GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS

PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

Riddhi Singh Lecture 1a

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CE 626

Today we will…

• Introduce ourselves

• Take an overview of the course

• Discuss the relevance of groundwater

hydrology

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INTRODUCTIONS

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About me

• Riddhi Singh

• I work on frameworks to quantify water

availability under environmental change

and management of water resources

• I do this via: rainfall runoff modeling,

regionalization, comparative hydrologic

analysis, decision analysis frameworks,…

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About you

• Your name

• Your educational background

• Areas of water resources/ civil

engineering/ others that interest you

• Your expectations from this course

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OVERVIEW OF CE626

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Goals: Through this course, you will

1. Understand the basic concepts related to groundwater

2. Learn the equations governing groundwater flow

3. Learn numerical techniques to solve groundwater flow related problems

4. Understand how groundwater interacts with other hydrologic fluxes

5. Learn about various ways to develop and manage groundwater

6. Hopefully, have fun ☺

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This course is divided into two parts

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Part1.

Groundwater hydrology basics

Well hydraulics

Groundwater and other hydrologic components

Groundwater development and management

Part II.

Numerical solutions

Inverse modeling

Seawater intrusion

Groundwater remediation

Logistics

• Online submissions to riddhi@civil.iitb.ac.in; any hard copy submissions to

be handed over at the beginning of the class

• All assignment submissions at the beginning of the class on the due date

• Mondays & Thursdays 17:30 to 18:55 hrs

• Lectures in Room #238, Civil Eng. Department

• Office hours: Thursday, 3 pm to 5 pm

Or, by appointment, email: riddhi@civil.iitb.ac.in

• Office Location: 016, Ground Floor, Civil Eng. Department

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2-3 Assignments 40%

~2 Quizzes/ presentations* 30%

1 Mid Term exam 30%

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Grading breakdown for Part I

*Either 2 quizzes, or,

1 quiz + 1 presentation

A tentative timetable

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Lecture/Day/Date Topic Deliverables*1/M/Jul 16 Introduction to Groundwater Hydrology

2/T/Jul 19 Aquifer characteristics, Darcy’s law

3/M/Jul 23 Principles of groundwater flow-I (basic equations, boundary

conditions)

4/T/Jul 26 Principles of groundwater flow-II (steady flow in confined,

unconfined, and sloping aquifer)

5/M/Jul 30 Principles of groundwater flow – III (flow nets, tutorial) Assignment 1 (L1-L4)

6/T/Aug 2 Well Hydraulics- I

7/M/Aug 6 Well Hydraulics- II

8/T/Aug 9 Well Hydraulics- III

9/M/Aug 13 Interactions with other hydrologic components (streamflow, soil

moisture, rainfall, etc.)

Assignment 2 (L5-L8)

10/T/Aug 16 Regional groundwater flow

11/M/Aug 20 Water quality issues in Groundwater

12/T/Aug 23 Groundwater development and management-I (exploration

methods)

13/M/Aug 27 Groundwater development and management-II (safe yield, artificial

recharge)

14/T/Aug 30 Groundwater development and management-III (conjunctive use) Assignment 3 (L9-L13)

15/M/Sep 3 Case studies related to groundwater management

16/T/Sep 6 Introduction to groundwater models: distributed and conceptual

groundwater models, Inverse modeling in groundwater flow

--/--/Sep 10-16 -------------------------MID EXAM WEEK-------------------------

--/--/Sep 17-Nov 9 Part 2: Numerical Modelling, Remediation and Management

Assignment submission dates are fixed. All assignments should

be submitted as instructed before the due date.

Any coding related exercises to be emailed prior to due date.

Quiz/presentation dates are flexible

The timetable is flexible, we will adjust pace based on

feedback.

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• Teach a given topic for 15 minutes in class

• Select a case study relevant to the course and present it

in the class

• Pick an advanced topic related to the course but not

covered in the course, present in the class

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Presentations…

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Reference books

All course related slides, reading suggestions etc. on:

https://riddhisingh.weebly.com/ce626.html

Numerical Groundwater

Hydrology

A. K. Rastogi

Applied HydrogeologyC. W. Fetter