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Students learn how water flows through the ground, what an aquifer is, and what soild properties predict groundwater flow. Groundwater is one of the largest sources of drinking water, so environmental engineers need to understand groundwater flow in order to tap into this important resource. Environmental engineers also study groundwater to track the movement of pollution from the surface.

Groundwater is an important source of drinking water in the world, and one that is at growing risk of becoming polluted by fertilizers, pesticides and industrial pollutants such as dry cleaning chemicals and dyes. Environmental engineers are challenged to clean the groundwater and restore it to a natural or usable state so that it remains free of harmful chemicals that could contaminate the drinking water supply and make people sick. Describe groundwater as a useful water resource for drinking water.Understand how porosity and permeability relate to groundwater flow.Describe the role of engineers in the study of groundwater.Describe the cause and effect relationship of chemical pollution on groundwater resources.50TeachEngineering.orgMalinda Schaefer ZarskeJanet YowellMelissa Stratenhttp://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.htmlhttp://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthgw.htmlhttp://www.epa.gov/iris/S1141717International_Technology_Education_Association-ITEA_STL_StandardsTechnologyD. The management of waste produced by technological systems is an important societal issue.68S11424EAColoradoSciencea. Explain how the arrangement and motion of particles in a substance such as water determine its state 66S11425ABColoradoSciencec. Identify problems, and propose solutions related to water quality, circulation, and distribution - both locally and worldwide 66S11426DFColoradoMathb. Evaluate expressions by substituting whole number values for variables66United StatesCopyright 2012 - Integrated Teaching and Learning Program, College of Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulderhttp://www.teachengineering.org/policy_ipp.phphttp://www.teachengineering.org/2011-11-296Teacher