ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AND CONTROL

Paper Code:

PES 152

Credits:

4

Contact Hours:

60.00

Max. Marks:

100.00

16.00

Unit I:

Air Pollution

Atmospheric composition and stratification
Air quality standards
Classification of air pollutants
Meteorological parameters influencing air pollution
Atmospheric stability and Inversion
Plume behavior.
Control of air pollution by equipment
Scrubbers
Electrostatic precipitators
Filters
Air pollution(control and prevention ) Act 1981

14.00

Unit II:

Water Pollution

Water quality standards.
Sources of water pollution
Effects of water pollution
Water borne diseases
Ganga Action Plan.
Waste water treatment(Primary, secondary and tertiary)
Water pollution(control and prevention ) Act 1974

12.00

Unit III:

Soil Pollution

Chemical nature and composition of soil
Types and sources of soil pollution
Soil pollution control
Land degradation with special reference to soil erosion

14.00

Unit IV:

Noise Pollution

Basic concept and definition
Sources of noise pollution
Noise exposure levels and standards
Impacts of noise on human health.
Control measures for noise pollution

14.00

Unit V:

Radioactive and Thermal Pollution

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 on ecosystem

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.

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