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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 written examination (60%); in-course tests and marked practicals (25%); two assignments (15%).