Water Chemistry

Catalog description

This course examines the behavior of chemical species in natural and engineered water systems and their interactions with the terrestrial environment. Topics include: the chemical composition of surface and subsurface water; geochemical controls on water composition; equilibrium and kinetic processes in aquatic systems; fate and reactions of inorganic and organic constituents in water; acid-base chemistry, complexation chemistry, and redox chemistry in water; the applications of isotopic and other tracers in the study of aquatic systems; water pollution and treatment.