JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives:

• The objective of this course is to provide an understanding of the principles of environmental sanitation.
• To present the concepts of food & milk sanitation
• To study the effects of noise pollution & its control
• To discuss the problems associated in rural sanitation and slum rehabilitation.

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will be able to

• Understand know the principles of protecting environment.
• Understand provide fundamentals of rural water supply, water sanitation and milk sanitation.
• Understand the concepts of solid waste management like handling and disposal of hazardous wastes.
• Acquires basic knowledge about measures and control of noise pollution.

UNIT - I

Epidemiology – Principles of protecting the environmental sanitation measures, Insect and Rodent Control – Occupational hazards, Industrial hygiene, Rural Water Supply and sanitation, biogas.

UNIT - II

Sanitation - community sanitation measures – sanitation of camps, festivals, schools, swimming pools etc. Food and milk sanitation, hotel management with reference to sanitation – food preservation, pasteurization methods and plants. Housing need – lighting and ventilation, natural and artificial provisions.

UNIT - III

Solid wastes – characteristics, collection, disposal by landfill, composting, incineration and other methods. Handling and disposal of Hazardous Wastes. Industrial Hygiene – Occupational hazards – Various operations in industrial units, Engineering and safety measures. Radiological health – radioactive wastes and disposal.

UNIT - IV

Noise Pollution and control – Introduction, Measurement of noise, Effects of noise and control measures.

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UNIT - V

Rural sanitation various methods of collection and disposal of feacal matter – community toilets – septic tanks and soak pits – biogas plants - Public Health – Aspects of slums – Problems associated with slum rehabilitation.

TEXTBOOKS:

• 1. Municipal and Rural Sanitation by Euler’s and Steel, Tata McGraw- Hill Publishing Co, New Delhi
• 2. Environmental Sanitation by Salvato – John Wiley & Sons
• 3. Environmental Protection by Chanlet- McGraw-hill New York
• 4. Environmental Sanitation by Baljeet S. Kapoor, S. Chand & Co., New Delhi Page 27 of 33