Prospecting and abstraction of groundwater

Code: GEO12523M

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Geosciences

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Learning Goals

This course aims to inform students about the techniques of groundwater prospecting and the more
appropriate methods for groundwater abstraction.
It is intended that in the end the student can do a working project for groundwater abstraction.

Geophysical methods for prospecting and exploration of groundwater: Geoelectrics, VLF, Seismic, Gravity,
Magnetic, Georadar.
Hydrogeology of Portugal. Use of different methods of prospecting according to the different types of
aquifer.
Execution of wells. Methodology and appropriateness of the methodologies to real conditions of terrain
and geology.
Flow tests and its importance for defining the hydraulic characteristics of aquifers and the establishment
of exploitation rates.
Protection of groundwater and wells against pollution.
Type of wells and flow generated in them.

Teaching Methods

Lectures and field work. In the field, students will have access to drilling places for groundwater
abstraction and the opportunity to observe drilling equipments and the construction of wells.
The evaluation will be based on written examinations of the theoretical components and a written report
from the field work.