Groundwater Engineering A Technical Approach to Hydrogeology, Contaminant Transport and Groundwater Remediation /

This textbook employs a technical and quantitative approach to explain subsurface hydrology and hydrogeology, and to offer a comprehensive overview of groundwater-related topics such as flow in porous media, aquifer characterization, contaminant description and transport, risk assessment, and ground...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sethi, Rajandrea (Author), Di Molfetta, Antonio (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : 2019.
Imprint: Springer,
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering,
Subjects:
Engineering geology.
Water.
Hydrology.
Geotechnical engineering.
Geology.
Geoengineering.
Geotechnical Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences.
Online Access:Full-text access
Table of Contents:
  • Basic Concepts
  • Theoretical foundations of the groundwater flow equation
  • Analytical solutions of the groundwater flow equation in a polar coordinate system
  • Aquifer characterization
  • Specific capacity and well efficiency
  • Optimization of the productive capacity of a water supply system
  • Aquifer vulnerability and contamination risk
  • Definition of protection areas of drinking water sources
  • Groundwater contaminants
  • Mechanisms of contaminant propagation in aquifers
  • Theoretical foundations of the di↵erential equations of mass transport
  • Analytical solutions to the di↵erential equation of mass transport for conservative solutes
  • Analytical solutions of the di↵erential equation of mass transport for reactive solutes
  • Transport of immiscible substances
  • Characterization of a contamination event
  • Human health risk assessment
  • Remediation of contaminated groundwater
  • Appendices.

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