1.34 | Spring 2004 | Graduate

Waste Containment and Remediation Technology

Calendar

LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction to Remediation Technology

2 Hazardous Waste Regulations and Hazardous Materials

3 Contaminant Transport Mechanisms and Principles

4 Multi-phase Flow in Porous Media

5 NAPL Fate and Transport Homework 1 due
6 Site Characterization

7 Site Characterization (cont.) Homework 2 due
8 Remediation Principles: Source Control and Management of Migration Covers, Cut-off Walls, Solidification / Stabilization

9 Pump-and-treat Systems

10 Solvent Vapor Extraction, Air Sparging, Soil Flushing

11 Funnel and Gate Systems, Permeable Treatment Walls Homework 3 due (counts double)
12 Bioremediation

13 Natural Attenuation Homework 4 due
14 New Remediation Technologies
Technical Impracticability
Take home midterm handed out
15 Remedy Selection and Risk Assessment Take home midterm due
16 Introduction to Solid, Hazardous, and Radioactive Waste Disposal and Containment

17 Design of Landfill Homework 5 due
18 Leachate and Gas Production in Landfill

19 Landfill Hydrology Homework 6 due
20 Field Trip to Crapo Hill Landfill Homework 7 due
21 Compacted Soil Liners

22 Synthetic Clay Liners and Geomembranes Design problem due
23 Landfill Construction QA, Monitoring, and Closure Take home final handed out
24 Brownfields Take home final due
25 Hazardous Waste Practice (Regulatory Practice, Expert Testimony, Risk Assessment)

Course Info

Instructor
As Taught In
Spring 2004
Level
Learning Resource Types
Exams
Lecture Notes
Written Assignments