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E-Learning – Introduction to Groundwater and Monitoring

Overview

The course is suitable for any geoscientist with no or minimal knowledge of hydrogeology who wishes to gain an overview of groundwater occurrence and flow.

Course Objective

• To provide a basic introduction to hydrogeology
• To provide an overview of the occurrence of groundwater and how groundwater systems work
• To introduce methods used in hydrogeology

Course Content

• Overview of the Main Concepts of Groundwater Occurrence and Flow
• The Hydrological Cycle
• Aquifers, Groundwater Occurrence and Flow
• Hydrogeological Techniques
• Groundwater Problems: Resources and Quality
• Monitoring Groundwater: the Entry Point to Management
• Transboundary Groundwater Monitoring
• The Groundwater Monitoring Cycle
• Study Case and Discussion