HYD 546 - Contaminant Hydrology
Robert S. Bowman, Professor of Hydrology

Class Times: Spring 2003, Monday/Wednesday 12:35-13:50

• Prerequisites
• Course Objectives
• Course Structure
• Lecture Outline

Textbooks

• Fetter, C.W. 1999. Contaminant hydrogeology, 2nd ed. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ
• Freeze, R.A. 2000. The environmental pendulum. University of California Press, Berkeley.

Course Objectives

1. To investigate the processes that control transport of contaminants in the subsurface.
2. To investigate the physical, chemical, and biological processes that control contaminant reactions in the subsurface.
3. To investigate the sources of groundwater contamination, and their control.
4. To investigate the technical options for controlling and remediating groundwater contamination once it has occurred.
5. To investigate legal and ethical issues associated with groundwater contamination and remediation

Course Structure
Approach

• Lectures will cover and expand upon material presented in the text.
• Additional readings and case studies from the literature will be examined.
• Homework will be assigned and graded on a regular basis.

• Attend and participate in all regularly scheduled classes.
• Complete and hand in all assigned homework. Homework is due at the beginning of the designated class period. Late homework will not be accepted unless prior arrangements are made.
• Complete a midterm and a final exam.

• The average homework score will count for 35% of the final grade; the midterm exam, 30%; the final exam, 35%.
• The grading scale will be:
100-90, A
  89-80, B
  79-70, C
  69-60, D
less than 60, F
• The final grade may be adjusted upward in recognition of active class participation and demonstrated interest.
• In order to receive a grade of "SA", auditors will be required to attend all lectures, read assigned materials, and participate in class discussions.