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Syllabus WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND RECLAMATION - 71612
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Last update 24-10-2017
HU Credits: 2

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 Email: sara.elhanany@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: by appointment

Teaching Staff:
Ms.

Course/Module description:

Preservation, monitoring and remediation of the natural water resources, Water and wastewater treatment and effluents recycling

Course/Module aims:
Provide students with basic knowledge about water quality of the natural water resources, monitoring and remediation, knowledge about the processes of water and wastewater treatment. Recycling water and its application for the protection of human health, soil and aquatic environment.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Recognize water quality of natural water resources, monitoring and remediation methods. Idetify wastewater and water types.
Recognize processes of water treatment
and wastewater treatment and reclamation

Attendance requirements(%):
100

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: lectures, excersizes and tours

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
גבירצמן, חיים. משאבי המים של ישראל.(תשס"ג). הוצאת יד בן-צבי.


Additional Reading Material:

Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 70 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 10 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 10 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 10 %
field trip report

Additional information:
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Students needing academic accommodations based on a disability should contact the Center for Diagnosis and Support of Students with Learning Disabilities, or the Office for Students with Disabilities, as early as possible, to discuss and coordinate accommodations, based on relevant documentation.
For further information, please visit the site of the Dean of Students Office.
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