2nd Edition

Soil and Water Contamination

By Marcel van der Perk Copyright 2014
    428 Pages
    by CRC Press

    428 Pages
    by CRC Press

    Soil and Water Contamination, Second Edition gives a structured overview of transport and fate processes of environmental contaminants. Dealing with all topics essential for understanding and predicting contaminant patterns in soil, groundwater and surface water, it contributes to the formation of a solid basis for adequate soil and water pollution control and integrated catchment management. A unique feature of this work is that it does not treat water and soil pollution as independent processes, but as components of an integrated whole. The core of this geoscientific approach is divided into four parts:
    • Introduction to the basics of soil and water contamination, such as the fundamentals of environmental pollution and chemistry and the basic properties of soil, groundwater and surface water.
    • Source, role, and behaviour of substances in soil and water, treating natural and anthropogenic sources of nutrients, heavy metals, radionuclides and organic pollutants as well as emerging substances of concern, their physico-chemical characteristics, behaviour, and toxicity.
    • Transport and fate of substances in soil and water, focusing on processes of transport, exchange and transformations like advection, dispersion, adsorption kinetics and biochemical decay. Special attention is paid to the mathematical description and modelling of these processes.
    • Patterns of substances in soil and water, explaining spatial and temporal patterns of pollutants in soil, groundwater, and surface water, illustrated by recent case studies from fundamental and applied research.

    This comprehensive, successful textbook, now in its second edition, has been conscientiously updated and extended and includes many case studies, examples and exercises sections, providing undergraduate and graduate students in the Earth and Environmental Sciences with all the material necessary for the study of soil and water contamination. In addition, it can serve as a useful source of information for professionals.

    PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
    PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

    PART I AN INTRODUCTION TO SOIL AND WATER CONTAMINATION

    1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION
    1.1 Historical perspective
    1.2 Environmental pollution
    1.3 Environmental pollutants
    1.3.1 Classification of pollutants
    1.3.2 Background concentrations
    1.3.3 Anthropogenic sources
    1.4 Ecological impacts
    1.5 Spatial and temporal variability and the concept of scale
    1.6 Outline and rationale of this book
    Exercises

    2 BASIC ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
    2.1 Introduction
    2.2 Units of analysis
    2.3 Activity
    2.4 Background thermodynamics
    2.5 Phases and phase transitions
    2.5.1 Phases
    2.5.2 Thermodynamic considerations on phase transitions
    2.5.3 Partition coefficient
    2.5.4 Partitioning between dissolved phase and adsorbed phase
    2.5.5 Fugacity
    2.6 Chemical equilibrium and kinetics
    2.6.1 Equilibrium
    2.6.2 Kinetics
    2.7 Dissolution–precipitation reactions
    2.8 Complexation
    2.9 Acid–base reactions
    2.9.1 Introduction
    2.9.2 Acids
    2.9.3 Bases
    2.9.4 Buffering
    2.10 Redox reactions

    VI Soil and Water Contamination
    2.10.1 Introduction
    2.10.2 Oxidation state
    2.10.3 Redox potential
    2.10.4 Redox reactions and pe
    2.10.5 pH–Eh diagrams
    2.11 Further reading on basic chemistry
    Exercises

    3 ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENTS
    3.1 Introduction
    3.2 Soil
    3.2.1 Definition of soil
    3.2.2 Sources of soil pollution
    3.2.3 Soil water
    3.2.4 Soil erosion
    3.2.5 Physico-chemical conditions in soil
    3.3 Groundwater
    3.3.1 Definition of groundwater
    3.3.2 Sources of groundwater pollution
    3.3.3 Physico-chemical conditions in groundwater
    3.4 Surface water
    3.4.1 Definition of surface water
    3.4.2 Bed sediments
    3.4.3 Sources of surface water pollution
    3.4.4 Physico-chemical conditions in surface water
    3.5 Further reading on soils, groundwater, and surface water
    Exercises


