Overview
This topic covers those aspects of water chemistry relevant for an understanding of pollution, water quality and hydrogeochemistry, and includes the physical and chemical properties of natural waters and their classification, expressing concentrations and activity of dissolved chemical species, speciation, dissolution and precipitation, chemical interactions between water, sediments and soils, … For more content click the Read More button below.
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Aims
This topic aims to provide an appreciation of the nature and role of water chemistry in hydrological systems and develops skills in understanding and interpreting water composition in relation to hydrological and hydrochemical processes.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:
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Discuss weathering as a transfer of geochemical constituents between surface and groundwaters and the biosphere
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Outline the principles of aqueous geochemistry
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Outline the major types of water pollutants
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Explain applications and techniques of geochemical tracers in surface water and groundwater
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Make simple approximations of the transport and fate of aqueous solutes and contaminants
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Discuss the relationship between management practices and water quality
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Complete basic applications of chemical speciation modelling software
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Assumed knowledge
Basic chemistry.