Assignment 1: Read Chapter 1 From Reference Book and Describe

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Module 1: Fundamentals of Groundwater Modeling with MODFLOW, MODPATH, MT3DMS and PEST

Fundamentals of MODFLOW, MODPATH and MT3DMS plus Basic Steps in Groundwater Modeling Workflow (15:08)
Assignment 1: Read Chapter 1 From Reference Book and Describe Limitation of Models
Questions from Assigment 1

Module 2: Building Conceptual Hydrogeological Model - Background and Exercise with GeoModeller

Assignment 2: Read Chapter 2 From Reference Book - Conceptual Models in Hydrogeology Modeling
Unit 1: Building Conceptual Model from Boreholes With Multple Hydrostratigraphic Units with GeoModeller

Module 3: Case studies from consulting prcatices (alluvial aquifer, limestone aquifer and sandstone aquifer)

Unit 1: Case Study of Water Resources Management Where MODFLOW Was Used
Unit 2: Case Study of Water Resources Management Where MODFLOW Was Used - narrow river valley

Module 4: Basic hydraulics of groundwater - examples with Groundwater Vistas

How to download Groundwater Vistas software
Assignment 3: Darcy law in confined aquifer - simulation with Groundwater Vistas (5:52)
Assignment 4: Groundwater flow between drainage channel and river (5:06)
Assignment 5: Steady state groundwater flow in unconfined aquifer with recharge (10:44)

Module 5: Groundwater flow and transport modeling with Groundwater Vistas

Assignment 6: Your first groundwater flow model, two rivers, well, particle tracking (8:41)
Assignment 7: Understanding difference between constant head and river boundary condition (8:35)
Assignment 8: Typical water supply problem - model includes river, swamp, recharge and water well (10:03)
Assignment 9: Contaminant transport model with MT3DMS of inert species (NO3 for ex.) (7:07)
Assignment 10: From Google Earth via QGIS to Groundwater Vistas, export shape files to Groundwater Vistas (4:09)
Bonus: USGS paper about introduction to initial and boundary condition in groundwater modeling

Module 6: Calibration of groundwater models with Groundwater Vistas

Unit 1: Your first model calibration - manual method, good starting point (19:48)
Unit 2: Quick example of groundwater flow model calibration with PEST (6:30)

Module 7 - Moving to 3D modeling

Unit 1 - Case study of 3D model (determination of safe yield and well head protection area)
Unit 2 - Building 3D model with 5 layers with irregular elevation (6:14)

Module 8: Data for Groundwater Models - Conducting Pumping Tests and Improving Results

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