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)