Learning outcome

When finished the course the students will have knowledge and ability of:

Clear out the physical properties of water, the water cycle, and the watershed as a natural unit for water management
Calculate water balance
Knowledge about important challenges in urban hydrology
Knowledge and calculations about central hydrological field methods
Knowledge about aquifers in solid bedrock and loos edeposits
Darcy' law and flow in porous media
Calculations of ground water discharge and flow velocity
Soil water
Be an operative hydrogeologist in field, know how to atart up a project, apply the field surveys, do calculations, and write report
Knowledge of processes for ground water quality
Knowledge of sources for ground water contamination, how the ground water quality reduces by contamination, and how contamination should be managed to avoid reducing of the ground water quality

Course Description

Ground water in bedrock and Quaternary deposits, interaction between soil water, ground water, and surface water
Ground water as a drinking water resource
Ground water flow and introduction to mathematical ground water modelling
Management of ground water resources
Field and calculation methods in hydrogeology
Ground water chemistry: Chemistry of natural ground water, chemical and biological processes by contamination of organic and inorganic species in soil, ground water, and sea sediments from urban areas, agriculture, industry, and communication.
Transport of contaminants in soil and ground water. Remediation.
Introduction to EU's ground water directive
Field school

Teaching and Learning Methods

The teaching will be talks, exercsies,and group work over 46 hours. Field school over 5 days and one day trip. The field school includes field work, reposrt wrting, and an oral presentation of the results.

For Norwegian students the costs for field activities are around kr. 250 pr. student.

Assessment Methods

The marks will be based on a 4-hour, individual, written final exam. Approved field report is required to pass the course.

Minor adjustments may occur during the academic year, subject to the decision of the Dean