24ESPM 4601

Fall 2008

1:55 – 2:45

375 Bor. Hall

Schedule (Tentative)

Day

Date

Class period

Assignment Due Dates

Reading

Lecture topic

Wednesday

3-Sep

 

 

Chapter 1 and Chapter 2

1. Soil composition and soil pollution

Friday

5-Sep

2

 

Chapter 5

2. Review of soil biology

Monday

8-Sep

3

 

Chapter 3 and 6

3.Water and transport of contaminants-Part 1. Plan for Field trip

Wednesday

10-Sep

4

First problem set 

 

Water and transport of contaminants-Part 2.

Dr. Brandy Toner

Friday

12-Sep

5

 

 

Water and transport of contaminants-Part 3.-

Dr. Brandy Toner Dr. Brandy Toner

Monday

15-Sep

6

 

Text Chapter 7; Baird Chapter 5 and appendix 3

4. Xenobiotic Chemicals in the Environment Part 1.

Dr. Brandy Toner

Wednesday

17-Sep

7

 

 

Xenobiotic Chemicals in the Environment

Part 2.

Dr. Brandy Toner

Friday

19-Sep

8

Second problem set

 

Xenobiotic Chemicals in the Environment

-Part 3.

Dr. Brandy Toner

Monday

22-Sep

9

 

 

Waste Management issues in Minnesota

 

Prof Thomas Halbach

Wednesday

24-Sep

10

 

 

International Trade in Toxic Waste

 

Prof Thomas Halbach

Friday

26-Sep

11

 

Chapter 8

5. Biological processes and the fate of contaminants-Part 1.

 

Monday

29-Sep

12

 

 

Biological processes and the fate of contaminants-Part 2. Plus: Bioscreen first order decay

Wednesday

1-Oct

13

Third problem set

Chapter 13

6. Toxicology Part 1

Friday

3-Oct

14

 

 

Toxicology Part 2

Monday

6-Oct

15

 

Chapter 14

7. Risk assessment-Part 1

Wednesday

8-Oct

16

First Midterm

 

Risk Assessment Part 2

Friday

10-Oct

17

 

 

Risk Assessment Part 3

Monday

13-Oct

18

 

 

MPCA risk based worksheet and cleanup of soil contaminants

Wednesday

15-Oct

19

 

Chapter 18

8. Pollution of surface waters 1

Friday

17-Oct

20

 

 

8. Pollution of surface waters 2

Monday

20-Oct

21

Fourth problem set

Chapters 26, 27 and 28

9. Municipal wastes and  water treatment 1

Wednesday

22-Oct

22

 

 

 9. Municipal wastes and  water treatment 2

Friday

24-Oct

23

 

Chapters 26 and 27

10. Agricultural pollution: Fertilizer and manure

Monday

27-Oct

24

 

 

Background to field trip

Wednesday

29-Oct

25


Chapter 10 and 16

11. Pesticides and other chemical pollutants- Part 1.

Friday

31-Oct

26

Field Trip


Metro Council sewage treatment plant:  Seneca Wastewater Treatment Plant, 3750 Plant Road, Eagan, Minnesota 55122.

Monday 

3-Nov

27

 First Paper due

 

Pesticides and chemical pollutants Part 2

Wednesday

5-Nov

28

 Fifth Problem set

Chapter 25

12. Solid and Haz Waste. Part 1

Friday

7-Nov

29

 

Gary Elsner  guest speaker

Minnesota Department of Agriculture: Incident Response Program

Monday

10-Nov

30

Second Midterm

 

Midterm

Wednesday

12-Nov

31

 

 

Solid and Haz Waste. Part 2

Friday

14-Nov

32

 

Chapter 13

13. Regulations

Monday

17-Nov

33

 

Chapter 12

14. Environmental monitoring-Part 1

Wednesday

19-Nov

34

 

 

 Environmental monitoring-Part 2

 

Friday

21-Nov

 

 

Chapters 17 and 19

15. Remediation- Part 1

Monday

24-Nov

 

 6th problem set

 

Remediation-- Part 2

Wednesday

26-Nov

36

 

Field trip

University Hazardous Waste Facility

Friday

28-Nov

37

 

 Thanksgiving 

Holiday

Monday

1-Dec

38

 

Assigned Readings

16 Natural attenuation Part 1 -  Bioscreen -Instantaneous Reaction Model

Wednesday

3-Dec

39

 

 

Natural Attenuation Part. 2

Friday

5-Dec

40

7th problem set

Mark Ferrey MPCA

Natural Attenuation -Part 3

Monday

8-Dec

41

 

 

Poster presentation of paper 4.

Wednesday

10-Dec

42

Second paper and poster

Last day of class

Review

Saturday 

13-Dec

 

 

Final Exam

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm 375 Borlaug Hall