The course main focus is on drinking water resources and the study site used in most of the exercises is a real-case site that is evaluated as potential water supply for a municipality. The overall goal is that the student after passing the course should be able to manage a water resource problem, more specific to evaluate an eskers potential as water supply.
The lectures cover subjects as hydrogeological environments, natural and artificial groundwater recharge, groundwater flow theory, transport processes, boundary conditions and contamination hydrogeology. Moreover, lectures about geochemistry, water quality issues and treatment techniques for small-scale water supplies are included.
The exercises include conceptual modelling, pumping test analyses, numerical modelling for transport and scenario analysis.