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July 28, 2022
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This course includes:
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Description
1.34 focuses on the geotechnical aspects of hazardous waste management, with specific emphasis on the design of land-based waste containment structures and hazardous waste remediation.
Topics include: introduction to hazardous waste, definition of hazardous waste, regulatory requirements, waste characteristics, geo-chemistry, and contaminant transport; the design and operation of waste containment structures, landfills, impoundments, and mine-waste disposal; the characterization and remediation of contaminated sites, the superfund law, preliminary site assessment, site investigation techniques, and remediation technologies; and monitoring requirements.
Course Curriculum
- Introduction to Remediation Technology Unlimited
- Hazardous Waste Regulations and Hazardous Materials Unlimited
- Contaminant Transport Mechanisms and Principles Unlimited
- Multi-phase Flow in Porous Media Unlimited
- NAPL Fate and Transport Unlimited
- Site Characterization Unlimited
- Site Characterization (cont.) Unlimited
- Remediation Principles: Source Control and Management of Migration Covers, Cut-off Walls, Solidification / Stabilization Unlimited
- Pump-and-Treat Systems Unlimited
- Solvent Vapor Extraction, Air Sparging, Soil Flushing Unlimited
- Funnel and Gate Systems, Permeable Treatment Walls Unlimited
- Bioremediation Unlimited
- Natural Attenuation Unlimited
- New Remediation Technologies Technical Impracticability Unlimited
- Remedy Selection and Risk Assessment Unlimited
- Introduction to Solid, Hazardous, and Radioactive Waste Disposal and Containment Unlimited
- Design of Landfill Unlimited
- Leachate and Gas Production in Landfill Unlimited
- Landfill Hydrology Unlimited
- Compacted Soil Liners Unlimited
- Synthetic Clay Liners and Geomembranes Unlimited
- Landfill Construction QA, Monitoring, and Closure Unlimited
- Brownfields Unlimited
- Hazardous Waste Practice (Regulatory Practice, Expert Testimony, Risk Assessment) Unlimited
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