C&ENVENG 7110 - Environmental Engineering & Design IVC

North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2015

Soil and Groundwater Remediation. This course deals with the theoretical principles and practical engineering methodologies associated with the remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater. Topics to be considered are as follows: Industrial and agricultural contamination of soil and groundwater. Potential hazards to human health and the environment. Epidemiology. Planning and legislative issues in land-use change and redevelopment. International approaches. Site investigation: preliminary, exploratory, detailed and monitoring. Hydrogeology of site: trial pits, drilling, coring, sampling and pumping tests. Soil gas and vapour tests. Risk assessment: source-pathway-receptor concept; estimation, evaluation and control of risk. Modelling of pollutant transport above and below ground: advection, dispersion, absorption and transformation. Remediation options: removal, containment, hydraulic, thermal, physical, chemical, biological, and stabilisation. On-site and off-site options. Selection of options: feasibility, effectiveness, cost. Formal ranking procedures. Design and implementation: specification, technical design, project planning, supervision, documentation and reporting. Health and safety and environmental protection issues. Post project monitoring plan.

  • General Course Information
    Course Details
    Course Code C&ENVENG 7110
    Course Environmental Engineering & Design IVC
    Coordinating Unit School of Civil, Environmental & Mining Eng
    Term Semester 2
    Level Postgraduate Coursework
    Location/s North Terrace Campus
    Units 3
    Contact 4 hours per week
    Available for Study Abroad and Exchange N
    Assessment Tutorial questions 10%, computer exercises 10%, design project 30%, final exam 50%
    Course Staff

    Course Coordinator: Professor John Crowther

    COORDINATOR

    ADJUNCT PROFESSOR JOHN CROWTHER

    Room N106, Engineering North Building

    Email john.crowther@adelaide.edu.au

    Tel. (08) 8313 5454

     

    Guest lecturers will be invited from time to time to present material on specific topics. Current guests are Ruth Beach (Environmental Lawyer), Peter Baghurst (Epidemiologist), Peter Berndt and David Tully (Consultants with Coffey Environments), Andrew Howes (Consultant with Golder Associates).

    Course Timetable

    The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.

  • Learning Outcomes
    Course Learning Outcomes
    It is intended that by the end of this
    course students will be able to:

    1.    Demonstrate comprehension of the main
           scientific and engineering principles of soil and groundwater remediation;

    2.    Demonstrate an understanding of the legal, planning and environmental health issues in
           relation  to redevelopment of contaminated sites;

    3.    Design and plan a site investigation;

    4.    To conduct a risk analysis of a contaminated site;

    5.    To propose technically and economically feasible remedies for contaminated sites

    University Graduate Attributes

    This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

    University Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s)
    Knowledge and understanding of the content and techniques of a chosen discipline at advanced levels that are internationally recognised. 1, 2
    The ability to locate, analyse, evaluate and synthesise information from a wide variety of sources in a planned and timely manner. 3,4,5
    An ability to apply effective, creative and innovative solutions, both independently and cooperatively, to current and future problems. 3,4,5
    Skills of a high order in interpersonal understanding, teamwork and communication. 3,4,5
    A proficiency in the appropriate use of contemporary technologies. 1
    A commitment to continuous learning and the capacity to maintain intellectual curiosity throughout life. 1,2
    A commitment to the highest standards of professional endeavour and the ability to take a leadership role in the community. 1
    An awareness of ethical, social and cultural issues within a global context and their importance in the exercise of professional skills and responsibilities. 2
  • Learning Resources
    Required Resources
    Textbook: Bedient, P. B., Rifai, H. S. and Newell, C. J., “Ground Water Contamination: Transport and Remediation”, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA, 1999.

