Assignments
HW 1
Due: Feb. 25
Due April 2
Exam 1 Review
Exam 2 Review: April 28
Final Project Review: April 23
Final Project: Copper, Chrome and Arsenic (CCR)
Lecture Presentations:
Lecture 1
.pdf .ppt
Lecture 2&3
.pdf .ppt
Groundwater
.pdf .ppt
Tritium-Helium
DNAPL & PRB
Regional Aquifers
C14 Age Dating
Weathering (See Fetter for carbonate chemistry)
Carbonate Chem
Metals
Bangladesh
Radon
Nuclear Waste
.pdf .ppt
Supplemental Reading:
Drever chapter 5:
Drever Chapter 8:
Iron Barrier Dechlorination Remediation
Long Term Performance of Iron Barrier Remediation
EPA Report on Reactive Barrier Remediation
Stable Isotopes at Yucca Mountain
Lecture: MW 4:50 - 6:05 pm CSB 209
Instructor: Robert J. Poreda
Office: Hutchison Hall, Room 224
Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 4-5 pm, or by appointment
Phone: x5-0051; email: poreda@earth.rochester.edu
Teaching Assistant: Zoë Harrold (and Tom Darrah)
Office: Hutchison Hall, Room 201
Office Hours: Monday/Wednesday 3-4:30 pm, or by appointment
(Please email me if you plan to attend office hours so I can make sure I am in room 201)
Phone: x5-8691; email: zharrold@mail.rochester.edu
Course Description: EES 217 provides a foundation in both qualitative and quantitative analyses of the dynamic interaction between water and geologic media. The first part of the course outlines the formation of water, atmospheric processes and the hydrologic cycle. The second part focuses on the theory and geologic controls on groundwater flow. The third and final part of the course deals with natural groundwater geochemistry and environmental contamination and remediation.
Grade Breakdown: Exam 1 (25%) + Exam 2 (25%) + Homework/Quizzes(10%) + Final Project (40%)
Exams: Exams will consist of a series of short essay questions, with ample opportunity for partial credit. The final project will be given before the end of class and must be completed by the end of finals period.
Exam 1: March 7 Exam 2: April 30 Final Project Due: May 10
Required Text Book: Fetter, Applied Hydrogeology 4th Edition.
Additional Resources: Drever, Geochemistry of Natural Waters
Domenico & Schwartz, Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology
Faure, Isotope Geology
Freeze and Cherry, Groundwater
Mazor, Chemical and Isotopic Hydrology
Stumm and Morgan, Aquatic Chemistry
McBride, Environmental Chemistry of Soils
