(special
course offering for Spring 2002 only)
Solid
waste characteristic and composition. Collection methods and segregation; waste
recycling; resource conservation and recovery. Hazardous waste characteristics.
Disposal by landfilling; biochemical processes within landfill; landfill design
and operation; landfill gas generation, leachate management including control,
recycling, and treatment; landfill reclamation. Waste incineration including
hazardous waste incineration and air pollution control. . Aerobic and anaerobic
waste processing; sludge utilization. Integration of waste management with
wastewater sludge management.
Hazardous waste treatment technologies. Brownfields and soil remedation
including chemical and biological methods. Groundwater contamination and
remedation including oil and toxic organics.
Includes Laboratory.
Prerequisite:
Chemistry 10, Math 6 or permission of instructor.
1
credit.
Spring
2002. Wlodzimierz Wojcik