ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND CONTROL

Paper Code:

ENV 401

Credits:

3

Contact Hours:

45.00

Max. Marks:

100.00

7.00

Unit I:

Introduction to Environmental pollution

Definition and Types :water, soil/land, noise, air, radiation, thermal
Nature of pollutants: Biological, Chemical and Physical

10.00

Unit II:

Air pollution and its control

Definition and Sources
Types of air pollutants; their characteristics and sources
Effects of major air pollutants(SOx, NOx, CO, PAN) on living and nonliving components
Basic methods of air pollution control (Reduction at source, change of process
Basics of equipments used to control air pollution-cyclones, ESP, fabric filters & wet scrubbers

10.00

Unit III:

Water pollution and its control

Definition and Major sources
Types of water pollutants(Inorganic,organic,O₂demanding, thermal, radioactive and disease causing agents)
Effects of water pollutants on surface and ground water
Control of water pollution (basic idea of waste water treatment)

9.00

Unit IV:

Soil/Land pollution and its control

Definition and Major sources
Types of soil pollutants (domestic and municipal waste, industrial and mining waste, agricultural waste, radioactive and chemical waste)
Control of soil pollution

9.00

Unit V:

Noise pollution and its control

Definition and Major sources
Effects of noise pollution on human health
Control of noise pollution

Essential Readings:

Clark R.S., Marine Pollution, Clanderson Press Oxford (TB)
Cunningham, W.P. Cooper, T.H. Gorhani, E & Hepworth, M.T. 2001, Environmental Encyclopedia, Jaico Publ. House, Mumabai, 1196p
Gleick, H.P. 1993. Water in Crisis, Pacific Institute for Studies in Dev., Environment & Security. Stockholm Env. Institute Oxford Univ. Press.
Survey of the Environment, The Hindu (M)
Trivedi R. K. and P.K. Goel, Introduction to air pollution, Jaipur:Techno-Science Publication
Agarwal, S.K.: Pollution Management: Volume I-V, Delhi: A.P.H. Publishing Corporation
Rowe, P.V., Introduction to Environmental Pollution.