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IV COURSE: ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES APPLIED TO GROUNDWATER POLLUTION STUDIES. June, 28th to July 2nd, 2010. |
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ENVIRONMENTAL ISOTOPES APPLIED TO GROUNDWATER POLLUTION STUDIES.
Waterloo University (Canada)
Neuchâtel University (Switzerland)
Grup de Mineralogia Aplicada i Medi Ambient
Universidad de Barcelona
(Espaņa)
REGISTRATION IS OPEN, LAST PLACES AVAILABLE
Organization:
Albert Soler i Gil . Universitat de Barcelona.
Neus Otero. Universitat de Barcelona.
Sponsored by:
AIM
Ground water quality studies focus on understanding where
contaminants come from and the transformations that they may experience
in the subsurface geochemical environments. This course deals with the
application of environmental isotopes, 13C, 2H, 37Cl, 15N, 18O 34S and
11B, to trace the origin of contaminants and the attenuation processes
that take place in the aquifer. The topics comprise groundwater pollution
from agricultural sources (nitrate), industrial activities (LNAPLs, DNAPLs),
as well as urban activities.
Environmental isotope methods are supported with a large variety of case
studies that integrate isotope and geochemical data sets within the context
of the ground water flow regime to highlight the objectives, approach
and interpretation of the method. Invited lectures of Spanish researchers
and a field trip to a polluted site are included in the course
AUDIENCE
The course is designed for environmental consultants,
government scientists, researchers and students dealing with investigation
and remediation of contaminated groundwater.
Biosketches of instructors
DR. RAMÓN ARAVENA
Dr. Aravena is a Research Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences,
University of Waterloo with 20 years experience in the application of
isotope techniques in hydrology. He has been involved in numerous groundwater
studies in Latin America, Canada and the U.S. related to evaluation of
groundwater resources and groundwater protection. Dr. Aravena has been
consulting for 15 years as part of the expert pool of the International
Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria, for their projects worldwide. His
current research focus on groundwater contamination caused by agricultural,
urban and industrial activities using environmental isotopes as tracers.
Dr. Aravena was a member of the Waterloo Centre for Groundwater Research,
a worldwide recognized center of excellence in groundwater studies. His
teaching involves Isotope Hydrology and Geochemistry courses in the Department
of Earth Sciences at the University of Waterloo and courses on Isotope
Hydrology in Latin America organized by the International Atomic Energy
Agency and in the educational program of the National Ground Water Association.
He is the author and co-author of over 100 referee publications and over
40 technical papers. He serves as a reviewer for North American and European
funding agencies, and for several journals including Water Resources Research,
Ground Water, Journal of Hydrology, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology,
Environmental Science and Technology, Organic Geochemistry and Geochimica
Cosmochimica Acta.
DR. DANIEL HUNKELER
Dr. Daniel Hunkeler is research director in the field of groundwater quality
and teaches courses in hydrochemistry and contaminant hydrogeology. He
obtained a diploma and PhD in Environmental Sciences at the ETH Zurich.
From 1998 to 2001 he was a postdoctoral fellow and research associate
in the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Waterloo, Canada.
His research interests include:
- Investigation of the behaviour of organic and inorganic compounds in the subsurface
- Development of new methods to characterize contaminated sites and to trace chemical and microbial transformation processes
- Development of cost-effective in situ remediation technologies
- Use of stable isotopes as tracers for transport and transformation
processes
Grup de Mineralogia Aplicada i Medi Ambient
The Mineralogia Aplicada i Medi Ambient research group has a wide experience
in the application of isotope geochemistry to environmental studies. The
group has been pioneering in the application of multi-isotopic techniques
to hidrogeology in Spain, with the set up of analytical techniques for
the determination of the 15N and 18O in dissolved nitrates, and 13C in
dissolved organic compounds by CSIA (PCE. TCE, DCE,...).
The recent projects of the research group are focused on the study of
induced remediation of groundwater polluted by agricultural and industrial
activities. The members of the group participate in seveal post-graduate
courses: Curso Internacional de Hidrología Subterránea (UPC),
Recursos Minerales: Geología y Gestión Ambiental (UIA-UH),
among others. For more information about the CV of the research group
please visit http://www.ub.edu/mineapli
Last Update: April, 2010