These courses may be undertaken as part of Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering of Science degree programmes.

The object of CVEN3501 is to introduce engineering hydrology and its application in water resources management and flood estimation. Topics discussed include hydrological cycle, climatology, atmospheric circulation, meteorological measurements, precipitation, interpretation of data, streamflow measurement, runoff components, hydrograph analysis, storm runoff and loss rates, rainfall estimation - IFD diagrams and design hyetographs, concepts of flood estimation, deterministic rational method, probabilistic rational method, time-area methods, unit hydrographs concepts, development of hydrographs using non-linear reservoir and kinematic techniques, groundwater, hydraulic conductivity, Darcy's law, intrinsic permeability, water potential, hydraulic head, unsaturated zone, aquifers, aquicludes, aquitards, steady state flow, transient flow, effective stress, transmissitivity, storativity, pump test interpretation.

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Physical properties of groundwater and groundwater occurrence. Principles of groundwater flow. Storage and transmissivity - impacts of groundwater abstraction. Groundwater in the hydrological cycle: flow nets; surface water groundwater interconnectivity. Groundwater modelling. Unsaturated zone flow and calculation of infiltration. Groundwater recharge mechanisms and water balance calculations. Drilling methods for groundwater abstraction; geophysical logging; well design and completion for water production bores. Solutions to the radial flow equation; pumping test interpretation; program of field work and data analysis.

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An introduction to the interaction between water and the surficial environment, and the nature of water resources in Australia. The hydrologic cycle, geological and geomorphological controls on water flow and accumulation. Groundwater chemistry, salinity and contamination; the nature, development and sustainability of Australian groundwater resources. The application of environmental geophysics and drilling methods in groundwater studies and mapping of contaminants, including downhole logging techniques, electrical and seismic methods.

Note/s: Field work at dryland saline and contaminated sites, and students may incur personal costs.

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