    Textbook: Nathanail, C P, and Bardos, R P, “Reclamation of Contaminated Land”, J Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK, 2004

     

    Recommended Resources
    1.    Assessment and Reclamation of Contaminated Land, Harrison, R M and Hester, R E, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 2001 (electronic resource)

    2.    Use of Airborne, Surface, and Borehole Geophysical Techniques at Contaminated Sites. 
    A Reference Guide.  September 1993.  EPA/625/R-92/007.  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH 45268

    3.    Subsurface Characterization and Monitoring Techniques: a Desk Reference Guide. Volume I Solids and Ground Water, Appendices A and B, May 1993. EPA/625/R-93/003a. 
    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH 45268

    4.    South Australia.  Environment Protection Act 1993

    5.    Adelaide City  Council, Contaminated Land Policy, ACC2008/150313, 2008. http://www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/adccwr/publications/policies_strategie/contaminated_land_policy.pdf
    (accessed 15 February 2011)

    6.    EPA Guidelines for Environmental Management of On-site Remediation. 
    Environment Protection Authority, Adelaide, March 2006.

    7.    EPA Guideline for Site Contamination, EPA 839/08.  Environment Protection Authority, Adelaide,
    December 2008.

    8.    EPA Guideline for Assessment of Underground Storage Systems, EPA 580/05. 
    Environment Protection Authority, Adelaide, February 2005.

    9.    EPA Guideline for Oil Bioremediation, EPA 589/05.  Environment Protection Authority, Adelaide,
    November 2005.

    10.  Clayton, C R I, Matthews, M C, and Simons, N E, Site Investigation. 2nd Edition, 2005.  Online Geoengineering Library. http://www.geoengineer.org.

    11.  Domenico, P A and Schwartz, F W,Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1998.

    12. King, H, Site Contamination: Guidelines for the assessment and remediation of groundwater
    contamination, Environment protection Authority, Adelaide, SA, February 2009

    Online Learning


    1       http://www.crccare.com/

    2       http://www.epa.sa.gov.au/

    3       http://www.environment.gov.au/about/councils/nepc/index.html

    4       http://www.nepc.gov.au/

    5       http://www.clu-in.org/

    6       http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/

     

     

  • Learning & Teaching Activities
    Learning & Teaching Modes
    This course uses a number of different teaching and learning approaches, including:


    ·        Lectures

    ·        Problem-solving tutorials

    ·        Computer laboratories

    ·        Self-directed activities

    ·        Design exercise

    ·        Examination

    Workload

    The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

    The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging
    appropriately with the course requirements.

    ·        Lectures = 2 hours per week

    ·        Tutorials = 1 hour per week

    ·        Computer laboratory = 1 hour per week

    ·        Self-directed study = 4 hour per week

    ·        Design exercise = 4 hour per week


    Learning Activities Summary


    Learning
    Activities Schedule Soil & Groundwater Remediation   Year 2015

    Wk    Day  Date  Time        Topic                                                           Room            Lecturers

    1     Tues 28-Jul 11-12 am   Lecture 1: Introduction/Orientation            Ligertwood 333   JMC

          Tues   28-Jul 12-1 pm    Computer Lab 1                                       CAT Suite 1          JMC

          Thurs  30-Jul 11-12 am  Lecture 2: The Love Canal Disaster            Eng North N132   JMC

          Thurs  30-Jul 3-4 pm      Lecture 3: Oil, Natural Gas & Petrochem.    Napier LG28        JMC

    2     Tues   4-Aug 11-12 am  Lecture 4: Gas Manufacture                      Ligertwood 333   JMC

           Tues  4-Aug   12-1  pm  Computer Lab 2                                      CAT Suite 1         JMC

          Thurs  6-Aug 11-12  am  Tutorial 1                                                Eng North N132  JMC

          Thurs  6-Aug 3-4 pm       Lecture 5: The Port Pirie Smelter               Napier LG28       JMC

    3     Tues 11-Aug 11-12  am   Lecture 6: Hazards to Health & the Env     Ligertwood 333   JMC

          Tues  11-Aug 12-1 pm      Computer Lab 3                                       CAT Suite 1        JMC

          Thurs 13-Aug 11-12 am    Tutorial 2                                                Eng North N132  JMC

