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205802 Contaminant Hydrogeology
Prerequisites: 205473 (Hydrogeology)
Course Description :
Aqueous geochemistry of natural groundwater flow systems. Organic and inorganic groundwater contamination and
mass transport processes. Methods for investigation and remediation of contaminated sites.
Objectives :
1. To understand causes and mechanisms of inorganic and organic contamination in groundwater systems.
2. To be able to identify appropriate protection and remediattion.
Course Outline :
1. Introduction to inorganic groundwater chemistry
– Groundwater composition
– Graphical techniques,
– QC/QA, charge balance
– Properties of water
– Concentration, activity, equilibrium, speciation, and saturation index
– CO2 system
– Chemical evolution of natural groundwater flow systems
2. Groundwater contamination and mass transport processes
- Sources of contaminants , toxicology and legal standards
- Organic contaminants in groundwater
- Mechanisms of solute transport
- Transformation, retardation and attenuation of solutes
- Volatilization and vadose zone transport
3. Methods for investigation and remediation of contaminated sites
- Site investigation and risk assessment
- Remediation methods and strategies
- Subsurface remedial design and evaluation
- Case studies/histories
(10 hours)
( 25 hours)
(10 hours)
Total 45 lecture hours
Practical Work
1.
2.
3.
4.
Isotope application to water resources and contaminant hydrogeology and in well design
Softwares in contaminant hydrogeology and their applications
Waste disposal and landfill design
Field investigations
(5 periods)
(5 periods)
(2 periods)
(3 periods)
Total 15 periods
Books
Bedient et al., 1999. Ground Water Contamination, Transport and Remediation
Brusseau, M., Sabatini, D., Gierke, J. Annable, M. (eds.), Innovative Subsurface Remediation: Field Testing of
Physical, Chemical, and Characterization Technologies, American Chemical Society, Washington D.C.
Domenico and Schwartz, 1998, Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology, 824p.
Fetter, 1993, Contaminant Hydrogeology. 458 p.
Mackay, 1991, Multimedia environmental models-The fugacity approach. 257p.
Montgomery, 1991, Groundwater Chemicals Field Guide. 271p.
Stephens, 1996, Vadose Zone Hydrology, 346p.
Articles
Annable, M.A., Rao, P.S.C., Hatfield, K., Graham, W., Wood, A.L., Enfield, C.G., 1998. Partitioning tracers for
measuring residual NAPL: Field-scale test results, J. Environ. Engin., 124(6), 498-503.
Brusseau, M.L., 1992. Rate-limited mass transfer and transport of organic solutes in porous media that contain
immobile immiscible organic liquid. Water Resour. Res., 28 (1): 33-45.
Brusseau, M.L., 1994. Transport of reactive contaminants in heterogeneous porous media. Reviews of Geophysics,
32(3), 285-313.
Brusseau, M.L., Srivastava, R., 1997. Nonideal transport of reactive solutes in heterogeneous porous media: 2.
Quantitative analysis of the Borden natural-gradient field experiment, J. Contam Hydrol., 28, 115-155.
Curtis, G.P., R.V. Roberts and M. Reinhard, 1986, A natural gradient experiment on solute transport in a sand
aquifer 4. Sorption of organic solutes and its influence on mobility. Water Resources Research, 22, 20472058.
Falta, R.W., 1996. A program for analyzing transient and steady-state soil-gas pump tests, Ground Water, 34(4),
750-755.
Falta, R.W., Lee, C.M., Brame, S. E., Roeder, E., Coates, J.T., Wright, C., Wood, A.L., Enfield, C.G., 1999. Field test
of high molecular weight alcohol flushing for subsurface nonaqueous phase liquid remediation, Water
Resour. Res., 35(7), 2095-2108.
Fountain, J.C., 1997. The role of field trials in development and feasibility assessment of surfactant-enhanced
aquifer remediation, Water Environ. Res. 69 (2), 188-195.
Freyberg, D. L., 1986, A natural gradient experiment on solute transport in a sand aquifer 2. Spatial moments and
the advection and dispersion of nonreactive tracers. Water Resources Research, 22, 2031-2046.
Johnson, P.C., Stanley, C.C., Kemblowski, M., Byers, D.L., Colthart, J.D., 1990. A practical approach to the design,
operation, and monitoring of in situ soil-venting systems, Ground Water Monitoring Review, Spring Issue,
159-178
Karickhhoff. S.W., 1981, Semi-empirical estimation of sorption of hydrophobic pollutants on natural sediments and
soils. Chemosphere, 10, 833-849.
MacKay, D.M., D.L. Freyberg and P.V. Roberts, 1986, A natural gradient experiment on solute transport in a sand
aquifer 1. Approach and overview of plume movement. Water Resources Research, 22, 2017-2029.
MacKay, D.M., P.V. Roberts and J.A. Cherry, 1985, Transport of organic contaminants in groundwater. Environ. Sci.
Technol. 19, 385-392.
McCray, J.E. and Brusseau, M.L, 1998. Cyclodextrin-enhanced in-situ flushing of multiple-component immiscible
organic-liquid contamination at the field scale: Mass removal effectiveness, Environ. Sci. Technol., 32 (9):
1285-1293.
McCray, J.E. and Falta, R.W., 1997. Numerical simulation of air sparging for remediation of NAPL contamination,
Ground Water, 35(1): 99-110.
Mercer, J.W. and R.M. Cohen, 1990, A review of immiscible fluids in the subsurface: Properties, models,
characterization and remediation. J. Contam. Hydrology, 6, 107-163.
Roberts, P.V., M. N. Goltz and D.M. MacKay, 1986, A natural gradient experiment on solute transport in a sand
aquifer 3. Retardation estimates and mass balances for organic solutes. Water Resources Research, 22,
2047-2058.
Sabatini, D.A., Knox, R.C., Harwell, J.H., Soerens, T., Chen, L., Brown, R.E. and West, C., 1997. Design of a
surfactant remediation field demonstration based on laboratory and modeling studies, Ground Water, 35
(6), 954-963.
Sims, J.L., R.C. Sims and J.E. Matthews, 1990, Approach to bioremediation of contaminated soil. Hazardous Waste
and Hazardous Materials, 7, 117-149.
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