JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Pre Requisites

Soil Mechanics & Environmental Engineering

Course Objectives

To understand various sources of contamination of ground and to

characterize contaminated ground and to find extent of contamination and to get familiarize with various remediation methods.

Course Outcomes

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

Identify sources of contamination, characterize the contaminated ground, and identify the most appropriate remediation technique.

UNIT - I

Sources and Site Characterization: Scope of Geoenvironmental Engineering, Various Sources of Contaminations, Need for contaminated site characterization; and Characterisation methods.

UNIT - II

Solid and Hazardous Waste Management: Classification of waste, Characterisation solid wastes, Environmental Concerns with waste, waste management strategies.

UNIT - III

Contaminant Transport: Transport process, Mass-transfer process, Modeling, Bioremediation, Phytoremediation.

UNIT - IV

Remediation Techniques: Objectives of site remediation, various active and passive methods, remediation NAPL sites, Emerging Remediation Technologies.

UNIT - V

Landfills: Types of landfills, Site Selection, Waste Containment Liners, Leachate collection system, Cover system, Gas collection system.

TEXT BOOKS:

1 Sharma, H. D. and Reddy, K. R. - Geoenvironmental Engineering, John Wiley & Sons (2004) 2 Bedient, P.B.H.S. Refai, & C.J. Newell, - Ground Water Contamination, Prentice Hall Publications, 4th Edition, 2008.

REFERENCES:

• 1. Rowe, R. K. - Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering Handbook, Kluwer Academic, 2001.
• 2. Reddi, L. N. and Inyang, H. I. - Geoenvironmental Engineering: Principles and Applications, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York (2000) R16 B.TECH CIVIL & ENV. ENGG.
• 3. LaGrega, M. D., Buckingham, P. L. and Evans, J. C. - Hazardous Waste Management, New York: McGraw-Hill Publishers, 2001.