          Thurs 13-Aug 3-4 pm        Lecture 7: Introduction to Epidemiology     Napier LG28      PBa

    4     Tues 18-Aug 11-12 am     Lecture 8: Epidemiological Case Study       Ligertwood 333  PBa

          Tues  18-Aug 12-1 pm      Computer Lab 4                                       CAT Suite 1       JMC

          Thurs 20-Aug 11-12 am    Tutorial 3                                                 Eng North N132 JMC

          Thurs 20-Aug 3-4 pm      Lecture 9: Site Investigation (prelim)           Napier LG28      JMC

    5     Tues 25-Aug 11-12 am  Lecture 10: Site Investigation(detailed)Ing.   Ligertwood 333  JMC

          Tues  25-Aug 12-1 pm    Computer Lab 5                                           CAT Suite 1      JMC

          Thurs  27-Aug 11-12 am Tutorial 4                                                   Eng North N132  JMC

          Thurs 27-Aug 3-4 pm      Lecture 11: Site Investigation (geophys)      Napier LG28       JMC

    6     Tues  1-Sep 11-12 am    Lecture 12: Risk Assessment                      Ligertwood 333   JMC

           Tues  1-Sep 12-1 pm      Computer Lab 6                                         CAT Suite 1        JMC

          Thurs  3-Sep 11-12 am    Tutorial 5                                                   Eng North N132  JMC

          Thurs  3-Sep 3-4 pm        Lecture 13: Groundwater Modelling 1           Napier LG28       JMC

    7     Tues  8-Sep 11-12 am     Lecture 14: Legal  Aspects 1                       Ligertwood 333   RB

          Tues  8-Sep 12-1 pm       Computer Lab 7                                         CAT Suite 1         JMC

          Thurs  10-Sep 11-12 am  Tutorial 6                                                    Eng North N132  JMC

          Thurs  10-Sep 3-4 pm      Lecture 15: Legal Aspects 2                          Napier LG28       RB

    8     Tues 15-Sep 11-12 am    Lecture 16: Physical Remediation                  Ligertwood 333  JMC

           Tues 15-Sep 12-1 pm     Computer Lab 8                                           CAT Suite 1        JMC

           Thurs  17-Sep 11-12 am  Tutorial 7                                                    Eng North N132  JMC

          Thurs   17-Sep 3-4 pm      Lecture 17: Chemical Remediation                Napier LG28       JMC

           Mon 21-Sep to      MID SEMESTER BREAK

          Fri  02-Oct 2014     MID SEMESTER BREAK

    9     Tues   6-Oct 11-12 am   Lecture 18: Biological Remediation                  Ligertwood 333  JMC

          Tues  6-Oct 12-1 pm       Computer Lab 9                                             CAT Suite 1       JMC

          Thurs  8-Oct 11-12 am    Tutorial 8                                                     Eng North N132  JMC

          Thurs  8-Oct 3-4 pm        Lecture 19: Coffey Environments 1                 Napier LG28      PBe

    10    Tues 13-Oct 11-12 am    Lecture 20: Coffey Environments 2                 Ligertwood 333   DT

          Tues   13-Oct 12-1 pm  Computer Lab 10                                              CAT Suite 1        JMC

          Thurs 15-Oct 11-12 am  Tutorial 9                                                        Eng North N132  JMC

          Thurs 15-Oct 3-4 pm      Lecture 21: Groundwater Modelling 2                Napier LG28       JMC

    11    Tues 20-Oct 11-12 am   Lecture 22: Golder Associates 1                       Ligertwood 333   AH

           Tues 20-Oct 12-1 pm     Computer Lab 11                                             CAT Suite 1      JMC

           Thurs 22-Oct 11-12 am  Tutorial 10                                                      Eng North N132 JMC

           Thurs  22-Oct 3-4 pm    Lecture 23: Golder Associates Lecture 2             Napier LG28       AH

