Groundwater Science

Charles R. Fitts is a professor at the University of Southern Maine with research interests in hydrogeology, contaminant migration, and applied mathematics. He earned an MS in engineering geology at Cornell and a PhD in civil engineering at the University of Minnesota. He has consulted for various geotechnical and groundwater companies, and is author of several groundwater modeling software packages: AnAqSim (analytic aquifer simulator) and TWODAN for groundwater flow, and SOLUTRANS for solute transport.

1. Groundwater: The Big Picture
2. Physical Properties
3. Principles of Flow
4. Field Exploration and Wells
5. Hydrology and Geology
6. Modeling Steady Flow with Basic Methods
7. Deformation and Storage
8. Modeling Transient Flow with Basic Methods
9. Computer-Assisted Flow Modeling
10. Groundwater Chemistry
11. Groundwater Contamination
12. Subsurface Heat Flow and Geothermal Energy

Appendix
A. Units and Conversions
B. Mathematics Primer
C. Book Internet site