JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objective

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 Outcome

Able to characterize the contaminated ground and identify most appropriate

method of remediation

UNIT - I

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

UNIT - II

Solid and Hazardous Waste Management: Classification of waste, Characterization of 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 of NAPL sites, Emerging Remediation Technologies.

UNIT - V

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

TEXT BOOKS:

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

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).
• 3. La Grega, M. D., Buckingham, P. L. and Evans, J. C. - Hazardous Waste Management, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001 M. Tech – I Year – II Sem. (Geotechnical Engineering)