Course Information:
Room: F367 Ferrante Textbook: Applied Hydrogeology 4th Ed.,
Section: 001 (Lect. Mon & Wedn 1:35-3:00 pm by C.W. Fetter, Prentice Hall, Inc.
Lab Thurs 2:00-4:50 pm) 2nd & 3rd Editions also accepted
ISBN 4th 0-13-088239-9
3rd 0-02-336490-4
2nd 0-675-20887-4
Instructor: phone: (315) 498-2722 office number
Mr. Brian McAninch http://myhome.sunyocc.edu/~mcanincb/
Office: 369 Ferrante E-mail: mcanincb@sunyocc.edu
Env/Geo tutoring Mon 11:05-12:30 pm
Office Hours: Mon & Wedn 3-4:00pm, Tues 11-12:30 & Fri 12:00-12:30.
Course Objectives: To introduce students to fundamental concepts and methods of analysis pertaining to the flow of surface/groundwater, water resources, water quality and contamination. Lab and classroom experience will include: the physics of water; descriptions & mathematics of its movements in the surface water, vadose & groundwater settings; basic elements of soil mechanics & soil description; exploratory drilling & well installation; conducting and analyzing a pump test; surface water flow analysis & measurement; and analysis techniques for water chemistry.
Due to the nature of hydrological testing & methods some lab time will used for lecture and some lecture time may be used for laboratory exercises. In addition, in order to conduct field exercises, it maybe useful to have a Saturday lab once. We will arrange this around everyone’s schedule in class.
This course consists of two (2), one & one-half hour lectures, and one (1) three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites or co-requisites for the course are MAT 143 or MAT 151.
Attendance: Attendance is mandatory. You are expected to attend all classes, arrive on time, and remain until class is completed. Tardiness will be counted as an absence. Make-up times for exams and laboratories will ONLY be allowed if you have given the instructor prior notification of your absence and have arranged to complete the missed exam or lab. Make-up work must be completed within one (1) week of the original exam or quiz. Frequent absences will lower your course grade.
Laboratory Field Trips: Attendance is mandatory for field trips and will involve some climbing up and down. These field trips require you bring appropriate foot ware & clothing, and you should bring paper, calculator & pencil/pen along as well.
Academic Honesty: Students are allowed to work together on any homework & laboratory exercises; however, written class work that is turned in must be in your own words. All laboratory write-ups must be your own work. Students who hand in identical answers will be subject to disciplinary action; that is loss of grade for the exercise or automatic failure of the class. All work performed on exams is to be performed by yourself. Any student violating this rule for the exams will automatically fail the entire course.
Evaluation: Your final grade will be determined as follows: 30% laboratory exercises, 20% homework exercises, 50% exams (exams: two midterms [15% each] and one final [20%]). Your lab grade will be based on your performance on lab exercises, with lab exercises due within one week of completing the lab. Homework exercises will be due within one week of being handed out to the class, unless otherwise noted.
Weekly Course Schedule
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Week |
Activity |
Reading/Lab |
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Jan 24, 2011 |
Class Introduction, History of Hydrogeology, begin on Properties of Water. |
Chapter 1 Lecture during Lab |
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Jan 31, 2011
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Properties of Water & Media, |
Chapter 3.1-3.3, 6.1-6.6, Lecture during Lab |
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Feb 7, 2011
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Finish Properties of Media, Hydrologic Cycle, begin Surface Water Flow |
Chapters 1.3, 2.1-2.5, & 3.4 & 3.6, Lab Soil Properties |
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Feb 14, 2011
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Surface Water Flow & Measurement & Begin Fundamentals of Flow |
Chapter 2.6-2.14 Lecture during Lab |
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Feb 21, 2011
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Fundamentals of Flow cont., Darcy Column Experiment Lab. |
Chapters 3.4-3.5, 4.1-4.6, skip 4.4 Lab Darcy Column 1st Lab Report |
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Feb 28, 2011
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Hydrostratigraphy, Water Table and Potentiometric Maps, Water Level Measurement - Review Session First Exam (Mar 3rd) |
Chapters 3.6-3.12 Lab Handout on Contouring Exam during Lab |
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Mar 7, 2011 |
Finish Water Level Measurement, Begin Application of Darcy’s Law to Hydrogeology |
Chapters 4.11-4.14 Lab Stream Flow I or lecture (weather dependent) |
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Mar 14, 2011
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Spring Break No Classes |
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Mar 21, 2011 |
Application of Darcy’s Law to Hydrogeology cont., and Flow Nets, Flow Net Lab |
Chapters 4.11-4.14; extra reading 4.7-4.10; Lab Flow Nets |
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Mar 28, 2011 |
Pumping Equations and Flow to a Well – Steady State |
Chapters 4.7-4.10, 5.1-5.5, Lab Stream Flow II or lecture (weather dependent) |
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Apr 4, 2011 |
Pumping Equations and Flow to a Well, Single well tests (Slug tests) – Transient Pump Test Lab |
Chapter 5.1-5.5 & 5.6; Pump-Test Lab (In the Field) 1st Take-Home Lab |
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Apr 11, 2011 |
Begin Groundwater Quality & Chemistry Review Session then Second Exam (Apr. 14th) |
Chapter 9.1-9.4, 9.10; Exam during Lab |
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Apr 18, 2011 |
Groundwater Quality & Chemistry cont. |
Chapter 9.12-9.14 & 10; Slug Test Lab (In the Field) 2nd Take-home Lab |
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Apr 25, 2011 |
Groundwater Quality & Chemistry cont. Water Quality Lab |
Chapter 10; Water Quality Lab (In the Field) & Modeling Demo |
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May 2, 2011 |
Contamination Problems: (MTBE, DNAPL’s, etc.), and Groundwater Modeling, Modeling Demo |
Chapter 8.1-8.2, 8.3.1-8.3.2, 8.6-8.9, & 10.6-10.8 Review during Lab |
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May 9-14, 2011 |
Review Session (to be scheduled) Final Exam (to be scheduled) |
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