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Practical
Course objectives:
This course will enable the students to –
- Provide hand on experience for monitoring physico-chemical characteristics of potable water
- Develop skills for planning monitoring programmes for pollution prevention and interpret the results
Course Outcomes (COs):
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ENV 403 |
Practical |
Upon completion of this practical course, students will: CO45: Develop and apply new water quality monitoring concepts, after evaluating the existing monitoring concepts CO46: Design effective water quality monitoring networks of surface waters CO47: Select and apply appropriate methods to assess water quality in natural waters in relation to their anticipated use CO48: Assemble the existing information of different tools, criteria and assessment methods and apply for the successful monitoring of surface and ground waters |
Approach in teaching: Conduction of practical exercises, Interpretation of results obtained after analysis of samples Learning activities for the students: Preparation of flow charts for conduction of practical exercises, field visits, case studies |
Preparation of practical records, Viva Voce, Class Test, Semester End Examination |
CONTENTS
Water Analysis
- Objectives of Water Quality Monitoring
- Type of Samples: Grab, Composite and Integrated
- Estimation of pH in the water sample
- Estimation of Acidity in the water sample
- Estimation of Alkalinity in the water sample
- Estimation of Chloride in the water sample
- Estimation of Free CO2 in the water sample
- Estimation of Residual chlorine in the water sample
- Estimation of Total Hardness in the water sample.
- Estimation of conductivity of the water sample.
- Estimation of Total Dissolved Solids in the water sample
- Estimation of Dissolved oxygen in the water sample
- Estimation of Chemical oxygen demand in the water sample
- Qualitative estimation of Nitrate
- Qualitative estimation of Phosphate
Visit to State Pollution Control Board and Waste water treatment plant and report preparation for the same.
Note: Any other practical exercise (related to theory) may be conducted besides the ones mentioned above.
