The main scope of the Water Quality Management course is to provide students with the basic knowledge of the physical and biogeochemical mechanisms controlling the quality of groundwater (flow and contaminant transport modeling in groundwater). Furthermore the course addresses the assessment of contamination level, health risk and groundwater remediation systems.
Water Quality Management course is part of the master's degree program in "Civil Engineering for Protection from Natural Risks", whose objective is to train civil engineers with high professional qualifications for the protection from hydrogeological and seismic risks.
Within the framework of this course, the course aims to provide an in-depth knowledge of 1) flood legislation; 2) contamination sources in natural and anthropic environments; 3) main physical mechanisms of contaminant transport in groundwater and soils; 4) modelling of solute transport in environmental systems most popular computational tools flow and transport modeling in groundwater; 5) health risk due to contaminated groundwater; 6) main groundwater remediation systems.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to 1) identify fundamental criteria and restrictions for the assessment of the environmental concentration and the related health risk ; 2) develop an hydrological/hydraulic model for the study of a contaminated site; 3) perform simulations exploring different contamination scenarios; 4) identify the most appropriate solution for groundwater remediation; 6) prepare project report and drawings.
Water Quality Management course is part of the master's degree program in "Civil Engineering for Protection from Natural Risks", whose objective is to train civil engineers with high professional qualifications for the protection from hydrogeological and seismic risks.
Within the framework of this course, the course aims to provide an in-depth knowledge of 1) flood legislation; 2) contamination sources in natural and anthropic environments; 3) main physical mechanisms of contaminant transport in groundwater and soils; 4) modelling of solute transport in environmental systems most popular computational tools flow and transport modeling in groundwater; 5) health risk due to contaminated groundwater; 6) main groundwater remediation systems.
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to 1) identify fundamental criteria and restrictions for the assessment of the environmental concentration and the related health risk ; 2) develop an hydrological/hydraulic model for the study of a contaminated site; 3) perform simulations exploring different contamination scenarios; 4) identify the most appropriate solution for groundwater remediation; 6) prepare project report and drawings.
teacher profile teaching materials
a) GW contamination ;
b) Contaminants;
c) Contaminant sources
d) Legislative references
e) Quick recall on Probability
f) Quick recall on Chemistry
2. TRASPORTO DI SOSTANZE NON REATTIVE NEL SATURO
The flow problem
a) Governing equations
b) Scale and heterogeneity
The transport problem
a) Advection
b) Diffusion
c) Hydro dynamical and mechanic Dispersion
d) Macrodispersion
3. TRANSPORT OF REACTIVE SOLUTE
a) Classification of reactions (Rubin J.)
b) Sorption of water-soluble compounds
c) Sorption of hydrophobic compounds
d) Homogeneous reactions
e) Radioactive decay
f) Biodegradation
4. TRANSPORT OF SOLUTE IN THE VADOSE ZONE
The flow problem
a) Governing equations
b) Pedofunctions
The transport problem
a) Transport of solutes (equilibrium)
5. MULTIPHASE FLOW
a) Saturation ratio
b) Two and Three phase saturation-capillary pressure relations
c) Intrinsic permeability
d) DNAPL
e) LNAPL
6. MONITORING
7. REMEDIATION STRATEGIES
8. STOCHASTIC HYDROLOGY CONCEPTS
a) Space Random Function
b) Variogram and correlation models
c) Uncertainty
d) Montecarlo models
e) Transport through heterogeneous aquifers
f) Stratified medium
9. EXERCISES
a) EXERCISE 1: Semi-analytical modeling of the push and pull tracer test
b) EXERCISE 2: Numerical modeling of a reactive plume
b) Ingegneria degli acquiferi, A. Di Molfetta e R. Sethi, Springer, Milan, 2012, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1851-8
Programme
1. INTRODUCTIONa) GW contamination ;
b) Contaminants;
c) Contaminant sources
d) Legislative references
e) Quick recall on Probability
f) Quick recall on Chemistry
2. TRASPORTO DI SOSTANZE NON REATTIVE NEL SATURO
The flow problem
a) Governing equations
b) Scale and heterogeneity
The transport problem
a) Advection
b) Diffusion
c) Hydro dynamical and mechanic Dispersion
d) Macrodispersion
3. TRANSPORT OF REACTIVE SOLUTE
a) Classification of reactions (Rubin J.)
b) Sorption of water-soluble compounds
c) Sorption of hydrophobic compounds
d) Homogeneous reactions
e) Radioactive decay
f) Biodegradation
4. TRANSPORT OF SOLUTE IN THE VADOSE ZONE
The flow problem
a) Governing equations
b) Pedofunctions
The transport problem
a) Transport of solutes (equilibrium)
5. MULTIPHASE FLOW
a) Saturation ratio
b) Two and Three phase saturation-capillary pressure relations
c) Intrinsic permeability
d) DNAPL
e) LNAPL
6. MONITORING
7. REMEDIATION STRATEGIES
8. STOCHASTIC HYDROLOGY CONCEPTS
a) Space Random Function
b) Variogram and correlation models
c) Uncertainty
d) Montecarlo models
e) Transport through heterogeneous aquifers
f) Stratified medium
9. EXERCISES
a) EXERCISE 1: Semi-analytical modeling of the push and pull tracer test
b) EXERCISE 2: Numerical modeling of a reactive plume
Core Documentation
a) Contaminant Hydrogeology, C.W. Fetter, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, N.J., 1999. ISBN 10: 0137512155 / ISBN 13: 9780137512157b) Ingegneria degli acquiferi, A. Di Molfetta e R. Sethi, Springer, Milan, 2012, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1851-8