CGE4161 Engineering Hydrogeology

The course introduces students to the geologic survey and hydrologic factors controlling the occurrence, movement, and development of subsurface water. It will focus on two major aspects of groundwater, namely "groundwater as a resource" and "groundwater as a geotechnical problem". For groundwater as a resource, this course will focus on groundwater exploration, extraction, development,  management, and protection from chemicals intrusion,  whether they are naturally occurring or artificial pollutants. In regard to groundwater as a geotechnical problem, this module is designed to make students understand the impact of groundwater on geotechnical properties of soil, landslides, inflows under dams, inflows through tunnels, inflows into excavations, and to learn how to overcome such situations with geotechnical solutions.  This module will make students understand the qualitative and quantitative analyses of the behavior of groundwater at local and regional scales and its impact on the geotechnical properties of soils in general.