CIVI 469 Geo-Environmental Engineering 2022

CIVI 6491 Engineering Aspects of Site Remediation

Instructor: Prof. Catherine Mulligan, Ph.D., Eng.

Consultation upon request, via zoom
Office hours: EV 6-187 to be determined
Email: mulligan@civil.concordia.ca
Notes and other information on Moodle web site
Objectives:
• To provide an introduction to contaminant transport processes, and site assessment
techniques,
• To learn about the design and selection of remediation techniques
Topics covered:
• Sources and types of contamination (Chapter 1 GE; Chapters 1 and 5 BHWM)
• Physico-chemical characteristics of contaminants (Chapter 2 GE; Chapter 2 BHWM)
• Introduction to subsurface transport of contaminants (Chapters 2 and 9 GE, Chapter 3
BHWM)
• Overview of policies, programs, guidelines and legislation regarding the
rehabilitation of contaminated sites in Quebec (Chapter 2 HWM, MDDELCC
guidelines)
• Soil and groundwater remediation systems (Chapter 3 GE, Chapter 11 BHWM)
• Brownfields, land disposal and urban waste management (Chapter 7 GE, Chapters 7
and 11 BHWM)
• Industrial, resource, agriculture and marine environment (Chapters 4, 5, 6 and 8 GE)
• Remediation principles and techniques (Chapter 11, GE)
• Natural attenuation (Chapter 10 GE, Chapter 11, BHWM)
• Site assessment techniques and characterization and sustainability (Chapters 10, 12
and 13 GE, Chapters 4 and 10 BHWM)
Text book:
Yong, R.N., Mulligan, C.N. and Fukue, M. Sustainable Practices in Geoenvironmental
Engineering. CRC Press, 2015. Electronic book is on reserve in the library (GE)
https://doi-org.lib-ezproxy.concordia.ca/10.1201/b17443
Background information
William C. Blackman Jr., Basic Hazardous Waste Management, 3rd Edition, First
published 2001, eBook Published 19 April 2016, Imprint CRC Press, on reserve on line
in library. (BHWM)
Book/Journal Title: Hazardous waste management (HWM)
Author Michael D LaGrega, Phillip L Buckingham, Jeffrey C
(Book/Article): Evans
Volume/Issue: /
Year: 2010
On reserve in library.

Marking scheme:
CIVI 6491: Two or three assignments (25%), project and short presentation for CIVI 6491 (20%
+ oral presentation with questions (5%)) and final exam (50%)

CIVI 469: Two or three assignments (25%), labs (25%), and final exam (50%)

Final exam will take place during class time, 1 week before the end of the semester.