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Ground Water and Soil Protection and Remediation

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Course Unit Code541-4007/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer 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
GER0092doc. Mgr. Eva Geršlová, Ph.D.
Summary
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. Overview of contaminants in groundwater, evaluation of groundwater quality, organic, inorganic pollutants, bacteriological contamination of groundwater.
2. Transport of contaminants, basic concepts, transport processes, solution of transport equations.
3. General principles and methods of pollution survey, main types of survey methods and their use.
4. Groundwater sampling and monitoring systems, state, regional and local groundwater monitoring networks, methodology, databases, outputs.
5. Main types of contamination and their research, metal contamination, behavior of metals in groundwater and soil.
6. Transport of organic pollutants, hydraulics of NAPL´s propagation, distribution of organic substances between phases.
7. Contamination from landfills and septic systems, contamination from mining waste.
8. Basics of groundwater remediation and unsaturated zones, basic principles of remediation.
9. Optimization of “classical” methods of remediation of saturated and unsaturated zone by ex- and in-situ methods, new methods of active remediation of groundwater polluted with oil and ClU (biosparging, bioslurping, thermally supported venting and sparging, dehalogenation of ClU in situ, etc.).
10. Passive methods of remediation (barriers, phytoremediation).
11. Preventive protection of groundwater, general protection of water, protection of groundwater formation, protection of water against excessive use, protection zones of water resources.
12. Assessment and mapping of groundwater vulnerability.
13. Legislation in the protection of groundwater and surface water.
14. Modeling software in the field of environmental contamination.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
JIAO, J., POST, V. Coastal Hydrogeology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019, 404 s. ISBN 978-1-139-34414-2, https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139344142
ROGERS, N., BLAKE, S., BURTON, K., WIDDOWSON, M., PARKINSON, I., HARRIS, N. An Introduction to Our Dynamic Planet. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2008, 398 p, ISBN 978-0-521-49424-3
HORNBERGER, G.M., RAFFENSPERGER, J.P., WIBERG, P.L., ESHLEMAN, K.N. Elements of Physical Hydrology. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998, 388 s. ISBN 978-1-421-41373-0
APPELO, C.A.J., POSTMA, D. Geochemistry, Groundwater and Pollution. Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema, 1993, 536 s. ISBN 04-1536-421-3
ŠRÁČEK, O., DATEL, J., MLS, J. Kontaminační hydrogeologie. 2. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2002. 237 s. ISBN 80-246-0521-X
KLECKOWSKI, S.A. et al. Ochrona wod podziemnych. Warszawa, 1984.
MELIORIS, L., MUCHA, I., POSPÍŠIL, P. Podzemná voda - Metody výskumu a prieskumu. Alfa Bratislava: SNTL Praha, 1986/88.
ŠRÁČEK, O., ZEMAN, J. Introduction to environmental hydrogeochemistry. Brno: Masaryk University, 2004, 106 s. ISBN 80-210-3586-2
Recommended Reading:
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
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
PELIKÁN, V. Ochrana podzemních vod. SNTL Praha, 1983.
KRÁSNÝ, J. ET AL. Podzemní vody České republiky. Regionální geologie prostých a minerálních vod. Praha: Česká geologická služba, 2012, 1143 s. ISBN 978-80-7075-797-0
ŠRÁČEK, O., KUCHOVSKÝ, T. Základy hydrogeologie. Brno: Masaryk University, 2003, 186 s. ISBN 80-210-3146-8
RICHARDSON, S.M., MCSWEEN, H.Y. Geochemistry: Pathways and Processes. New York, NY: Prentice Hall, 1988, 363 s. ISBN 0-231-12440-6
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