G9421 Groundwater protection

Faculty of Science
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tomáš Kuchovský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Adam Říčka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Tomáš Kuchovský, Ph.D.
Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Ing. Jana Pechmannová
Supplier department: Department of Geological Sciences – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites
G2100, courses G6300 and G7400 recommended
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is devoted mainly to the students of the Masters program. The aim of the course is to acquaint the student with groundwater comminants, their properties, ways of remediation of contaminated waters and principles of groundwater protection.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to:
identify and delineate sources of groundwatwer contamination;
know principle groundwater contaminants and their physico-chemical properties;
understand and estimate transport processes at sites;
interpret multiphase flow;
calculate flow of immiscible fluids;
calculate mass of contaminants in vadose and saturated zone;
know remediation technologies and their advantages;
make decisions of suitability of common remediation technologies at sites (pump and treat, SVE, PRBs, etc.)
Syllabus
  • History and progress of the groundwater protection
  • contaminants and their properties, sources of contamination
  • migration of the contaminants through the saturated and vadose zone - transport processes
  • contaminant plume forming, impact of transport processes to contaminant plume shape and extent
  • multiphase flow, relative permeability, saturation ratio
  • mass balance of contaminants is saturated and vadose zone
  • remediation technologies
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Pelikán, V: Ochrana podzemních vod. 1. vyd. Praha: SNTL, 1983. 321s.
  • Kliner, K. - Kněžek, M. - Olmer., M.: Využití a ochrana podzemních vod. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní zemědělské nakladatelství, 1978. 295 s.
  • Šráčk, O. - Datel, J. - Mls, J: Kontaminační hydrogeologie. Praha: UK - Karolinum, 2000. 210 s.
  • SCHWARTZ, F. W. and Hubao ZHANG. Fundamentals of ground water. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2003, vii, 583. ISBN 0471137855. info
  • FETTER, C. W. Contaminant hydrogeology. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1999, x, 500. ISBN 0137512155. info
  • DOMENICO, P. A. and F. W. SCHWARTZ. Physical and chemical hydrogeology. 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1997, xiii, 506. ISBN 0471597627. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class exercises, homeworks.
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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