    12   Tues 27-Oct 11-12 am  Lecture 24: Selection of Options                         Ligertwood 333  JMC    

           Tues 27-Oct 12-1 pm   Computer Lab 12                                               CAT Suite 1       JMC

           Thurs 29-Oct 11-12 am  Tutorial 11                                                      Eng North N132 JMC

           Thurs 29-Oct 3-4 pm      Lecture 25: Health, Safety and the Public          Napier LG28     JMC
     
     

                           RB = Ruth Beach            AH = Andrew Howes

                           PBe = Peter Berndt         DT = David Tully

                           JMC = John Crowther      PBa = Peter Baghurst

    Specific Course Requirements
    No specific requirements
    Small Group Discovery Experience
    Small groups of 4 to 6 students will be set a design study, which will represent 30% of the assessment for this course.  Usually this will involve a site assessment exercise for a real site in the Adelaide area.
  • Assessment

    The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

    1. Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
    2. Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
    3. Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
    4. Assessment must maintain academic standards.

    Assessment Summary

    Assessment Task Start/Due Type Weight Learning
    Objective
    Tutorial Questions Wk 2/Wk 8 Summative 10% 1,2
    Computer Exercises Wk 1/Wk 7 Summative 10% 1,2
    Design Project Start Wk 4/Wk 12 Summative 30% 1,2,3,4,5,6
    End of Semester Examination During Exam Period Summative 50% 1,2,3,4,5










     

    Assessment Related Requirements
    Attendance at all lectures, tutorials and computer laboratories is regarded as essential
    for a successful completion of this course.

    Assessment Detail
    Tutorials will be used flexibly to supplement and reinforce the lecture material.  Tutorial question sheets will be issued to allow students to test their understanding. The tutor will assist students as required with hints for solution and feedback.  Outline solutions will be available to students in the following tutorial for self evaluation.  One of the Tutorials will be assessed and represent 10% of the summative assessment of the course.

     
    Computer laboratories will be used to introduce students to the main types of software
    tools used in the soil and groundwater remediation area, as described in the lectures.  Demonstrators will assist the students with exercises designed to show the capabilities of the various software packages.  It is likely that the design project will require some computational input and students will be assisted to develop their own applications, as required. One of the computer
    laboratories will be assessed and represent 10% of the summative assessment of the course.

     
    The design project, which is 30% of the summative assessment, will involve realistic problem-solving of a case of contaminated land. Students will be required to submit a structured report with abstract, introduction, sections on methods, data analysis, conclusions and recommendations.


    The end of semester examination will be of duration 2 hours with 10 minutes perusal and is
    50% of the summative assessment.  The examination will be closed book with no materials permitted and students should attempt 4 questions out of a choice of 6.  Each question will be of equivalent weight and marks for sub-sections will be clearly indicated.  Questions will involve both descriptive answers and numerical calculations.  A standard, scientific calculator will be required but programmable calculators, computers and other electronic aids will not be permitted.  Students must enter their answers legibly by hand in the answer book provided.  The minimum mark for a pass will be 40% for this examination.

     

    Submission
    The design project is due in week 12. Students will be required to submit a report in hard copy plus an
    electronic copy on a labelled CD-ROM attached to the inside rear cover of the report. The front cover of the report should be fully labelled with title, course and student details.  The report should be submitted by the due date (2 p.m. Friday of Week 12) to the office of the School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, located in Engineering North Building, room N136.  Late submission will in most cases receive a zero mark.  A late submission will be allowed only if a deferred deadline has been approved by the course coordinator prior to the due date because of medical or other extenuating circumstances.  Documentary evidence, such as medical certificate, will be required for deferral.

    Course Grading

    Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

    M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
    Grade Mark Description
    FNS   Fail No Submission
    F 1-49 Fail
    P 50-64 Pass
    C 65-74 Credit
    D 75-84 Distinction
    HD 85-100 High Distinction
    CN   Continuing
    NFE   No Formal Examination
    RP   Result Pending

    Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

    Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

    Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.

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