Event Date:
19/05/2009 - 08:00 - 17:00 Event Description:
This course was hosted at the Council for Geosciences and attended by 23 delegates. The 9 Specialists presenters included Dr Kai Witthusser (WGC), Mr Martin Holland (WGC), Mr Ernst Bertram (DWAF); Dr Abera Tessema (CGS), Mr Jude Cobbing (WGC); Dr Lixiang Lin (CGS), Mr Matthys Dippenaar (UP), Dr Shafick Adams (WRC) and Prof Eberhard Braune (UWC) and presented on the following course topics : Introduction, definitions and hydrological cycle; Aquifer conceptualization, investigation and evaluation; Exploration for ground water; Drilling and borehole construction; Introduction to geophysical exploration; Practical: Ground water movement / Darcy’s Law; Principles of hydrochemistry; Isotope Hydrology Borehole and aquifer testing; Practical: Test pump analysis: Case Study; Groundwater management and IWRM; Groundwater Resource Directed Measures; Groundwater Management Aquifer modelling
