Description:
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.
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
14.Test
- Teacher: Sněhota Michal
- Teacher: Šanda Martin