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CEV426 Environmental Remediation

Spring 2016

Recep Kaya Göktaş, rkaya.goktas@kocaeli.edu.tr, Room: 2028

Office Hours:

Wednesdays, 15:00-16:50, Room 2028

Course Schedule:

Day: Thursdays, 13:00 - 15:50, Classroom: 206

Night: Thursdays, 17:00 - 19:40, Classroom: 204

Course Homepage: http://rkgoktas.wordpress.com/CEV426

Course Objectives: The objective of this course is to provide an introduction to the theory

and practice of soil and groundwater remediation to the fourth year environmental

engineering students.

At the end of the course, you are expected to:

develop an understanding of the fate of contaminants in soil and groundwater.

have an introductory knowledge of the soil and groundwater remediation

technologies.

be able to do basic calculations for the analysis of contaminant fate in soil and

groundwater.

be able to do basic calculations for the analysis of the outcome of potential

remediation technologies.

Course Content: Hazardous waste pollution and remediation engineering. Groundwater

contamination. Groundwater flow. Nature of environmental contaminants. Chemical

distribution among phases. Mass transport in porous media. Retardation in the subsurface.

Bioremediation. Source control. Pump-and-treat systems. Recovery of non-aqueous phase

liquids. Soil vapor extraction. Phytoremediation.

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Textbooks:

- “Practical Design Calculations for Groundwater and Soil Remediation” by Jeff Kuo. (2014)

- “Chemical Fate and Transport in the Environment.” (1999). Hemond, H.F., Fechner-Levy,

E.J.

- “Applied Hydrogeology.” (2000). Fetter, C.W.

Supplemantary Material:

- “Contaminant Hydrogeology”. 1999. 2nd Edition. C. W. Fetter. Prentice Hall.

- “Integrated Environmental Modeling: Pollutant Transport, Fate, and Risk in the

Environment”. 2005. Anu Ramaswami, Jana B. Milford, Mitchell J. Small. Wiley.

- “Remediation Engineering: Design Concepts”. 1997. Suthan S. Suthersan

- “Natural and Enhanced Remediation”. 2001. Suthan S. Suthersan

- “Practical Handbook of Soil, Vadose Zone, and Ground-water Contamination: Assessment,

Prevention, and Remediation”. 2004. 2nd Edition. J. Russell Boulding & Jon S. Ginn. Lewis

Publishers.

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Grading:

Activity Weight

Class Participation 14%

Homework I 14%

Homework II 14%

Midterm Exam 28%

Final Exam 30%

OVERALL 100%

Tentative Syllabus:

The week of ... What is going to be covered?

February 18, 2016 Hazardous waste pollution and remediation

engineering.

February 25, 2016 Groundwater Contamination.

March 3, 2016 Groundwater Flow.

March 10, 2016 Nature of Environmental Contaminants.

March 17, 2016 Chemical Distribution Among Phases.

March 24, 2016 Mass Transport in Porous Media.

March 31, 2016 Retardation in the Subsurface.

April 7, 2016 Mid-term Exam

April 14, 2016 Bioremediation.

April 21, 2016 Source Control.

April 28, 2016 Pump-and-treat systems.

May 5, 2016 Recovery of Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids.

May 12, 2016 Soil Vapor Extraction.

May 19, 2016 National Holiday

May 26, 2016 Review.