Hydraulic head and groundwater flow

Upon completion, students will be able to:

• • Understand concepts needed to measure hydraulic head, and horizontal and vertical head gradients in the field
  • Survey wells using transits
  • Determine depth to water using DTW meters
  • Estimate azimuth of groundwater flow 

Well drilling and sampling

Upon completion, students will be able to:

• • Understand basic methods for drilling and sampling wells
  • Describe soil core
  • Understand the drilling, sampling and completion process for shallow wells
  • Describe a soil core or cuttings that you obtain

Spatial mapping

Upon completion, students will be able to:

• • Make a map using a pace (and/or tape) and compass
  • Measure locations and elevations using a transit, plot the points on a basemap
  • Map and describe an outcrop

Describing aquifer materials

Upon completion, students will be able to:

• • Describe geologic material exposed in a borehole wall
  • Describe core samples from 3 different sites