AG60154: Non-Point Source Pollution And Management
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| Course name | Non-Point Source Pollution And Management | ||||||||||||||||||
| Offered by | Agricultural & Food Engineering | ||||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| L-T-P | 3-1-0 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Semester | Spring | ||||||||||||||||||
Syllabus
Syllabus mentioned in ERP
Basic concept of water pollution; standards of drinking water, water quality standards pertaining to drinking, irrigation and aquatic life. Water quality analysis methods and instruments used. Concept and behaviour of point and nonpoint source pollution, sources of NPS pollution, pathways and assessment of NPS pollution. Pathways and assessment of NPS pollutants, linkage between water pollution and hydrology. Health hazards caused by NPS pollutants (in Agril Produce). Application of hydrologic models in NPS pollution assessment on watershed scale. Quantification and control of NPS pollution from agricultural watersheds. Watershed scale NPS pollution models. Safe limits of agrochemicals use, optimum management strategy. Some idea on biological (organic, bacterial (Fecal-Caliform) NPS pollution assessment and management.