JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives:

• 1. To identify various sources of contamination and to characterize contaminated ground, solid waste.
• 2. To model the contaminant transport process.
• 3. To apply suitable ground remediation technique.
• 4. To identify waste disposal site and design of landfill components.

Course Outcomes

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

• 1. Identify various sources of contamination of ground and characterize contaminated ground and waste
• 2. Model the contaminant transport process
• 3. Understand the various remediation methods for contaminant ground and identify most appropriate method of remediation for different sites.
• 4. Understand the significance of components of landfills

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

REFERENCES:

• 1. Phillip B. Bedient, Refai, H. S. & Newell C. J. - Ground Water Contamination - Prentice Hall Publications, 4th Edition, 2008
• 2. Sharma, H. D. and Reddy, K. R. - Geoenvironmental Engineering, John Wiley & Sons (2004)
• 3. Rowe, R. K. - Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering Handbook, Kluwer Academic, 2001
• 4. Reddi, L. N. and Inyang, H. I. - Geoenvironmental Engineering Principles and Applications, Marcel. Dekker, Inc., New York (2000).
• 5. LaGrega, M. D., Buckingham, P. L. and Evans, J. C. - Hazardous Waste Management, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001 R19 M.TECH GEOTECHNICAL ENGG. M.TECH.- I YEAR- I SEMESTER