May 11-19, 2023
Language of instruction: English
Total number of course hours: 30h
LECTURER
PhD Katarzyna Wątor
Department of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology
Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection
AGH University of Science and Technology
30 Mickiewicza Ave., 30-059 Krakow, Poland
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Katarzyna Wątor PhD of Earth Sciences, currently an Adjunct at the Department of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology at the Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection of the AGH UST, Technical Manager and Quality Manager in the accredited Hydrogeochemical Laboratory of the Department of Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology of the Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection of the AGH UST, Coordinator for the cooperation with Balkan Countries.
- main areas of scientific activity: hydrogeology, hydrogeochemistry, environmental engineering,
- other: assessment of the stability of the chemical composition of mineral, curative and thermal water; sulphurous water; quality of drinking water; quality control/quality assurance in laboratory and field tests; water sampling; groundwater monitoring; validation of analytical methods; analysis of the chemical composition of waters; statistical analysis of data using multivariate techniques; geochemical modeling
- current research interests: analysis of trends in concentrations of specific components of curative water; methods for determination of sulfur(II) compounds; speciation analysis of selected elements in water; advanced geochemical modeling; problems related to water sampling and field measurements; thermal water monitoring; quality control of hydrogeochemical data; presence of pesticides and pharmaceuticals in water; presence of Legionella bacteria in water; microplastics in the aquatic environment; assessment of the effectiveness of selected water treatment techniques; metals and associated substances in drinking water; forms of occurrence of elements in water (speciation analysis)
ABOUT THE COURSE
The course consists of 6 major topics:
- Mineral, thermal and curative water in Poland – introduction to the principles regarding the role of water in human life, classification of mineral and curative water and regional systematics of mineral and curative waters in Poland.
- Cooperation with a research laboratory in the designing and implementation of experiments – practical aspects regarding types of research design and their basic principles.
- QA/QC in groundwater monitoring – introduction to the basic requirements regarding QA/QC program in groundwater monitoring, control samples, role of uncertainty in the decision making, examples. Tasks to solve for students.
- Sampling of mineral, thermal, and curative water samples – practical aspects related to sampling process, requirements regarding to type of bottles, type of preservatives used, samples transport and storage, QA/QC in sampling. This part was conducted in the form of the field works - students take water samples from the piezometer on their own.
- Analysis of collected water samples in accredited hydrogeochemical laboratory of the AGH University – workshops.
- Hydrogeochemical data verification, types of errors, introduction to statistics – computer classes.
- Methodological aspects of groundwater and curative water quality assessment with the use of PS IMAGO PRO software (control charts) and GWSDAT software (monotonic trend assessment) – computer classes.
The programme is co-financed by the European Social Fund under the ‘Operational Programme Knowledge Education Development’ non-competitive project entitled “Support for institutional capacity of Polish HEIs through establishment and implementation of international study programmes” (Action: 3.3 Internationalization of Polish higher education), specified in the application for project funding no. POWR.03.03.00-00-PN16 /18).
Contribution of European Funds: PLN 528 526,90
