Dr. J Bret Bennington
Geology 121 / GLY 518 Groundwater Hydrology	Spring '08

Groundwater Project

Base Map (jpg, 300 dpi)

Base Map (jpg, without grid)

Publications:

Stumm, 2001, Hydrogeology and Extent of Saltwater Intrusion of the Great Neck Peninsula, Great Neck, Long Island, New York, USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4280. (2.9 mb pdf)

Useful Links:

Applied Hydrogeology Textbook page (solutions to odd-numbered problems)

Long Island Geologists website (geology info, events, meetings, regional job listings in hydrology)

LIAPG (Long Island Association of Professional Geologists - list of regional firms, talks, workshops, conferences, and employment)

DEM data for Long Island and viewing programs

USGS Groundwater Atlas of the United States

USGS Water Resources

USGS Groundwater Information

Toxic Targeting environmental reports for Nassau, Suffolk, and Queens, Long Island

"A Civil Action" Links

http://serc.carleton.edu/woburn/issues/index.html - Key Issues in the Trial - excellent overview of the Woburn Toxic Trial. Part of a larger website developed by Dr. Scott Bair (Ohio State University) for educators using the Woburn Trial to teach about environmental science and environmental law.

http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/woburn.htm - Press release from Ohio State University detailing recent research by Dr. Scott Bair into the contamination of Wells G and H.

http://home.comcast.net/~dkennedy56/woburn_trial.html - Detailed proceedings and analysis of the Civil Action trial by Dan Kennedy, a reporter who covered it for the Woburn Daily Times Chronicle.

http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/onlcourse/chm110/issues/issue6B98.html - Civil Action page with many links to other resources from a chemistry course website by Dr. Charles Ophardt at Elmhurst College.

Civil Action term paper assignment (Download for GLY 518)

Notes:

(Click on a topic to download Power Point presentations (requires a userid and password.)

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Water Cycle	Math Techniques
Civil Action Introduction	Lab 1 Math Problems
Budgets and Water Cycle	Porosity and Darcy's Law (2-13-06)
The Groundwater Reservoir	Intrinsic Permeability (2-24-06)
Hydraulic Head	Storativity (2-27-06)

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Exam 1 Review Sheet

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Aberjona Aquifer	Heterogeneity and Isotropy
Potentiometric Contours
Cone of Depression	Drawdown - Pump Test Equations
Well Tests	Slug Test Equations
Geologic History of LI (new)
Regional Aquifer Geology
Long Island's Aquifer Systems

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Exam 2 Review Sheet

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Final Exam Review Sheet