Hydrogeological field course

Objective

- To be able to choose an appropriate (goal, hydrogeological environment, logistic boundary conditions) investigation method and plan experiments accordingly. - To acquire own experiences in handling typical instruments, e.g. pump, pressure transmitter, data logger, inductive flowmeter, hydrochemical test sets etc. - To understand the theoretical background of important hydrogeological field investigation methods. - To master typical data presentation and evaluation methods, e.g. diagnostic plots, piper diagram, type curve fitting etc.). - To be able to assess the quality and importance of the achieved results in view of theoretical and practical limitations.

Content

Covered methods are - pump tests (if possible including several steps, recovery, constant P, constant Q, observation borehole, packer testing), - fluid logging (simple and typical techniques like fluid conductivity, flowmeter), - slug & bail tests (pneumatic, including packers, an/or using a hollow body), - groundwater sampling (including measurement of physico-chemical properties), - tracer dilution test (may use salt or fluorescent dyes).

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