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Chemistry Refresher for Environmental Professionals - Bellevue, WA

When
April 18, 2017
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location
Larkspur Landing Hotel - Bellevue, 15805 S.E. 37th Street, Bellevue, WA 98006

Registration

HYD-401: Chem Refresher – $295.00
HYD-401: Government and Group Rate – $245.00

Registration is closed

April 18, 2017, 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. (1 Day)
New Location: Larkspur Landing Hotel - Bellevue
15805 S.E. 37th Street, Bellevue, WA 98006 [directions]

Overview: This course provides a practical review of key chemistry principles essential for understanding and predicting contaminant behavior in soil, sediment, surface water, and groundwater. The material is intended for environmental professionals seeking a quick review of college chemistry principles. If you're looking for a refresher on molecular and structural formulas, solubility rules, calculating molar concentrations, determining oxidation states, balancing chemical reactions, predicting limiting reactants, and naming organic chemicals; this class is for you!

Course Topics:

Physical and Chemical Properties of Contaminants (S, Kd, Koc, Kow, Kh, Tb, Tm)

Environmental Applications of the Periodic Chart

Oxidizers, Reducers, and Oxidation States

Mass-Based and Molar-Based Concentrations

Covalent versus Ionic Bonding

Empirical, Chemical, and Structural Formulas

Lewis Dot Notation

Predicting Molecular Geometry

Solubility Rules, Precipitation, and Sedimentation

Chemical Reactions, Kinetics, and Thermodynamics

Stoichiometry

Chemical Equilibrium and Limiting Reactants

Redox Potential and pH

Microbes and Terminal Electron Acceptors

Polyatomic Oxoanions (nitrate, phosphate, perchlorate, etc.)

Organic Molecules and IUPAC Nomenclature

Common Soil and Water Quality Monitoring Parameters

Predicting Contaminant Behavior

This course is followed by the Surface Water and Stormwater Pollutant Chemistry: Principles and Applications training (SWM-405), April 19 - 20, 2017, and the Transport and Fate of Contaminants in Soil and Groundwater training (HYD-402), April 25 - 26, 2017.

Intended Audience: Environmental professionals seeking an improved understanding of environmental chemistry. The course will be especially helpful for those who have not had a chemistry refresher course in the last five years.

Education Level: Introductory/refresher to intermediate.

Course Materials: Course proceedings, worksheets, and reference material.

Credit: 7.5 PDHs and 0.75 CEUs for completing 7.5 hours of instruction.

Registration: $295 (Save $50 per person when registering a group of two or more - $245 group rate and government rate). You may register online or by calling us toll-free at (800) 385-0783.

Hotel Accommodations: Larkspur Landing Hotel (workshop location). Click here for a map of other nearby hotels.

Parking: Free on site parking.

Mass Transit: Click here for mass transportation options.

About the Instructor: Erick McWayne has twenty-two years of professional experience in environmental quality management and teaching related courses. As a consultant, he managed contaminated surface water, soil, and groundwater projects for the Department of Defense and other clients. He currently provides consulting support to environmental projects and teaches courses in contaminant chemistry, transport and fate, natural attenuation, geochemistry, hydrogeology, remediation, stormwater, and surface water management with the University of California Davis and the National Environmental Management Academy.

(800) 385-0783