ENV 6519
Physical and Chemical Processes for Groundwater Remediation
Spring 2021 semester
Instructor: J.A. Cunningham (cunning@usf.edu)
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Syllabus and course information
∙ Here is the ENV 6519 syllabus for Spring 2021.
Homework assignments
∙ Homework 1 is due in class on Thursday, January 21.
∙ Homework 2 is due in class on Thursday, January 28.
∙ Homework 3 is due in class on Thursday,
February 4.
One of the problems on this assignment requires you to look up data in an EPA report.
∙ Homework 4 is due in class on Thursday, February 11 (extended to Feb 16).
∙ Homework 5 is due in class on Tuesday, February 23.
∙ Homework 6 is due in class on Tuesday, March 2.
∙ Homework 7 is due in class on Tuesday, March 9.
∙ Homework 8 is due in class on Thursday, March 18.
Exams (incl. from previous years)
∙ Exam from this semester (spring
2021)
Solution set from spring 2021
∙ Exam from spring 2019
Solution set from spring 2019
Semester project
This semester, students will work in teams to complete a design project. Documents related to the design project will be given here.
∙ General project instructions.
∙ Description of required project deliverables.
∙ Information about the chemistry of the water.
∙ The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has developed Excel spreadsheets for cost estimation of remediation by air stripping (packed tower aeration) and by adsorption onto granular activated carbon. These spreadsheets can be quite helpful for your project.
∙ Professor Kerry Howe of the University of New Mexico (and one of the co-authors of our course text book) also has developed a spreadsheet tool for performing air-stripping calculations. I will try to share it here.
Other documents
∙ Here is a psychrometric chart that you can use to help estimate what happens when you heat up a wet air stream before treatment
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