CAI333 Groundwater and Well Engineering Syllabus:

CAI333 Groundwater and Well Engineering Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES

 To acquaint and equip the students with the techniques of groundwater development and management

UNIT I GROUND WATER OCCURRENCE

Occurrence of groundwater, temporal and spatial variability of groundwater, methods for groundwater exploration, determination of aquifer parameters, pumping tests, assessment of groundwater potential

UNIT II WELL CONSTRUCTION

Groundwater structures, groundwater development and utilization, types of water wells, design and construction of water wells, drilling methods, well development, well maintenance and rehabilitation, groundwater monitoring, monitoring wells, design and construction of monitoring wells

UNIT III GROUNDWATER POLLUTION

Groundwater development and quality considerations, groundwater contamination, sources and causes of groundwater pollution, contaminated systems and their rehabilitation, groundwater bioremediation, management of salt water ingress in inland and coastal aquifers.

UNIT IV GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT

Management of declining and rising water table, Natural and artificial groundwater recharge, Groundwater recharge basins and injection wells. Groundwater management in irrigation command, conjunctive water use, water lifting, different types of pumps, selection of pumps, pump characteristics curve, cost of groundwater pumping, comparative economics of surface and groundwater use for irrigation

UNIT V GROUNDWATER DEVELOPMENT POLICIES

Major issues related to groundwater development and management in India, Legal aspects of groundwater exploitation, Diagnostic survey of sick wells/tube wells and their rehabilitation.

TOTAL:45 PERIODS
TEXT BOOKS:

1 Walton, W.C. 1976. Groundwater Resource Evaluation. Mc Graw Hill. New York.
2 Karanth, K.R. 1987. Groundwater Assessment, Development and Management. Tatamcgraw Hill. New Delhi.
3 Michael, A.M. and Khepar, S.D. 1989. Water Well and Pump Engineering. Tata-mcgraw Hill Publ. Co. New Delhi.

REFERENCES

1 Giordano, M. and Villholth, K.G. 2007. The Agricultural Groundwater Revolution Volume 3.
2 CABI Head Office, Nosworthy Way, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8DE, UK Ghosh, N.C. and Sharma, K.D. 2006. Groundwater Modelling and Management.
3 Madan Kumar Jha and Stefan Peiffer Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies in Groundwater Hydrology: Past, Present and Future.

COURSE OUTCOMES

CO1 The students will be able to describe the concepts of aquifer parameters
CO2 The students will be able to describe the components involved in Groundwater structures
CO3 The students will be able to describe the Groundwater development and quality considerations
CO4 The students will be able to describe the Management of declining and rising water table
CO5 The students will be able to prioritize and execute the Groundwater development programme