After successful completion of the course, students are able to... select and apply suitable methods for investigating the hydraulic soil properties, estimate the amount of water abstraction to protect building pits, determine if groundwater can be used for a typical household, and analyse the impact of flood protection dams on the groundwater flow situation.

Introduction into the types of subsurface tests as basis for modelling

Applications and limits of groundwater models

Investigation methods for determining the hydraulic properties of subsurface materials

Thermal use of groundwater

Practical exercises:

• Evaluating a steady-state pumping test,

• Determining the hydraulic conductivity from infiltration tests and sieve analyses,

• Assessing the capacity of a single well and a multiple well facility (Water control at building pits),

• Estimating the impact of thermal use of groundwater,

• Investigating the groundwater flow near flood protection dams with the help of a 2-D groundwater model.   

Hands-on exercises, Introduction in the Software Freewat, QGis, Modflow, MT3DMS, theory lectures, autonomous learning of selected Topics and oral presentations.

The evaluation includes the written exam, a 15 min presentation of a given topic and active participation in the practical exercises and discussion of the presentations. The attendance at all model exercises is mandatory.

Anwesenheitspflicht bei den Übungen

Skriptum zur Grundwassermodellierung, AP. Blaschke

ÖWAV-Regelblatt ; 207 Termische Nutzung des Grundwassers und des Untergrunds - Heizen und Kühlen

Applied Groundwater Modeling, MP. Anderson, WW. Woessner

Introduction to groundwater modeling: finite difference and finite element methods, HF. Wang, MP. Anderson