ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Starting from 17 October 2023, the lectures will be held in classroom 201 (Mecatronics Engineering).
- We are going to use EDESTEK provided by UZEM of Kocaeli University for the distribution of the course materials.
Textbook:
– “Site Assessment and Remediation for Environmental Engineers”. Cristiane Q. Surbeck & Jeff Kuo. 2021. CRC Press. (S&K)
References:
– “Remediation Engineering: Design Concepts, Second Edition”. (2017). Suthan S. Suthersan, John Horst, Matthew Schnobrich, Nicklaus Welty, Jeff McDonough. CRC Press. (S)
– “Sustainable Remediation of Contaminated Sites” (2015). Krishna R. Reddy & Jeffrey A. Adams. Momentum Press. (R&A)
– “Fundamentals of Hazardous Waste Site Remediation” (1998). Kathleen Sellers. CRC Press. (Se)
– “Applied Hydrogeology”. C.W.Fetter. 2000. (F2)
– “Chemical Fate and Transport in the Environment” (2014). Hemond, H.F., Fechner, E.J. Academic Press. (H)
– “Contaminant Hydrogeology”. C.W. Fetter. 1999. (F1)
– “Integrated Environmental Modeling: Pollutant Transport, Fate, and Risk in the Environment”. Anu Ramaswami et al. 2005. Wiley. (R)
– “Remediation Engineering: Design Concepts”. (1999). Suthan S. Suthersan. CRC Press. (S1)
– “Natural and Enhanced Remediation”. Suthan S. Suthersan. 2001. (S2)
Journals:
- Remediation: The Journal of Environmental Cleanup Costs, Technologies, & Techniques
- Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation
MNA-MOOC:
Natural Attenuation of Groundwater Contaminants: New Paradigms, Technologies, and Applications (Coursera)
Chemical Properties:
Reference Manager Software:
Contaminated Sites in Turkey:
- “Asbest Tepesi”: News report of a contaminated site in Dilovası, Kocaeli
Turkey’s Regulation:
Toprak Kirliliğinin Kontrolü ve Noktasal Kaynaklı Kirlenmiş Sahalara Dair Yönetmelik
Toprak Kirliliğinin Kontrolü ve Noktasal Kaynaklı Kirlenmiş Sahalar Dair Yönetmelik – EKLER
Kirlenmiş Saha Etüt Teknik Rehberi
Kirlenmiş Saha Risk Değerlendirme Teknik Rehberi
Kirlenmiş Saha Temizleme ve İzleme Teknik Rehberi
Web Resources:
Underground Storage Tanks (EPA)
Remediation Performance Database (ESTCP)
Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund (RAGS): Part A (EPA)
LECTURE NOTES
Week 1 (3 Oct 2023) – Introduction to the Course
Course syllabus / Course website
Introduction (Section 1.1 in S)
Week 2 (10 Oct 2023) – Introduction to Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sites
Introduction to Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sites (Chapter 1 in S&K)
Emergence of Environmental Concerns (Section 1.1 in R&A)
Evolution and Maturation of Technologies (Section 1.2 in S)
Week 3 (17 Oct 2023) – Common Sources of Pollution & Common Contaminants of Concern
Introduction (Section 2.1 in S&K)
Common Sources of Pollution (Section 2.2 in S&K)
Common Chemicals of Concern (Section 2.3 in S&K)
Groundwater Contamination (Chapter 1 of F1)
Nature of Environmental Contaminants (Chapter 2 of R)
Introduction (Section 2.1 in S)
Contaminant Types (Section 2.3 in S)
Week 4 (24 Oct 2023) – Common Contaminants of Concern (cont’d) & Molecular Structure of Chemicals
Inorganic Contaminants (Section 2.1.1 in R)
Inorganic Contaminants (Section 2.3.2 in S)
Molecular Structure of Compounds (Section 2.2 in S)
Week 5 (31 Oct 2023) – Units of Concentration and Mass & Physical and Chemical Properties of COCs
Units of Concentration and Mass (Section 2.5 in S&K)
Physical and Chemical Properties of COCs (Section 2.5 in S&K)
Properties of Chemicals (Section 2.2 in R)
Properties of Contaminants (Section 2.4 in S)
Week 6 (7 Nov 2023) – Equilibrium Partitioning
Physical and Chemical Properties of COCs (Section 2.5 in S&K)
Chemical Distribution Among Phases at Equilibrium (Section 1.7 of H)
Environmental Partitioning (Section 3.2 in R)
Week 7 (14 Nov 2023) – Biodegradability of COCs & Soil Properties & Mass of COCs in Different Phases
Biodegradability of COCs (Section 2.6 in S&K)
Soil Matrices (Section 2.7 in S&K)
Partition of COCs in Different Phases (Section 2.8 in S&K)
Week 8 (21 Nov 2023) – Regulatory Framework & Risk Assessment
Laws, Regulations, and Risk Assessment Relevant to Site Assessment and Remediation (S&K)
Regulatory Framework (Section 1.3 in S)
Ünlü, K. (2006). Tour de Table: The Situation of Contaminated Sites in Turkey , Country Presentation at the NATO/CCMS Pilot Study Workshop Prevention and Remediation in Selected Industrial Sectors: Small Sites in Urban Areas, 4-7 June 2006, Athens, Greece, organised by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society, pp. 4-5, www.cluin.org/athens/download/Tour_de_Table/Turkey_Tour_de_Table.pdf
Kentel E., Aksoy, A., Buyuker, B., Dilek, F., Girgin, S., Ipek, M. H., Polat, S., Yetis, U., and Unlu, K. (2011). “Challenges in Development and Implementation of Health-Risk-Based Soil Quality Guidelines: Turkey’s Experience.” Risk Analysis, 31(4), 657-667.
