UC Berkeley - Introduction to Groundwater Contamination

Groundwater makes up 99% of available freshwater worldwide, and it is the predominant source of water for humans. Despite its importance, groundwater contamination by man-made chemicals is ubiquitous. This seminar should be useful to anyone who wants to learn about this topic.

The presentation in visual-rich to facilitate learning, and it includes several animations that represent real-world contamination scenarios.

00:00 Welcome
01:00 Outline
02:33 Groundwater Fundamentals
08:28 The Groundwater Resource
13:02 Sources of Groundwater Contamination
14:43 Visualization - Mental Models
19:03 Animations
19:52 Animation 1 - Solvents and Gasoline
26:00 Animation 2 - Hazardous Waste Landfill
27:37 Animation 3 - Fractured Bedrock
32:44 Animation 4 - Groundwater Remediation
36:09 Animation 5 - Fire-fighting foam (AFFF) and Per- and Polyalkyl Substances (PFAS)
45:00 Conceptual Site Models

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Also see www.vernay.com/Company/Yellow-Springs-Cleanup for example utility of animation for PR purposes.

More groundwater fundamentals here:
https://gw-project.org/books/conceptu...

Citation: Laboratory experiment screenshot at 16:02
ann gilchrist. (2014, June 24). Lab 5 Groundwater Model 2 [Video file]. YouTube.    / @anngilchrist2649  . Subsequent images of lab experimentt are adapted screenshots of the same YouTube video.

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All animations are original content.