This course is an introduction to physical and chemical hydrogeology. Over the past few decades it has become clear that the properties and movement of water over and through earth materials is a fundamental geologic process, and that an understanding of hydrology and hydrogeology is a basic component of geology and environmental science. This course is intended to provide the necessary background for further study in hydrology, hydrogeology, hydrogeochemistry and environmental geology. 

The course is divided into three equal parts:  Section 1 will examine the fundamentals of surface water hydrology and water balance;  Section 2 will deal with basic principles of groundwater and hydrogeology;  and Section 3 will be devoted to aqueous geochemistry and contaminant chemistry.  Each section will be an overview of basic concepts.