Water Quality and Remediaton Techniques

The course aims to impart the knowledge of water natural quality and influenced by the anthropic activitie, especially the groundwater. The physical laws of the contaminant transport are illustrated and must be understood as they relate to the geological characteristics.

Applying knowledge and understanding
The student must understand the investigations useful for the aquifer, aquitard and aquiclude parametrization and their application to the resolution of practical cases developed by exercises also with the use of software.
Making judgements
As part of the proposed problems, the student has to move on to faster and more efficient applications, at a first step, with a common work between students and then with personal ideas and single work.
Communicative skills
The presentation of a project, the execution of exercises, the conversation between teacher and student will develop oral and practical skills in dealing with themes on the quality of water resources and their protection and remediation.
Learning skills
At the end of the course, the student must be able to use a specific language and connect the different aspects of the quality of groundwater, including complexity of treatment. Every single natural or man-made situation must be properly interpreted.