- Basic tools to analyze the hydrochemical parameters of water
- Experimental columns and tanks to study reactive transport processes
- Electrochemical multiparametric probe (Hydrolab)
- Transducers (pressure, temperature and conductivity, CTD)
- pH, redox, temperature, conductivity, O2 and ion-selective electrodes
- 4 fluorometers (GGNU-FL)
- Truck to carry out pumping and tracer tests with eight submersible groundwater pumps (Grundfos MP1, SP4-9, SQE2-55, Metapurger, SS-Hurricane) and different measures of recoverable packers
- Geophysical logging equipment, heat-pulse flowmeter and MT Sopris MGXII System capstan
Located in Building D2 on the UPC’s North Campus, the Groundwater Hydrology Laboratory is part of the Geotechnical Engineering and Geo-Sciences section of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DECA).
The laboratory focuses its activities on the improvement and protection of groundwater quality through experimental research that aims to study the hydrodynamic, geochemical and biological processes that occur in the subsoil. These research activities are complemented with numerical modelling techniques and theoretical development to provide, together with the experiments, a broad and deep understanding of environmental problems, which are complex in themselves and require a multidisciplinary vision.
The Groundwater Hydrology Laboratory focuses its research activity on subsoil processes, including:
- Bioclogging problems in artificial recharge
- Transport of pollutants in a porous medium
- Chaotic flow induction in porous medium
- Degradation of emerging pollutants
- Coastal dynamics and marine intrusion problems
- Geothermal energy and heat flow