CVE 5221 - Environmental Chemistry for Civil Engineers

• Explain the principles underlying the chemical transformations that take place in groundwater, surface water, and in water and wastewater treatment processes
• Apply the principles of water chemistry to the design of selected water/wastewater and soil/groundwater remediation processes
• Identify the various classes of organic compounds and how organic compounds behave and react in the environment
• Formulate the field and laboratory procedures involved in the sampling and analysis of water and soil samples
• Evaluate the roles of microorganisms in biogeochemical cycles

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• Electroneutrality and its application to water analysis
• Rates of chemical and biochemical reactions
• Acid-base reactions and the carbonate system
• Complexation reactions and chelation
• Precipitation and dissolution reactions
• Oxidation-reduction reactions
• Survey of organic chemistry and how organic compounds react and behave in the environment
• Adsorption reactions
• Survey of environmental laboratory procedures and analytical techniques in environmental chemistry

• Students will participate in several laboratory sessions that will illustrate the course topics, including alkalinity, BOD/COD, lime/soda-ash softening, and carbon adsorption