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Hydrogeochemistry and Water Sampling

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Course Unit Code541-0473/06
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
RAC20prof. Ing. Helena Raclavská, CSc.
Summary
The course „Hydrogeochemistry and Water Sampling“ is providing information on the basic properties of water systems, chemical composition of waters in respect to the origin of individual components, forms of their occurence and their properties. Students will be also acquinted with occurence, properties and behaviour of pollutants in waters including the basic methods of their analytical determination.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Our intention is to provide a broad coverage of topics (see annotation of the course) in order to acquaint students with the basic principles of the subject taught and their practical applications.
Course Contents
1. The formation of the chemical composition of natural waters.
2. Water as solvent for the Earth's crust mineral complex.
3. Chemical processes and interactions with rock, soil, organisms and atmosphere.
4. State in solution and their stability, as well as sorption, exchange and oxidation-reduction processes.
5. General issues of the cycle of substances and the migration of elements in the hydrosphere.
6. Chemical composition of natural waters.
7. Hydrochemical cycle of certain forms of natural waters and their dependence on the geographical conditions of the surrounding environment.
8. The chemistry of rivers and lakes.
9. The Chemistry of the Sea.
10. The chemistry of groundwater and atmospheric waters.
11. Principles of field water sampling and sampling and analytical methods used in hydrogeochemistry.
12. Spectroscopic methods.
13. Chromatographic methods.
14. Polarographic and other physics-chemical methods.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Stumm, W., Morgan, J. (1995): Aquatic chemistry. Joihn Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York (1022 p.). ISBN: 0-471-51185-4.
FETTER, C.W. Applied hydrogeology. 4th Edition. Prentice - Hall, Inc, 2001, 598 s. ISBN 0-13-088239-9.
BRASSINGTON, R. Field Hydrogeology. London: Geological Society of London, 2007, 264 s. ISBN 978-0-470-01828-6.
DOMENICO, P.A., SHWARTZ, F.W. Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology, 2nd edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997, 528 s. ISBN 978-0471597629
PITTER, P. Hydrochemie. Vydavatelství VŠCHT, 1999. ISBN 80-7080-340-1.
Recommended Reading:
Appelo C.A.J. , Postma D. (1993): Geochemistry, groundwater and pollution. Balkema Rotterdam.
Montgomery, J.H.(1996): Groundwater chemicals . Lewis Publishers Boca Raton (1330 p.).
ANDERSON, M.G., MCDONNELL, J.J. Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences. 5 vols. Chichester, UK: John Wiley, 2005, 3456 s. ISBN 978-0-471-49103-3.
FLAKOVÁ, R., ŽENIŠOVÁ, Z., SEMAN, M. Chemická analýza vody v hydrogeológii. Bratislava : Slovenská asociácia hydrogeológov, 2010. 166 s. ISBN 978-80-969342-8-7.
GUPTA, R.S. Hydrology and Hydraulic Systems. 3rd edition. Long Grove, IL: Waveland, 2008, 896 s. ISBN 978-1-577-66455-0.
PENNINGTON, K.L., CECH, T.V. Introduction to Water Resources and Environmental Issues. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2010, 468 s. ISBN 978-0-521-86988-1.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 18