Human Health Risk Assessment from Contaminated Soils: Regulation and Methodologies used in Turkey (Recep Kaya Göktaş, 2013)
Toprak Kirliliğinin Kontrolü ve Noktasal Kaynaklı Kirlenmiş Sahalar Dair Yönetmelik
Toprak Kirliliğinin Kontrolü ve Noktasal Kaynaklı Kirlenmiş Sahalar Dair Yönetmelik – EKLER
Kirlenmiş Sahalar Yönetim Sistemi Teknik Dokümanı (KSYS-TD)
Kirlenmiş Saha Etüt Teknik Rehberi
Kirlenmiş Saha Risk Değerlendirme Teknik Rehberi
Kirlenmiş Saha Temizleme ve İzleme Teknik Rehberi
Kirlenmiş Saha Temizleme/İyileştirme Teknolojileri Kılavuzu (ÇŞB, 2017)
Week 9 (28 Nov 2023) – Midterm Exam
Mean: 34, Median: 38, Minimum: 2, Maximum: 73
Week 10 (5 Dec 2023) – Risk Assessment & Site Assessment and Remedial Investigation
Risk Assessment and Risk Management (Section 3.5 in S&K)
Introduction to Site Assessment and Remedial Investigation (Section 4.1 in S&K)
Soil and Groundwater Sampling (Section 4.2 in S&K)
Week 11 (12 Dec 2023) – Plume Migration & Groundwater Flow
Plume Migration in Aquifer and Soil (Chapter 3 of K)
Groundwater Flow (Chapter 4 of F2; Chapters 5,9 of R)
Review of Mathematics and the Flow Equation (Section 1.8 in F1)
Advection in Groundwater (Section 5.2.2 in R)
Advection in Saturated Groundwater: Darcy’s Law (Section 9.2.1 in R)
Week 12 (19 Dec 2023) – Aquifer Properties
Properties of Aquifers (Chapter 3 of F2)
Week 13 (26 Dec 2023) – Student Presentations & Migration Velocity of the Dissolved Plume
Migration Velocity of the Dissolved Plume (Section 4.4 in S&K)
Retardation (Section 3.5 in H)
Week 14 (2 Jan 2023) – Student Presentations
The following planned material could not be covered this year:
GW Extraction for Remediation
Groundwater Pumping for Pump-and-Treat Applications (Section 6.2 in S&K)
Groundwater Flow to Wells
Groundwater Flow to Wells (Chapter 5 of F2)
Mass Transport in the Subsurface (Advective-Dispersive Transport Equation)
Mass Transport in Saturated Media (Chapter Two in F1)
Mechanical Dispersion (Section 2.4 in F1)
Hydrodynamic Dispersion (Section 2.5 in F1)
Derivation of the Advection-Dispersion Equation for Solute Transport (Section 2.6 in F1)
Mass Transport of Solutes (Section 10.6 in F2)
Advection-Dispersion Equation (Section 3.5.1 in K)
Diffusivity and Dispersion Coefficient (Section 3.5.2 in K)
Physics of Groundwater Movement (Section 3.2 in H)
Recep Kaya Göktaş 