AG31032: Water Quality Management

AG31032
Course name	Water Quality Management
Offered by	Agricultural & Food Engineering
Credits	3
L-T-P	3-0-0
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Semester	Spring

Syllabus

Syllabus mentioned in ERP

Water Quality: Terminology, Sources of water pollutants, pollution kinetics and reaction mechanism.Water Quality Standards: International and Indian Standards for drinking, irrigation, industrial and aquatic use.Water Quality Analysis: Methods and Instruments for analysis of all water quality parameters. Working principles of the Instruments.Water Purification: Mechanical, biological and membrane filters.Reverse Osmosis: Principle, application and related instruments.Water Treatment Methods: Aeration, nitrogen removal, pH control, removal of solids and gases in water, disinfection and ion-exchange. Use of chlorine, bromine, iodine, KMnO4 etc. for disinfection.Water Treatment Plant: Components and Working Principles.Waste Water Treatment: Methods and Instruments.Water Quality Index: Principle, International and Indian standards, parameters considered for surface and ground water indexing.Water Pollution due to Pesticides and Toxic Metals: Sources of pollution and control Water Quality Modeling: Use of modeling technique, Study of the available models for water quality modeling.