hydrogeology

Understanding the movement of water and the transport of pollutants in the subsurface is fundamental to addressing the major issues of the early twenty-first century. These include managing our aquifers for a sustainable future, satisfying growing water supply demands, combating the problems of declining water quality, maintaining our ecological heritage and mitigating the impacts of climate change. The knowledge and skills required to develop adequate conceptual understanding of groundwaters role in the environment include:

• 3D geological visualisation
• Groundwater flow mechanisms
• Surface water/groundwater interactions
• Unsaturated zone flow process understanding
• Hydrogeochemical processes and transport processes
• Solving scaling and heterogeneity issues in 4D

The Hydra consortium is well equipped to tackle all of these areas having the largest concentration of hydrogeologists and hydrogeochemists in the UK. Whether it be cutting edge geophysical logging, tracer test modelling, unsaturated zone monitoring, geological mapping and 3D modelling, or describing flow and transport mechanism mathematically – HYDRA can meet the challenge.

Details on staff with expertise in this field can be found in the directory of expertise or by contacting the champion for this discipline Professor Denis Peach.

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