Laboratory of Hydrogeology was founded in 1989 in Department of Geology University of Patras

and has a thorough laboratory infrastructure, which serves the teaching and research activities.

Research interests of Laboratory of Hydrogeology:

• Study of the geometrical characteristics and the hydraulic parameters of aquifers, Quality and Quantity of groundwater. Simulations of groundwater movement.
• Water Resources Management, Study of water regime in catchment areas. Hydrographs and relationship between surface runoff and infiltration. Simulations of the relation between rainfall and surface runoff.
• Water-rock interaction, Water quality, Groundwater and soil contamination – monitoring, risk assessment and restoration. Simulations of hydrochemical processes.
• Sitting of landfills and disposal of solid and liquid waste

Equipment includes:

• Hydrology:
  Automated weather stations, Waterlevel-temperature data loggers and current meters.
• Hydrogeology:
  Waterlevel meters, automated data loggers with multi-hydrochemical parameter sensors, soilsamplers.
• Hydrochemistry:
  Mass spectrometer with inductively coupled plasma (ICP-MS), Mass spectrometers (MS), Atomic absorption spectrometer (AAS), Spectrometer, Spectrophotometers, Ion meters, Portable equipment for measurement of pH-meter, conductivity, dissolved oxygen and redox potential.