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Course description

The capacity to understand and predict the behaviour of groundwater is essential to many areas of engineering including: i) design and construction of foundations, ii) mining operation design and management, iii) water resource assessments and iv) contaminant transport modelling and pollution management. This course provides students with the necessary skills and knowledge in hydrogeology and groundwater modelling to allow them to effectively contribute to groundwater related projects in professional practice, including the design of bore fields and site dewatering systems, deriving solutions to water resource problems and providing information to inform environmental management and risk assessment activities. A range of different modelling approaches, from simple analytical methods to the application of dynamic physically based modelling packages, are explored. The process of model testing, calibration and sensitivity analysis are introduced along with methods for analysing and communicating simulation outputs. The course also covers aspects of data analytics and best practice in environmental modelling.

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