Groundwater Pumping

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	541-4006/01
Abbreviation	JPV
Course title	Groundwater Pumping
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Martin Klempa, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Methods of hydrogeological survey
2. The most important information for groundwater abstraction (flow direction, physical and chemical properties, petrographic composition and grain size of rocks)
3. Legal regulations and standards
4. Classification of collection objects
5. Horizontal water traps
6. Vertical water traps, combined method of collection
7. Situation of collecting objects
8. Methods and equipment for excavation of collection objects
9. Construction of collection objects
10. Filters
11. Collection and pumping tests
12. Pumping and testing equipment
13. Drainage horizontal boreholes

Literature

HISCOCK, K. M.; BENSE, V. F.: Hydrogeology - Principles and Practice (2nd Edition). John Wiley & Sons, 2014.
MISSTEAR, B.; BANKS, D.; CLARK, L.: Water Wells and Boreholes (2nd Edition). John Wiley & Sons, 2017.
PORGES, R. E.; HAMMER, M. J.: Compendium of Hydrogeology. National Ground Water Association, 2001.
ROBINS, N.: Introducing Hydrogeology. Dunedin Academic Press, 2020.

Advised literature

HARTER, T.: Water Well Design and Construction. Regents of the University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, 2003.
HARTER, T.; ROLLINS, l.: Watersheds, Groundwater and Drinking Water: A Practical Guide. UCANR Publications, 2008.
OOSTERBAAN, R. J.: Subsurface land drainage by tube wells. International Institute for Land Reclamation and Improvement (ILRI), Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2017.
WEIGHT, W. D.: Practical Hydrogeology: Principles and Field Applications, Third Edition. McGraw-Hill Education, 2019.

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