Field training in hydrogeology, engineering geology and environment protection

obligatory courses

Hydrogeological, engineering-geological and environmental issues connected with constructing and removal (reclamation) of large investments (KWB Belchatow), the environment protections in urban areas (Warsaw), environmental protection in Natura 2000 areas (Kampinos National Park), the construction of groundwater intakes, engineering-geological research for water intakes under river bottom (Plock), geological problems of development of the Lower Vistula River and Central Vistula River, engineering-geological research for designing of barrages (Wloclawek), engineering-geological problems of foundation in the expansive soils.

The course is designed to familiarize students with the practical issues relater to:

• environmental protection in Kampinos National Park,

• cleaning technology of exhaust fumes in power plants, deposition and disposal of municipal wastes,

• construction of various types of groundwater intakes,

• engineering-geological studies for water intakes under water bottom,

• the active geodynamic processes and methods of their prevention,

• mineral water intakes, their properties and the protection in the area Ciechocinek

• water supply in Torun,

• geological structures in Bydgoszcz area,

• construction of foundation in the expansive subsoil, building damage and methods of their prevention, assessment of the impact of rhizosphere on the stability of buildings,

• geological structures of the Belchatow area,

• dewatering of the KWB Belchatow open pit, test methods of slope stability, reclamation of internal and external mine waste dump, the impact of brown coal mining on the environment, engineering-geological studies for the foundation of wind turbines on the external waste dump,

• hydrogeological conditions in the area of Blue Springs and their protection.

The scope of this course is suitable and adequate for the duration of the course.

After completing the course the student:

- identifies and characterizes active geodynamic processes and knows the methods of their prevention,

- identifies and characterizes particular types of soil and can make the macroscopic analysis of soils,

- identifies the causes of damage related to defective construction of expansive soils,

- knows about the benefits of hydrotechnical building in the river valleys and its environmental impact,

- gets to knows the methods of river processes modeling on the real model,

- evaluates the field test methods for engineering-geological studies for different types of investments,

- evaluates the essential elements of the geological environment in terms of their impact on the conditions of designing, construction and exploitation of facilities,

- describes the pits,

- describes the phenomenon of occurrence of groundwaters,

- adjusts the suitable methodology for field work related to hydrogeological mapping, engineering-geological mapping and sozological mapping,

- has knowledge of the environmental hazards related to the coal mining,

- identifies and assesses in the field the main objects of environmental pollution,

- assesses the risks of legally protected element of the environment from pollution origins,

- describes and assesses the effects of human impact on the environment,

- knows the effects of the human development on the environment.

Requirements for completion of the course:

- knowledge of the material presented in cameral classes

- knowledge of theoretical and practical knowledge gained during field exercises.