Terminated in academic year 2007/2008

Groundwater Protection and Remediation

Type of study	Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	541-0500/01
Abbreviation	OPVS
Course title	Groundwater Protection and Remediation
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Naďa Rapantová, CSc.

Subject syllabus

Sources of pollution, types of pollution, natural attenuation, transport
processes – advection, hydrodynamic dispersion, sorption, degradation.
Preventive groundwater protection. Management and strategy of groundwater
protection. Drinking water protection zones, monitoring systems. Groundwater
quality and quantity protection, groundwater contamination exploration.
Groundwater remediation methods, active and passive protection measures.
Legislation in groundwater and surface water protection.

Literature

Palmer Ch. M. (1992): Principles of contaminant hydrogeology. LEWIS Publishers,
Inc.
Boulding J.R. (1995) : Practical handbook of soil, vadose zone, and groundwater
contamination. Assessment, Prevention and Remediation. LEWIS Publishers, Inc.
Appello C.A.J., Postma D. (1993): Geochemistry, groundawter and pollution. A.A.
Balkema.

Advised literature

No advised literature has been specified for this subject.

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