Water Resources Management
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
CE 510---GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT
Texts: 1. Groundwater Hydrology, 3rd edition
By: Todd, et al., John Wiley.
. 2. Ground Water and Surface Water A Single Resource, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1139. This circular is on the Instructor website
3. Groundwater and Surface Water in Southern California,
A Guide to Conjunctive Use: Published by the Association of Ground Water Agencies. This text will be on the instructor’s website.
References: 1. Optimal Management of Flow in Groundwater Systems
By: Ahlfeld & Mulligan, Academic Press, 2000.
2. Groundwater Management Practices, IAHR Monograph, 2011
By: Findikakis, et al. Library has the e-copy.
3. California Groundwater Management, Groundwater Resources Association of California, 2nd edition, 2005.
4. Basic Ground- Water Hydrology, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2220. This paper is on the instructor’s website.
5. Sustainability of Ground-Water Resources, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1186. This circular is on the instructor’s website.
6. Estimating Areas Contributing Recharge to Wells, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1174. This circular is on the instructor’s website.
7. MODFLOW-2000, the U.S. Geological Survey Modular Ground-Water Model-User Guide to Modularization Concepts and Ground-Water Flow Process. This Document is on the instructor’s website.
Instructor: Iraj Nasseri. P.E., Ph.D.
Office: (310) 963-6124
Water is essential for human consumption and sanitation, for the production of many industrial goods, and for the production of food and fiber. Population and economic growth demand for more water. Water either as surface water or groundwater is unequally distributed on the earth, and its availability at any place varies greatly with time. The demand for water also varies with time at any place. This lack of harmony between supply and demand calls for a careful management of water resources. Management of water resources is influenced by economic, environmental, legal, political, and social considerations as well as engineering facts.
Traditionally, management of water resources has focused on surface water or groundwater as if they were separate entities. Effective management of water resources must be built on a foundation that surface water and ground water are simply two manifestations of a single integrated resource. Nearly all surface-water sources (streams, lakes, reservoirs, and estuaries) interact with groundwater. Withdrawal of water from streams can deplete groundwater or conversely, pumping of groundwater can deplete water in streams and lakes. Pollution of surface water can cause degradation of groundwater quality and conversely pollution of groundwater can degrade surface water.
Meeting the increasing demand for water requires significant improvements and innovations in how to optimize our existing water supplies to balance water demands. One proven way is to store excess water during wet years beneath the ground for use during dry years. This coordinated management of surface water and groundwater is called conjunctive use. The conjunctive use concept is intended to increase total supplies and enhance water supply reliability.
Date Subject
1/12 What is Groundwater Management?--- Historical Perspective of Water Use, Management and Development. Where does your Water Come from? What are Important Water Issues in California?
Text #1: P464-469 (10.3)
Ref. #3: Chapter 1
1/26 Groundwater and Surface Water Hydrology---Groundwater and Surface Water in Hydrology Cycle, Hydrologic Budget, Sources of Groundwater Data, Natural Processes of Groundwater and Surface Water Interaction, Darcy’s Law, Groundwater Flow Equations, Aquifers and Groundwater Basins.
Text #1: P13 (1.5)-32, P35-61, P86-99(3.3.4)
Text #2: P1-21
2/2, 2/9 Groundwater Hydraulics, Water Wells, and Models---Steady Groundwater Flow, Unsteady Groundwater Flow, Water Wells, Groundwater Models, Governing Equations, Method of Solutions, Description of USGS Modflow.
Text # 1: P146-198, P206-250 (5.13)
Ref. # 4: P52-55
Ref. # 7: (optional readings)
2/9, 2/23 Concepts of Groundwater Basin’s Management---Groundwater Yields, Methods of Determining Safe Yield, Overdrafts, Concept of Conjunctive Use
Text # 1: P469 (10.3)-481 (10.7)
Text # 3: P1-12
Ref. # 5 (optional readings)
3/2 Review for Midterm Exam
Water Laws and Rights, Sustainability of Groundwater Resources
Text # 1: P477-481
Ref. # 3: Chapter 6
3/9 Midterm Exam
Well Construction Video
Conjunctive Use Video
3/23 Groundwater Recharge Concepts and Methods---Concepts, Methods, Stormwater Spreading Grounds, Recharge , Recharge by Injection Wells, Mounds, Examples of Groundwater Recharge Projects
Text #1: P547-558, P567 (13.5)-576 (13.6)
3/30, 4/6 Optimal Management of Groundwater Basins---Formulation of Optimization Problems, Examples of Optimization Approach, Solving Optimization Problems Using Simplex Method, Groundwater Management Models.
Text #1: P481-499
Ref. #1: P1-81 (class notes)
4/13 Groundwater Quality Management---Quality of Groundwater: Sources and Causes of Pollution, Transport Processes of Pollutants.
Text #1: P329-337 (7.4),
P378 (8.8)-385 (8.8.4)
Ref. # 6
4/20 Groundwater Management in Coastal Basins---Occurrence of Seawater Intrusion, Fresh-Salt Water Interface, Control of Seawater Intrusion, and examples of Seawater intrusion Projects
Text #1: P589-611
4/27 Review for Final Exam
5/11 Final Exam
Assignments:
#1: 3.1.1, 3.1.3, 3.3.5, 3.4.1, 3.5.2, 3.6.1 2/2
#2: 4.1.7, 4.2.1, 4.2.7, 4.3.1 2/9
#3: 4.4.4, 4.7.1, 4.8.1 2/23
#4: Assignment will be provided 3/2
#5: 13.5.1, 13.5.3, 13.5.6 4/6
#6: Assignment will be provided 4/113
#7: 8.8.1, 8.8.4 4/20
#8: 14.3.1, 14.5.1, 14.6.1 4/27
Course Requirements and Grading:
Reading assignments and homework: 20%
Midterm exam: 30%
Project + Term Paper 20%
Final exam: 30%
Ref. # 2 is used for your term paper.