ENGI 8793 - Special Topics in Civil Engineering: Soil Remediation Engineering
Spring 2007

Instructor: Dr. C. A. Coles
Room: EN 3004
Tel: 737-8704
Email: ccoles@engr.mun.ca
Mail box: 75

Teaching Assistant:
Room: EN
Tel: 737-
Email:
Mail Box:

Lectures: Monday 12:30 - 1:45 p.m., Wednesday 12:30 - 1:45 p.m.

Office hours: Monday 1:30 - 2:30 p.m., Tuesday 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Term Paper due dates: 24 May, 21 June and 19 July

Presentation due dates: 24 May, 21 June and 19 July



Reserve Texts (QEII):

Remediation Engineering: Design Concepts, 1997
S. S. Suthersan, CRC Press

Hazardous waste Management, 1994
M. D. LaGrega, P. L. Buckingham and J. C. Evans, McGraw Hill

Hazardous Waste Site Soil Remediation, 1993
D. J. Wilson and A. N. Clarke, Marcel Dekker

Managing Contaminated Sites: Problem Diagnosis and Development of Site Restoration, 1996
D. K. Asante-Duah, Wiley

Principles of Contaminant Transport in Soils, 1992
R. N. Yong, A. M. O. Mohamed, and B. P. Warkentin, Elsevier

Geological Aspects of Hazardous Waste Management, 1994
S. M. Tests, CRC Press

Fundamnetals of Soil Behavior, 2nd Ed., 1993
J. K. Mitchell, Wiley

Soil Chemistry, 2nd Ed., 1985
H. L. Bohn, B. L. McNeal, and G. A O'Connor,D. K. Asante-Duah, Wiley

Chemistry; Experiment and Theory, 2nd Ed., 1985
B. G. Segal, Wiley



Marking Scheme

  • Term Papers ..........................................40%
  • Presentations ........................................20%
  • Final Exam ............................................20%


    Outline of Topics

    1. Overview of remediation, management approaches, types of methodologies

    2. Contaminant characteristics, interactions with soil, contaminant migration, nonaqueous phase liquids

    3. Field investigative techniques

    4. Brownfield redevelopment, incentives, advantages, examples

    5. Containment using vertical barrier walls, bottom barries, covers, use of geosynthetics

    6. Surface water controls, structures and channels

    7. Groundwater controls, wells and piezometers

    8. Bioremediation for soil and groundwater, in situ, ex situ and on site techniques, method selection

    9. Natural monitored attenuation, advantages and limitations

    10. Stabilization and solidifcation

    11. Thermal desorption

    12. Incineration

    13. Soil fracturing

    14. Groundwater treatment and reinjection

    15. Nuclear waste management




    The location of the Writing Centre is the Science Building, SN 2053 and the telephone numbers are 3168 and 7705.