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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Course objectives
This course will enable the students to-
- Become aware of the deteriorating conditions of the environment due to anthropogenic interference
- Deal with the various sources and effects of pollution in various environmental components
Course Outcomes (COs):
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ENV 123 |
Environmental Pollution |
Upon completion of the Practical course, the students will be able to CO9: Explain the complex chemical and physical processes of environmental pollution CO10: Identify relationship of various pollutants and its effect on human health, vegetation and material CO11: Describe the various processes of pollutant transport in the environmental components CO12: Plan research based studies to correlate the effects of emerging pollutants with environmental and human health |
Approach in teaching: Interactive lectures, Group discussions, Multimedia presentations, Case studies Learning activities for the students: Debates, Reading, Problem solving, Field observations |
Quiz , Case Study Group Discussions Class Test Semester End Examination |
- Atmospheric composition and stratification
- Air quality standards
- Sources of pollution (Line and area source)
- Classification of air pollutants
- Meteorological parameters influencing air pollution
- Atmospheric stability and Inversion
- Plume behavior
- Photochemical reactions in the atmosphere (Reactions of NOx, O3, Hydrocarbons)
- Causes and effects of acid rain, global warming, and ozone depletion.
- Water quality standards.
- Sources of water pollution
- Effects of water pollution
- Marine Pollution: causes and impacts
- National river conservation plan –Namami Gange and Yamuna Action Plan
- National Lake Conservation Plan
- Composition of soil with special reference to Rajasthan
- Types and sources of soil pollution
- Methods of Soil pollution control
- Land degradation with special reference to soil erosion
- Basic concept and definition
- Sources of noise pollution
- Noise exposure levels and standards
- Impacts of noise on human health
- Sources, types and effects of radiation (Ionizing and non ionizing)
- Radioactive Pollution
- Management and disposal of radioactive waste
- Control of radioactive pollution
- Thermal Pollution: sources and effects
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· Ghassemi, A. (2002). Handbook of Pollution Control and Waste Minimization. Marcel Dekker, Inc.
· Hill, M. K. (2010). Understanding Environmental Pollution (3rd ed.). U.K.: Cambridge University Press.
· Kaur, H. (2014). Environmental Chemistry (8th Ed.). Meerut: Pragati Prakashan.
· Lutgens, F. K., & Tarbuck, E. J. (2010). The Atmosphere: An Introduction to Meteorology (11th ed.). Prentice Hall (Pearson).
· Peavy, H., Rowe, D., & Tchobanoglous, G. (2013). Environmental Engineering (1st ed.). McGraw Hill Education India Private Limited.
· Peirce, J. J., Weiner, R. E., & Vesilind, P. A. (1998). Environmental Pollution and Control (4th ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann.
· Pepper, I. L., Gerba, C. P., & Brusseau, M. L. (2006). Environmental and Pollution Science (2nd ed.). Academic Press (Elsevier).
· Prafflin, J. R., & Zeigler, E. N. (2006). Encyclopedia of Environment Science and Engineering (5th ed.). CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group).
· Wang, L. K., Pereira, N. C., & Hung, Y.-T. (2005 ). Advanced Air and Noise Pollution Control. New Jersey: Humana Press Inc.