    PART II SOURCES, ROLE, AND BEHAVIOUR OF SUBSTANCES IN SOIL AND WATER

    4 SOLID PHASE CONSTITUENTS
    4.1 Introduction
    4.2 Inorganic components
    4.2.1 Composition and formation
    4.2.2 Aluminium and iron oxides/hydroxides
    4.2.3 Clay minerals
    4.2.4 Asbestos
    4.2.5 Nanomaterials
    4.3 Organic components
    4.3.1 Composition and formation
    4.3.2 Interaction with the aqueous phase
    4.3.3 Interaction with mineral surfaces
    4.3.4 Decomposition of organic matter
    4.4 Sorption by soils and sediments
    Exercises

    5 MAJOR DISSOLVED PHASE CONSTITUENTS
    5.1 Introduction
    5.2 Sodium
    5.3 Potassium
    5.4 Calcium
    5.5 Magnesium
    5.6 Iron
    5.7 Manganese
    5.8 Aluminium
    5.9 Chloride
    5.10 Inorganic carbon
    5.11 Sulphate and sulphide
    Exercises

    6 NUTRIENTS
    6.1 Introduction
    6.2 Nitrogen
    6.2.1 Environmental role and occurrence of nitrogen
    6.2.2 Nitrogen cycle
    6.2.3 External sources and sinks
    6.3 Phosphorus
    6.3.1 Environmental role and occurrence of phosphorus
    6.3.2 Phosphorus cycle
    6.3.3 External sources and sinks
    Exercises

    7 HEAVY METALS
    7.1 Introduction
    7.2 Zinc
    7.3 Copper
    7.4 Lead
    7.5 Cadmium
    7.6 Nickel
    7.7 Chromium
    7.8 Mercury
    7.9 Arsenic
    7.10 Selenium
    Exercises

    8 RADIONUCLIDES
    8.1 Introduction
    8.2 Natural radionuclides
    8.2.1 Terrestrial radionuclides
    8.2.2 Cosmogenic radionuclides
    8.3 Man-made radionuclides
    8.3.1 Production and releases
    8.3.2 Accidental releases
    8.3.3 Nuclear weapons
    8.3.4 Environmental behaviour and effects of selected man-made radionuclides
    Exercises

    9 ORGANIC POLLUTANTS
    9.1 Introduction
    9.2 Petroleum and derivatives
    9.3 Monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
    9.4 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
    9.5 Chlorinated hydrocarbons
    9.5.1 Aliphatic chlorinated hydrocarbons
    9.5.2 Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)
    9.5.3 Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)
    9.5.4 Dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane (DDT)
    9.5.5 Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
    9.6 Dioxins
    9.7 Emerging substances of concern
    9.7.1 Current-use pesticides
    9.7.2 Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products
    9.7.3 Endocrine-Modulating Chemicals
    9.7.4 Microplastics
    Exercises


    PART III TRANSPORT PROCESSES OF SUBSTANCES IN SOIL AND WATER

    10 SYSTEMS AND MODELS
    10.1 A systems approach
    10.2 The role of mathematical models
    10.3 Classification of mathematical models
    Exercises

    11 SUBSTANCE TRANSPORT
    11.1 Mass balance
    11.2 Advection
    11.2.1 Advection equation
    11.2.2 Load calculation and mixing
    11.3 Diffusion and dispersion
    11.3.1 Molecular diffusion
    11.3.2 Turbulent diffusion and mechanical dispersion
    11.3.3 Longitudinal dispersion
    11.3.4 Transverse dispersion
    11.3.5 Numerical dispersion
    11.4 Multi-fluid flow
    Exercises

    12 SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND DEPOSITION
    12.1 Introduction
    12.2 Transport equation
    12.3 Bottom shear stress
    12.4 Sediment deposition
    12.5 Sediment erosion
    12.6 Long-term soil erosion and deposition
    Exercises

