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APJ ABDUL KALAM TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
SECOND SEMESTER M.TECH DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2018
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Course No:07 CE 6422 GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION AND POLLUTION
TRANSPORT
Time: 3 hours Max. Marks: 60
Answer all six questions. Part of each question is compulsory.
Answer either part or part of each question
Q.no. Module 1 Marks
1a Give the schematic representation of the hydrologic cycle. Prepare a note
on "ground water and the hydrologic cycle"?
4
Answer b or c
b Explain how hydraulic conductivity values show variations through space
within a geologic formation.
5
c Examine groundwater as a resource and a geotechnical problem.. 5
Q.no. Module 2 Marks
2a Summarize the properties of the saturated and unsaturated zones ground
water flow.
4
Answer b or c
b Derive the expression for saturated transient flow of groundwater 5
c What is hydrodynamic dispersion? Explain its importance in groundwater
flow?
5
Q.no. Module 3 Marks
3a Explain the subsurface geophysical investigation techniques of groundwater
development?
4
Answer b or c
b Examine the effect of multiple well system and partial penetration of wells
in the drawdown in hydraulic head in confined aquifer.
5
c Explain about artificial recharge and induced infiltration? 5
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Module 4
Q.no. Marks
4a Explain the association and dissociation of dissolved species in ground
water?
4
Answer b or c
b Prepare and explain a percent occurrence versus pH for inorganic carbon
and inorganic phosphorus in water at 25oC
5
c List out the index parameters of field investigation of ground water? Explain
the methods for measurement of these?
5
Q.no. Module 5 Marks
5a Explain the geochemical interpretation of 14C dates. 5
Answer b or c
b Examine how the chemistry of water evolves in various situations where
ground water flows through rocks comprised of carbonate minerals.
7
c Explain the various methods of land disposal of solid waste and sewage
disposal on land. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each.
7
Q.no. Module 6 Marks
6a Explain the sources of ground water contamination? Discuss the various
remedial measures for the control of contamination of ground water?
5
Answer b or c
b State and explain the various processes in solute transport in ground
water?
7
c What are the uses of modelling in ground water flow? Explain USGS-MOC
model for ground water flow modelling?
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