2017-2018 Graduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2017-2018 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CIVL 6618 - Hazardous Waste Treatment


Prerequisites: CIVL 6601  and CIVL 6602  or permission of instructor. A review of the historical, legislative, and social framework of hazardous waste issues. Physical, chemical, biological, and thermal processes used for decontamination of hazardous wastes and hazardous waste sites are studied extensively. Specific remedial in-situ/ex-situ technologies such as soil vapor extraction, soil washing, incineration, bioremediation, immobilization, and chemical extraction are covered. Includes various laboratory and field case studies.
3 credit hours.