Academic year/semester: 2024/25/1

ECTS Credits: 5

Available for: All OU students

Lecture hours: 2
Seminarium:0
Practice: 0
Laboratory: 4
Consultation: 0

Prerequisites: -

Course Leader: Rita Kendrovics-Boda, Ph.D.

Faculty: Rejtő Sándor Faculty of Light Industry and Environmental Engineering, 1034 Budapest, Doberdó utca 6.

Course Description:
Course objective is to provide overall knowledge about topics of water quality protection and water management. Within this scope it deals in detail with water circulation in the nature and in the society and with water incidences available for residential utilization. It examines impacts and impurities affecting natural waters of the industrializing world and water quality resulting from that, together with monitoring possibilities. It reviews general questions of water and water management, like basics of water management, fundamentals of water resources management, current and future water demands. It shows different types of water utilization and the return options of used waters to the nature. It presents basic hydrological notions, transmission of impurities in surface and subsurface waters, as well as impacts of oil pollution to water quality and possibilities of environmental clean-up.
The other aims of this course to present the basic knowledge of the soil - soil concept, features, soil forming materials, physical properties of soil, soil nutrient supply, soil classification. It summarizes the analysis of soil degradation processes and the impacts of human activities on soil quality within the soil conservation process. It provides comprehensive knowledge about soil organic and inorganic pollutants, their effects and the factors determining the spread of contamination. It presents the various remediation technologies and opportunities for remediation of contaminated sites and international experience. A particular lecture is devoted to on-site (in-situ, ex-situ) and off-site procedures. Furthermore, a special lecture deals with the various polluting substances and their detection and termination.

Competences:
Comprehensive knowledge of the basic features and interrelations of environmental elements and systems, as well as of the environmentally harmful substances affecting them. Knowledge of the main methods to examine the quantity and quality features of environmental elements and systems, their typical measuring instruments, and limitations thereof, as well as methods for the evaluation of data measured. Able to perform basic tests of the quantity and quality characteristics of environmental elements and systems by state-of-the-art measuring instruments; to draw up and implement measurement plans; and to evaluate data. Able to solve tasks of water, soil, air, radiation, and noise protection, as well as of waste treatment and processing at proposal level; to participate in preparing decisions; to perform authority audits; and to take part in the operation of these technologies. Able to carry out assignments as environmental officer. Able to carry out management duties subject to sufficient professional experience. Knowledge of general and specific mathematical, natural, and social scientific principles, rules, relations, and procedures as required to pursue activities in the special field of environment protection. Knowledge of the methodology and legal regulations for performing environmental impact assessments and for compiling impact studies. Able to apply environmental remediation methods, to prepare for and participate in remediation. Able to take part in environment expertise, advisory, and decision preparation work. Constantly upgrading their knowledge of environment protection by attending organized professional development training courses.

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Mid Term Exam

Compulsory bibliography: Dr. Pregun, Csaba: Hydrology, Publication date 2011, Szerzői jog © 2011 Debreceni Egyetem. Agrár- és Gazdálkodástudományok Centruma, in e-learning system R.C.Gaur: Basic environmental engineering, New Age International Publishers. 2008 in e-learning system RPC Morgan: Soil Erosion and Conservation, National Soil Resources Institute, Cranfield University, Blackwell Publishing, 2005, Humberto Blanco, Rattan Lal: Principles of Soil Conservation and Management, Springer Verlag, 2008

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