Geotechnical Applications of Groundwater Hydrology:

Overview
Chin Man ‘Bill’ Mok 莫展民, Ph.D., P.E., P.G., G.E., D.WRE.
Principal Engineer and Hydrogeologist, AMEC Geomatrix, California
Rudolf Diesel Industry Fellow and Affiliated Professor, Technical University of Munich
Adjunct Professor, University of Waterloo

From U of Waterloo
Myself
bill.mok@amec.com

Enviro/
EQ Hydro

Geotech

Struct
Water Cycle
Seepage Issues
 Stability Issues

From U of Waterloo
5
Drainage Issues
Climate Change

(from IPCC)

(from U Waterloo)
Erosion Issues

From IPCC

POI 7

POI 9

8
Groundwater Control / De-watering
Land Subsidence Issues
Environmental Issues
GeoEnvironmental
Industry Related

Common Categories:
• Petroleum Hydrocarbons
• Organic Solvents
• Fertilizers and Pesticides
• Metals
• Dissolved Solids
• Radioactive chemicals
• Colloids
• Pathogens
• Pharmaceutical compounds
Leaching
Groundwater Remediation
Course Outline

Fundamental hydrologic and hydrogeologic principles

Site characterization and field techniques

Analysis, design, and construction considerations

Applications and discussions
Hydrologic Principle
Hydrogeologic Principle
Site Characterization And Aquifer Testing
Analytical And Numerical Computations
Applications
Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction
References

Groundwater Hydrology, D.K. Todd, L.W. Mays

Groundwater, A.R. Freeze and J.A. Cherry

Hydraulics of Groundwater, J. Bear

Construction De-watering and Groundwater Control:
New Methods and Applicatons, J.P. Powers et al.

Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology, P.A. Domenico
and F.W. Schwartz

Groundwater Geophysics: A Tool for Hydrogeology