Hydrochemistry 1300-OHCH4W

The lecture is designed to acquaint a student with:
- physicochemical characteristics and components present in natural waters;
- forms (speciations) of water components;
- basic information about natural waters chemistry in particular hydrosphere reservoirs;
- main processes responsible for creating the chemical composition of natural waters;
- main types of geogenic and anthropic water pollutions.

Course coordinators

Renata Piegat

Type of course

obligatory courses

Prerequisites (description)

Students should have basic knowledge related to: - classification of rocks because of their genesis and lithological composition; - knowledge of chemistry and mineralogy of rocks; - groundwaters, properties of hydrogeological medium The knowledge on these subjects a student can earn during the following obligatory subjects conducted at UW: - Dynamic Geology (lecture and exercises) - Hydrogeology (lecture and exercises) - Geochemistry (lecture) - Mineralogy (lecture and exercises)

Learning outcomes

After completing the lectures a student:
- knows the basic information related to physicochemical characteristic and chemical composition of natural waters in different reservoirs
- knows the main processes responsible for creating the chemical composition of natural waters
- knows the main origin of natural waters pollution.

Assessment criteria

Written examination covering the range of issues from lectures and exercises.
Requirements on the exam:
- knowledge of the material presented in the lectures,
- knowledge of the literature indicated by the lecturer,
- the knowledge gained from the exercises.
The lecture ended with a written exam (to take the exam, the student must have a positive assessment of the exercise).
The subject is credited after obtaining more than 50% of the sum of points possible to obtain from the written exam.
In case of failure to pass the lecture on the 1st date, second date of the written examination is conducted.