    13 CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATION
    13.1 Introduction
    13.2 Sorption equilibrium and kinetics
    13.3 Biological production and degradation
    Exercises

    14 GAS EXCHANGE
    14.1 Henry’s law
    14.2 Thin film model
    14.3 Reaeration
    14.4 Gas exchange controlled on the water side
    14.5 Gas exchange controlled on the air side
    14.6 Gas exchange in the subsurface environment
    Exercises

    15 MODEL CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION
    15.1 Introduction
    15.2 Model performance criteria
    15.3 Considerations affecting model choice
    Exercises


    PART IV PATTERNS OF SUBSTANCES IN SOIL AND WATER

    16 PATTERNS IN THE SOIL AND IN THE VADOSE ZONE
    16.1 Introduction
    16.2 Natural variation in background concentrations
    16.3 Variation due to clay and organic matter content
    16.4 Lateral variation
    16.4.1 Introduction
    16.4.2 Effects of fertiliser and pesticide application
    16.4.3 Effects of atmospheric deposition
    16.4.4 Effects of soil erosion and deposition
    16.5 Vertical variation
    16.5.1 Introduction
    16.5.2 Effects of leaching
    16.5.3 Effects of contamination history
    16.6 Further reading on contaminants in soil
    Exercises

    17 PATTERNS IN GROUNDWATER
    17.1 Introduction
    17.2 Hydrological systems analysis
    17.3 Hydrochemical systems analysis
    17.4 Effects of lateral variation in contaminant inputs
    17.5 Effects of temporal variation in contaminant inputs
    17.6 Effects of dispersion
    17.7 Effects of retardation
    17.8 Effects of acid–base reactions
    17.9 Effects of redox reactions
    17.10 Further reading on contaminants in groundwater
    Exercises

    18 PATTERNS IN SURFACE WATER
    18.1 Introduction
    18.2 Spatial variation in river water composition
    18.2.1 Effects of diffuse sources
    18.2.2 Effects of point sources 3
    18.3 Temporal variation in river water composition
    18.3.1 Short-term dynamics
    18.3.2 Hysteresis response of dissolved concentrations to changes in discharge
    18.3.3 Release of old water
    18.3.4 Sediment dynamics
    18.3.5 Concentration rating curves
    18.3.6 Significance of hydrological events for substance transport
    18.3.7 Seasonal dynamics of nutrient concentrations
    18.3.8 Long-term dynamics
    18.4 Variation in lake water composition
    18.4.1 Role of lakes in catchment sediment and nutrient budgets
    18.4.2 Lateral variation
    18.4.3 Vertical variation during summer stratification
    18.4.4 Temporal variation
    18.5 Further reading on contaminants in surface water
    Exercises

    REFERENCES
    APPENDIX I THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS
    APPENDIX 2 ANSWERS TO EXERCISES
    INDEX

    Biography

    Marcel van der Perk is Assistant Professor of Physical Geography at Utrecht University, where he specialises in soil and water quality issues and spatio-temporal environmental modelling. He  teaches courses on soil and water pollution and geographical information systems. His research focuses on measurement, analysis, and modelling of transport and fate of dissolved and sediment-associated contaminants (nutrients, heavy metals, and radionuclides) in soil and water from field to river basin scales.

    Praise for the first edition of this title:

    "…the clear structure makes searching child’s play…. I did three random searches and in no time located what I was looking for… I can think of no subject that the author has failed to address…Everywhere, the texts are compact, and you get the feeling that you are dealing with the real core of the subject."
    Harry Boukes, Consultant Hydrologist, translated from Stromingen 13 (2007) number 2

    "I liked the approach taken in this book...to integrate soil and water contamination and not treat them as independant processes. It makes sense form a true environmental perspective that chemistry and soil science and hydrology are considered together...I can recommend this book to advanced undergraduates and postgraduates in the earth and environmental sciences...a useful refreshener to professionals."
    Prof. John G. Farmer, Executive Editor, Science of the Total Environment 373 (2007) 603