Introduction:
Definition of Water Pollution, Cause and Sources and Consequences of Water Pollution, Nature of pollutants, Ground water pollution and its effect, Water Act (1986), National Water Policy (CPCB). Water quality objectives and standards.
Industrial Waste Effects:
On Sewage Treatment Plant and Receiving Water Bodies, River and Lake Water Pollution due to Waste Waters Discharge and Self Purification of Streams. Effluent Standards and Stream Standards.
Wastewater & Monitoring :
Existing approaches of control/abatement of water quality degradation, Material balance-methods of qualifications, Sampling: Grab Composite and Integrated Samples.
Monitoring:
Definition- Monitoring of stream, river , lake and its types, Continuous pH, Conductivity and Bio-monitoring. DO and BOD in streams, Transformation and transport processes, Oxygen transfer, Turbulent mixing, Flow augmentation. Surface and Ground Water quality monitoring, Water quality monitoring in river basins.
Point and Non-Point Source of Pollution:
Point & Non – Point source pollution, Modeling approaches for modeling Point & non – point sources.
Surface and Ground Water quality modeling-
Modeling and Monitoring, types of water quality models, , Water quality control models, , River and lake water quality models, Groundwater quality models, Wastewater transport systems, Water Quality Management in rivers, streams, and other water bodies.
Geo-environmental Issues, Water laws, legislation & Management:
Geo-environmental Issues -
Soil mineralogy characterization and its significance in determining soil behavior –Concepts of Saturated & unsaturated soil and its behavior – importance of Saturated & unsaturated soil in geoenvironmental problems. Soil pollution & its effects, Soil pollution characteristics , Soil-watercontaminant interactions and its implications – Factors effecting retention and transport of contaminants.
Water laws & legislation –
riparian rights, Groundwater ownership, Environmental Protection Law, Water pollution control acts and legislation, Legislation in India, Control Acts.
Characterization of industrial Wastewater Pollutants:
Characterization of industrial Wastewater Pollutants of Nuclear Power Plants, Thermal Power Plants, Industries: Fertilizer, Tannery, Pulp, and Paper Mill and Pharma- Canticle Industries