Groundwater Engineering: A Technical Approach to Hydrogeology, Contaminant Transport and Groundwater Remediation

Description

This textbook employs a technical and quantitative approach to explain subsurface hydrology and hydrogeology, and to offer a comprehensive overview of groundwater-related topics such as flow in porous media, aquifer characterization, contaminant description and transport, risk assessment, and groundwater remediation. It describes the characterization of subsurface flow of pristine and polluted water and provides readers with easily applicable tools for the design of water supply systems, drinking-water source protection, and remediation interventions. Specific applications range from groundwater exploitation as a drinking water supply to the remediation of contaminated aquifers, from the definition and safeguarding of drinking-water sources to the assessment of human health risks in connection with groundwater contamination events. The book represents an ideal learning resource for upper-undergraduate and graduate students of civil engineering, environmental engineering, and geology, as well as practitioners in the fields of water resource management and environmental protection who are interested in groundwater engineering and technical hydrogeology. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxi Basic Concepts (Rajandrea Sethi, Antonio Di Molfetta)....Pages 1-25 The Groundwater Flow Equation (Rajandrea Sethi, Antonio Di Molfetta)....Pages 27-32 Analytical Solutions of the Groundwater Flow Equation (Rajandrea Sethi, Antonio Di Molfetta)....Pages 33-53 Aquifer Characterization (Rajandrea Sethi, Antonio Di Molfetta)....Pages 55-112 Well Testing (Rajandrea Sethi, Antonio Di Molfetta)....Pages 113-125 Optimization of a Water Supply System (Rajandrea Sethi, Antonio Di Molfetta)....Pages 127-136 Aquifer Vulnerability and Contamination Risk (Rajandrea Sethi, Antonio Di Molfetta)....Pages 137-159 Well Head Protection Areas (Rajandrea Sethi, Antonio Di Molfetta)....Pages 161-168 Groundwater Contaminants (Rajandrea Sethi, Antonio Di Molfetta)....Pages 169-192 Mechanisms of Contaminant Transport in Aquifers (Rajandrea Sethi, Antonio Di Molfetta)....Pages 193-217 The Mass Transport Equations (Rajandrea Sethi, Antonio Di Molfetta)....Pages 219-223 Analytical Solutions to the Differential Equation of Mass Transport for Conservative Solutes (Rajandrea Sethi, Antonio Di Molfetta)....Pages 225-237 Analytical Solutions of the Differential Equation of Mass Transport for Reactive Solutes (Rajandrea Sethi, Antonio Di Molfetta)....Pages 239-247 Transport of Immiscible Fluids (Rajandrea Sethi, Antonio Di Molfetta)....Pages 249-262 Characterization of a Contamination Event (Rajandrea Sethi, Antonio Di Molfetta)....Pages 263-299 Human Health Risk Assessment (Rajandrea Sethi, Antonio Di Molfetta)....Pages 301-329 Remediation of Contaminated Groundwater (Rajandrea Sethi, Antonio Di Molfetta)....Pages 331-409 Back Matter ....Pages 411-439