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HU Credits:
3
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Soil and Water Sciences
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Rehovot
Course/Module Coordinator:
Sara Elhanany
Coordinator Office Hours:
by appointment
Teaching Staff:
Ms. Sara Elhanany
Course/Module description:
Preservation, monitoring and remediation of the natural water resources, Water and wastewater treatment and effluents recycling in Israel.
Course/Module aims:
Provide students with basic knowledge about: water quality of the natural water resources in Israel, monitoring and remediation methods, risk assessment, water and wastewater treatment and reclamation, water and effluent quality standards for the protection of human health, soil and aquatic environment.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
To characterize the changing quality of the water resources and to identify pollution sources by using advanced monitoring methods, in order to take corrective actions to preserve and rehabilitate their quantity and quality. To recognize remediation methods of water sources and treatment methods of wastewater and of drinking water.
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
lectures, exercises, quiz and Study tour
Course/Module Content:
Introductory overview of water resources preservation and Water resources sustainable management principals in Israel
Water resources Quality and characterization - Anthropogenic and natural contamination sources. Point source pollution and wide spatial pollution
Groundwater Quality Monitoring principals –overview of the monitoring systems, setting a national early warning monitoring network using GIS mapping, historical surveys and criteria for monitoring wells layout.
Analytical supporting system - principals and methods.
Using tracers and indicators as a monitoring tool – organic micro pollutants and "immerging contaminants", unregulated contaminants, of industrial and domestic waste water and their presence in water resources.
Monitoring, drilling and sampling methods for organic micropollutants and monitoring the unsaturated zoon– principals and methods and case studies
Aquifer contamination by chlorinated volatile organic compounds (Cl-VOCs) – the impact on groundwater and on public health
Risk assessment and modeling - Introduce risk assessment various methods as a tool for the remedial plane decision making (RBCA – risk based corrective action), application of numerical models for remedial scenarios prediction, Case study of remedial action base on risk assessment.
Remedial strategies of ground water and pollution control (2X3 hrs) – soil and water remedial methods, case studies of treatment strategies "in-situ" and "ex-situ" well head/supply water systems treatment
Legislation and regulation aspects in Israel of -
Water resources Pollution prevention, Implementing and enforcement of corrective action to remediate and to treat soil and water pollution, Quality standards for wastewater effluent reuse, Quality standard of drinking water
Water treatment (Ex-Situ)- Methods, technologies and water
Types.
Sea Water and Brackish Water Desalination in Israel – the need for
desalination, desalination plants, methods and technologies.
Wastewater Treatment and reuse in Israel - hydrological and
agricultural aspects and quality standards
Required Reading:
Viessman, Jr., W. and Hammer, M. J. Water Supply and Pollution Control. 8th, Edition. Harper Collins College Publishers, New York 2014
B.H. Kueper, H.F. Stroo, C.M. Ward Editors, Chlorinated Solvents Source Zone Remediation, Springer Science + Business Media, New York 2014
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Additional Reading Material:
Grading Scheme :
Additional information:
There may be surprise exams during classes that will count as bonus points:
1.Final examination - 70%
2.Participation, quiz and assignments - 20%
3.Field trip and report – 10% (if trip will not be feasible the 10% will be added to section2 (participation and assignments)
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