Syllabus
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Course Code: G-301 Course Name: Geohydrology |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Introduction to hydrogeology, hydrologic cycle, water budget on earth, water balance studies, origin of groundwater, springs, their classification and characteristics, quality of groundwater, drinking water criteria, standards of industrial and agricultural use of water. |
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| 2 | Hydrological properties of water bearing materials, porosity, void ratio, permeability, transmissivity, storativity, specific yield, specific retention, diffusivity, and field and laboratory methods of determination of permeability. Movement of groundwater and aquifer performance tests. Darcy law and its range of validity. Theory of groundwater flow under steady and unsteady conditions, determination of permeability, transmissivity and storativity by discharging well methods. | |
| 3 | Mode of occurrence of ground water, classification of rocks with respect to their water bearing characteristics, aquifers, aquicludes, aquitards, aquifuse, classification of aquifers, photo-geological and remote sensing studies for water resources evaluation, groundwater exploration, water well drilling, development of wells, groundwater management, hydrograph analysis, conjunctive and consumptive use of groundwater and hydrograph analysis. | |
| 4 | Physical properties used for groundwater exploration, groundwater exploration methods, resistivity method, concept of apparent and true resistivity, profiling and sounding, range of resistivity values for various rocks and minerals and application of seismic refraction method for groundwater problems. | |
