(in Polish) Poszukiwanie i rozpoznawanie wód podziemnych

obligatory courses

Students should have basic knowledge related to:

- classification of rocks because of their genesis and lithological composition;

- stratification of rocks;

- tectonics of rocks;

- Quaternary geology;

- methods of hydrological research used in hydrogeology

- systematics of hydrogeology;

- chemical composition and physical properties of groundwater and interpretation of hydrogeochemical analyses

- groundwater flow and the rules that govern it

- groundwater resources

- methodology of hydrogeological field research

- methodology of geological drilling

- types of groundwater intakes

- groundwater intakes projection

- groundwater protection

The knowledge on these subjects a student can earn during the following obligatory subjects conducted at UW:

- Dynamic Geology (lecture and exercises of at least two semesters);

- Structural Geology (lecture and exercises of at least one semester);

- Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology (lecture and exercises of at least one semester);

- Hydrology and hydraulics (lecture and exercises of at least one semester);

- Hydrogeology (lecture and exercises of at least one semester);

- Groundwater protection (lecture and exercises of at least one semester);

- Field course in hydrogeology, engineering geology and environmental protection

- Drilling (lecture and exercises of at least one semester),

- Field course in applied geology and environmental protection,

- Drilling (lecture and exercises of at least one semester),

- Methods for calculation of groundwater flow (lecture and exercise of at least one semester),

- Hydrogeological projection and documentation (lecture and exercise of at least one semester),

- Hydrogeological mapping (lecture of at least one semester).

Hydrogeological structures containing groundwater. Hydrogeological system, hydrodynamic zones. Balance of water, balance of groundwater (hydrogeological balance). Groundwater resources: types and methods of calculation. The collection of data and work projecting for documentation purposes. Admissible volume of extracted groundwater - the method of calculation and documentation. Groundwater renewable resources – a program of research for the documentation purposes, the method of calculation. Disposable resources - criteria for limitation of resource determining, the calculation methods, groundwater monitoring, documentation of resources. State of natural groundwater recognition and management of groundwater resources in Poland, water-management balance. Geothermal water resources in Poland. Mining areas of therapeutic and thermal waters.

The classes are concerned on:

- calculations concerning:

• hydrogeological parameters of an aquifer (under steady and unsteady flow),

• well discharge and exploitation drawdown of intake

• area of zone of intake contribution

- calculation of renewable resources by:

• hydrology methods (hydrograph separation, Kille’s, Wundt’s methods)

• indicator method (infiltration method)

- elaboration of conceptual model of a hydrogeological system,

- the rules of preparation the documentation of the exploitation resources of the groundwater intake,

-preparation of hydrogeological documentation establishing the exploitation resources of the groundwater intake.

After completing the course (lectures and exercises) a student:

- has knowledge of water and water-management balances

- has knowledge on projecting research to preparation a resource documentation

- has knowledge of resources and volume of ordinary, mineral and thermal water reservoirs in Poland

- has deepened knowledge of admissible volume of extracted groundwater of intake and disposable resources of the area

- is able to calculate volume of admissible volume of extracted groundwater and renewable groundwater with using several methods

- consistently applies the principle of interpreting the hydrogeological calculations based on the data collected during fieldwork and subsequent analysis of archival materials,

- has knowledge of the range of modeling of hydrodynamic processes under simulated condition on numerical model,

- knows and understands the basic concepts of copyright and industrial property

- uses advanced computing techniques,

- is fluent in using professional literature,

- has the ability to critically analyze archival materials and the results of field and laboratory studies

- formulates appropriate proposals to the results of research and calculations and is able to perform a complete elaboration, consistent with the requirements

- is able to present verbally, in a form of a presentation, the most of the important theses of his research and substantively justify them,

- understands the need to continuously adapt their knowledge to changing legal regulations and new scientific developments,

- is able to work in a group and plan research to a wider group of people,

- Is able to think in an entrepreneurial manner.

Assessment of the final group and individual effects of the particular practical exercises. Assessment of the documentation. Final written colloquium.

not applicable