP 6 Baseflow-Recharge-Discharge
                            answers for Sep 13 class problems
W_SEP  15 - Hydraulic Head / Hydraulic Conductivity / Darcy's Law continued NO HW due
 
                          answers for Sep 15 class problems
M_SEP  20   same link as SEP 15 continued HW due from SEP 13  ex 6c 6d 6e
 
                          answers for Sep 20 class problems
W_SEP 22 - Heterogeneity
NO HW due 
                            answers for Sep 22 class problems
M_SEP 27 - Storage  / Flow Equations HW due from SEP 22  ex 8c
 
                          answers for Sep 27 class problems
W_SEP 29 -
Flow Nets  HW due from SEP 22  ex 8b AND SEP 27 Storage 10b
   
                        answers for Sep 29 class problems
M_OCT 04 - 
Flow Nets continued same link as SEP 29  HW due from SEP 27 Flow Equations 11a
   
                        answers for Oct 04 class problems
W_OCT 06 - Well Hydraulics 1 - Intro and Steady State solutions
HW due from OCT 04 answers last slide
                           or click here for just that HW description slide
   
                        answers for Oct 06 class problems
M_OCT 11 - Well Hydraulics 2 - Estimating s T and S in a confined infinite aquifer HW due from OCT 06
                           Draw Flow Net of Sand Box AND Estimate K from Well Test Data
   
                        Flow Net Data ...also... Useful Images for Drawing Your Flow Net
   
                        Well Test Data
                            answers for Oct 11 class problems
   
                        Flow Net Key
W_OCT 13 - Exam 1 EXAM   KeyProblem1 KeyProblem2 KeyProblem3 KeyProblem4
M_OCT 18 - no classes at CSM

W_OCT 20 - Well Hydraulics 3 - Estimating T and S in a leaky and water table aquifers 
   
                        HW due from OCT 11 Analyze Aquifer Test Data distributed in class KEY
                            answers for Oct 20 class problems
M_OCT 25 - Well Hydraulics 4 - Superposition
HW due from OCT 20 WH3 ex 14a of  
                            answers for Oct 25 class problems
W_OCT 27 - Well Hydraulics 5 - Specific Capacity / Slug Tests HW due from OCT 20 ex 14b AND OCT25 15a b c
                            answers for Oct 27 class problems
*new PDF Files of log-logPaper semi-logPaper
M_NOV  01 - Water Chemistry 1 - Fundamentals 
HW due from OCT 25 ex 15h AND OCT27 ex 16
                            answers for Nov 01 class problems
W_NOV 03 - Water Chemistry 2 - Sampling and Presenting Water Analyses HW due from OCT 25 WH4 ex 15f
                            answers for Nov 03 class problems
M_NOV  08 - Water Chemistry 3 - Controls on Water Chemistry HW due from NOV 03 as decribed at end of WC2 notes
                            answers for Nov 08 class problems
W_NOV 10 - Water Chemistry 4 - Using Water Chemistry to Interpret Flow Systems
                            answers for Nov 10 class problems
M_NOV 15  - Water Chemistry 5 - Water Quality 
                            answers for Nov 15 class problems
W_NOV 17
 - Contaminant Transport
                            answers for Nov 17 class problems
M_NOV 22 - Exam 2
EXAM   KeyProblem1 KeyProblem2 KeyProblem3 KeyProblem4
W_NOV 24 
- no classes at CSM
M_NOV 29  - Contaminant Transport (same link as Nov 17) 
                            answers for Nov 29 class problems
W_DEC 01
 - Contaminant Transport continued (same link as Nov 17) 
                            assignment for Dec 01 class problem
M_DEC 06 Management and Remediation DUE: HW 22c (from Dec 01 link) AND modeling from Dec 01 assignment  
                            answers for Dec 06 class problems 
W_DEC 08 
 - Modeling
                            answers for Dec 08 class problems 

FINAL EXAM THURS DEC 16 from 10:15 AM to 12:25 PM *** NOTE ROOM Berthoud 204 ***

FINAL EXAM PDF

FINAL EXAM KEY PDF

OFFICE HOURS DURING FINALS WEEK

MONDAY DEC 13   10-11AM and 3-4 PM

WEDNESDAY DEC 15  4-6 PM

Or email anytime

epoeter@mines.edu

Expectations: Exam  1
Expectations: Exam  2

Expectations: Final Exam


Texts
Applied Hydrogeology, 4th Edition, author: Fetter
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
EXAM PROBLEMS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS & SOLUTIONS
CSM LIBRARY GEGN467 Reserve:     Applied Hydrogeology, 4th Edition, author: Fetter     TEXT PROBLEMS & SOLUTION MANUAL for Applied Hydrogeology (ed4)