Stream gauging and hydraulic gradient

Upon completion, students will be able to:

• • Measure the volumetric flow rate in a stream
  • Characterize the change in flow with distance
  • Use Manning's Law with stream gauging to characterize channel roughness

Interaction between ground water and surface water

Upon completion, students will be able to:

• • Characterize the interaction between groundwater and surface water
  • Measure the groundwater discharge to a stream
  • Measure the vertical hydraulic head gradient in a stream bed
  • Estimate the hydraulic conductivity of a stream bed

Water balance and water quality

Upon completion, students will be able to:

• • Recognize a stream hydrograph
  • Be aware of methods for analyzing hydrographs and recognizing some of the insights that can be gained from them 
  • Be aware of factors affecting water quality and basic measurements of water quality
  • Make water quality measurements and use them to make hydrogeologic inferences

Water and sediment sampling

Upon completion, students will be able to:

• • Use methods for sampling surface water and ground water
  • Use selected methods for sampling and characterizing water
  • Take sediment cores and analyze grain-size distribution
  • Measure bed-load transport rate across the width of the channel