JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives:

• Introduce the concepts of water quality management and monitoring
• To understand the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of water and their significance
• To learn ways to improve water quality through treatment and management of chemically and biologically polluted waters
• Recognize the role of water quality guidelines and legislation in water quality management
• Provide a practical understanding of the significance of water quality management to society and the role of water practitioners in the management process

Course Outcomes

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

• Knowledge of surface water methods of data collection and analysis
• Knowledge of groundwater methods of data collection and analysis
• Knowledge of water quality methods of data collection and analysis
• Knowledge of water policies and risk assessment, integrated problem solving and systems analysis

UNIT - I

Introduction – Water Quantity purification – Water sampling Analysis – Monitoring in rivers. Pollution of Surface water: Sources – Effects on receiving waters- Control of NPS Pollution – Approaches.

UNIT - II

Modeling Pollutants – Self purification of rivers DO models, Critical deficit and time required to reach the critical deficit. Lake Water Quality Management: Effect of pollutants – Stratification of lakes – Problem in Urban Lakes – Eutrophication – Restoration Techniques.

UNIT - III

Groundwater pollution and management- Sources of ground water pollution and their effects- municipal, industrial, agricultural and miscellaneous, ground water basin investigations. Groundwater modeling techniques.

UNIT - IV

Introduction to Urban storm water quality management – Estimation of runoff – Pollutants in urban run off – storm water treatment facilities. Rain Water harvesting – Ground water re-

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change – Estimation –Roof top water collection systems – re-change techniques – soak points.

UNIT - V

Watershed Management- concept of watershed – objectives, Runoff estimation – rainwater harvesting Methods – check dams, artificial re-change, form ponds, percolation tanks.

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Water Quality by Vladimar Novotny- John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• 2. Water Supply and Sanitary Engineering by G.S. Birde- Dhanpath Rai Publishing Company Plt, Ltd., New Delhi.
• 3. Ground Water Hydrology by David Keith Todd - John Wiley & Sons.
• 4. Watershed Management by N.D. Mani – Dominant Publishers and Distributors R16 B.TECH CIVIL & ENV. ENGG.