Water Resources and Environment

Recommended Prerequisites

Hydrogeology

Geology (general).

Teaching Methods

Theoretical and practical classes.

Resolution of  theoretical and practical exercises

Development of laboratory activities

Development of field observations and tests.

Learning Outcomes

The course aims to give students skills:

- To characterize and classify natural water bodies, surface and groundwater

- To set exploration-evaluation-monitorization plans

- To assess aquifers vulnerability and risck and to evaluated impacts of human activities on water bodies

- To develop protection and recovery-remediation plans

- To integrate teams for a sustainable management of water bodies

- To integrate teams of environmental management and land planning.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. The natural water bodies, surface and groundwater

Natural resource / Environmental component / Natural heritage

2. Techniques and study levels of water bodies:

Geometry-volumetry

Hydrodynamics

Hydrochemistry - Quality

Modeling

Exploration-evaluation; Exploitation; Monitoring

3. Surface water

Atmospheric precipitation

Surface retention and flow. Drainage basins

Surface water exploitation

4. The water in the unsaturated (or vadose) zone

5. Groundwater and Aquifers (units and systems)

Aquifers in porous, karst, crystalline and volcanic terrains

Aquifers in Portugal

Groundwater exploitation

6. Sustainable management of natural water bodies

7. Aqufer vulnerability and risck

Impacts resulting from human activities. Water contamination

8. Remediation recovery and protection measures and techniques

9. Legislation (national and supra-national.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Laboratory work or Field work: 10.0%
Resolution Problems: 30.0%
Exam: 60.0%

Bibliography

Appelo CAJ and Postma D (2005) GEOCHEMISTRY, GROUNDWATER AND POLLUTION. 2nd ed. A.A.Balkema Publishers, Leiden. 649p.

M. Thangarajan (2007) GROUNDWATER - RESOURCE EVALUATION, AUGMENTATION, CONTAMINATION, RESTORATION, MODELING AND MANAGEMENT – Ed. Springer

Domenico, P.A. e Schwartz, F.W. (1990) PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL HYDROGEOLOGY – Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 506p.

Fetter, C.W. (2001) APPLIED HYDROGEOLOGY. Prentice Hall. 4th ed. 598p.

Freeze, A.R. & Cherry, J.A. (1979) GROUNDWATER – Ed. Prentice-Hall, NY, 604p.

Matthess & J.C. Harvey (1982) THE PROPERTIES OF GROUNDWATER - Ed: John Wiley & Sons. 406 pp.

Delleur J.W. (Ed) (2007) THE HANDBOOK OF GROUNDWATER ENGINEERING. Boca Raton, CRC Press.

Sanders; L.L. - (1998) A MANUAL OF FIELD HYDROGEOLOGY. Ed: Prentice Hall. New Jersey. 380 p.

Weight, W.D. & Sonderegger, J.L. (2001) MANUAL OF APPLIED FIELD HYDROGEOLOGY. - Ed. McGraw-Hill, 608p.

Watson, I.; Burnett, A.D. (1995). Hydrology an Environmental Approach. London: CRC, Lewis