Contaminated Sites Assessment and Remediation

Period: first semester

Course Unit Contents: 

• National regulatory framework and overview of European legislation.
• Contaminants: properties of inorganic, organic, and persistent organic contaminants.
• Interaction and transport of contaminants in saturated and unsaturated soil.
• Investigations for the characterization of a contaminated site: direct and indirect investigations on soil and groundwater matrices.
• Theoretical and applicative aspects of sanitary-environmental risk analysis.
• Intervention techniques for safety and remediation.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:  Through 32 hours of lectures and 24 hours of exercises (6 CFU total), the student will be able to learn the basic theoretical aspects of the proposed topics and to carry out a sanitary-environmental risk analysis and a characterization plan in accordance with the regulations in force.