2023-2024 Graduate Catalog 
    
    Oct 10, 2024  
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CIVL 6618 - Hazardous Waste Treatment


Prerequisites: CIVL 6601 CIVL 6602  or consent of the 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 credits.