EA2006:03
Hydrology
| Townsville, Cairns | HECS Band 2 |
24 hours lectures, 33 hours practicals. Semester 1. Lectures video-conferenced to Townsville campus.
Staff: Dr B Lottermoser, Dr G Shields.
An introduction to the science, technology and management of groundwater; including aquifer properties, water resource issues in Australia, water resource utilisation and protection, water quality, water pollution and remediation and dryland salinity and waterlogging.
Learning Objectives:
- description of the natural hydrologic processes which control the occurrence, movement and distribution of water on the Earth;
- appreciation of the critical role of groundwater in present day environmental pollution;
- development of a preliminary understanding of the processes effecting groundwater flow, quantity and availability.
Assessment by a two-hour written examination (60%); in-course tests and marked practicals (25%); two assignments (15%).