COURSE HOMEPAGE

FATE & TRANSPORT OF TOXICS IN THE ENVIRONMENT


o    SYLLABUS & READING SCHEDULE

o    MIDTERM Exam #1 Concepts Review**

o    MIDTERM Exam #1 SOLUTION SET

o    MIDTERM Exam #1 GRADE DISTRIBUTION CHART

o    MIDTERM Exam #2 Concepts Review***

o    SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION, useful web sites, & news stories

o    Return to W. Fish Homepage

READINGS:<-- Click here to find the course schedule and reading list. Students are responsible for completing each reading BEFORE the class. A brief quiz at the start of each class will test for basic information contained in the assigned reading. Also check the "Supplemental Info Page" (above) for "TBA" required readings and other non-required readings as well as web links of interest.

 

Week

Problem Set Assignment

Topic/Skill Objective

Solution Set

Wk 1

PS #1  

Basic mass balance set ups; diffusional transport

SS #1

Wk 2

PS #2

Practical mass balances, dispersion in rivers, vertical fluxes in lake

SS #2

Wk 3

PS #3

River and lake transport and reaction

SS #3

Wk 4

PS #4

Physics of Mixing in Lakes and Estuaries

SS #4 

Wk 5

PS # 5

 Environmental chemistry

SS #5

Wk 6


PS #6  


Partitioning among phases

SS #6

Wk 7

PS # 7

 

Modeling Pollutants in a Sediment System; air-water exchange

SS #7

Wk 8

PS #8
 

Hydrolysis and Photolysis Reactions

 SS #8

Wk 9

PS #9 

Bioaccumulation in a Food chain

SS #9

Wk 10

EXTRA CREDIT PS 

 Due Th 6/9/16, before 5 pm, CEE office

 

 

 

PRACTICE PROBLEMS- Ch. 1/2

Try solving, then check solutions -->

New Practice Problems

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PP-SS #1

PPSS #1B

PRACTICE PROBLEMS in CO3 CHEMISTRY

Practice CO3 Problems
Slides :CO3 Chemistry

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PP-SS #2

SUPPLEMENTAL CHEMISTRY READINGS (Maybe helpful; not required)

Chem Reading 1
Chem Reading 2
Chem Reading 3