Environmental impact assessment (EIA) 1300-OOOS5C
1) Design of geological works for the project likely to have significant effects on the environment (e.g. landfill).
• To be familiar with the laws in force in the design and execution of geological works, including for a landfill.
• Design of geological research taking into consideration: the need for spatial exploration of geological and hydrogeological conditions, terrain elevations, the elevations of ground water, or elevations of a natural sealing layer, and other interbeds of cohesive and non-cohesive soils occurring in the substrate, need to draw up of hydroizohips maps, geological cross-sections and so on.
2) Preparation of a simplified hydrogeological and geological-engineering documentations for the construction of the landfill including inter alia:
• a general description of the geology and geomorphology of the area
• elements of hydrography
• description of particular geological layers in the substrate considering using them as sealing barriers
• geological cross-sections
• hydroizohips map (with directions of flow and hydraulic declines)
• thematic maps (eg. coverage of the sealing layer, its thickness, elevation, etc.).
3) Elaboration of landfill development project comprising:
• macrolevellings, the configuration of the landfill body
• natural and artificial sealing
• quarters of the landfill
• Development of leachate (including drainage, dips, collecting wells, leachate collection tank)
• Development of biogas (degassing wells, drainage to collect gas, flaring or utilization, etc.)
• Technical background: fencing, balances, disinfection equipment, etc.
• The stability of the landfill slopes
• sealing green
• Reclamation
• The project of a monitoring system (including projects of piezometers)
4) Elaboration of the Report on the impact on the environment taking into account:
• A description of the proposed project (characteristics of the whole project and the conditions of land use in construction and operation, the main characteristics of the production processes; the expected emissions resulting from the operation of the proposed project)
• Description of the natural environment covered by the expected impact of the planned project (geology, hydrography, land use planning, the distance to human habitations, forests etc.)
• A description of the investment variants, including variant consisting in not undertaking and the most beneficial for the environment,
• Identification of the impact of the various variants and the possibility of a major industrial accident,
• grounds for choosing of the particular variant,
• Description of the impacts of the chosen variant,
• Projected measures to prevent and reduce impacts,
• Problem of establishment of an area of a limited use.
• Presentation of issues in graphic form,
• Analysis of possible social conflicts,
• A proposal for monitoring,
• Summary,
• Resources.
Type of course
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
After the cycle of exercises, the student:
• designs geological studies necessary to identify the geological environment in the area covered by the potential impact of investment,
• creates a plausible model of the geological substrate of the investment
• presents the results of geological research, essential for the assessment of the project's environmental impact,
• characterizes in a general way the individual elements of the natural environment,
• identifies threats posed by the project for the individual elements of the environment,
• analyzes the need to take specific actions in the investment process as a result of the identified environmental conditions,
• defines the elements of the environment monitoring system around the investment area,
• knowingly takes decisions concerning the use of certain techniques to reduce, eliminate or compensate for the impact of investment on the environment,
• with the background of knowledge, defends solutions beneficial to the environment.
Assessment criteria
During the class, students prepare 3 projects. These are:
1) The simplified hydro-geological and geological-engineering documentations for the construction of a municipal landfill preceded by the design of geological research.
2) Management project of the landfill.
3) Report on the environmental impact of a landfill.
All made projects are evaluated and on the basis of these assessments is issued a final assessment of the exercise. The share of ratings of individual projects in the final assessment is as follows:
The project acc. 1 - 30%
The project acc. 2 - 30%
The project acc. 3 - 40%
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