Pollutants in Soil Profile

Lecturer:

Martin Šanda (gar.), Michal Sněhota

Tutor:

Martin Šanda (gar.), Michal Sněhota

Supervisor:

Department of Irrigation, Drainage and Landscape

Synopsis:

This course will focuse on interdisciplinary topics on soil contamination and remediation. Topics include: Introduction to soil physics and soil chemistry, impacts of contaminants on the environment, detection methods and soil cleanup.

Requirements:

no prerequisites

Syllabus of lectures:

1.Introduction to soil science, soil formation; soil properties.

2.Introduction to soil chemistry; chemical reactions in soil

3.History of soil contamination and remediation; impacts of contaminants on the environment and health

4.Contaminants transport and fate; experiments and analytical detection methods

5.Types of contaminants

6.Site survey, field methods of contaminants detection

7.Soil remediation methods: Pump-and-treat Systems, Solvent Vapor Extraction, Air Sparging, Soil Flushing

8.Migration Covers, Cut-off Walls, Solidification / Stabilization

9.Reaction barriers: Funnel and Gate Systems, Permeable Treatment Walls

10.Natural Attenuation; new methods of soil remediation

11.Bioremediation, fytoremediation

12.Case study I

13.Case study II

Syllabus of tutorials:

Breakthrough experiment in soil column with applied tracer

Basics of soil chemistry (total organic carbon, pH, ORP, el. conductivity)

Study Objective:

-understanding

Study materials:

Sněhota, M., Šanda M. Elektronické přednášky on-line - Rizikové látky v půdě, web K143, FSv CVUT

Sharma and Reddy, Geoenvironmental Engineering: Site Remediation, Waste Containment, and Emerging Waste Management Technologies, ISBN:

0-471-21599-6, Wiley 2004

Chiou, Partition and Adsorption of Organic Contaminants in Environmental Systems, ISBN: 0471233250, Wiley 2002

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
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Fri	roomTH:B-693 Sněhota M. Šanda M. 16:00–17:50 EVEN WEEK (lecture parallel1) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) B693 roomTH:B-693 Sněhota M. Šanda M. 16:00–17:50 ODD WEEK (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.101) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) B693
Thu
Fri

The course is a part of the following study plans: