DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

NIT PATNA, PATNA, BIHAR, INDIA

M. Tech
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Specialization: Environmental Engineering

Course Structure

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Detailed Syllabus
 Course Structure

1. Course Structure for M. Tech (Civil Engg.) in Environmental Engineering

CCM
Grou Course Credit
Prog T Sem Course Title L T P FM
p code s
Code
Physicochemical processes for
CEPG CEEV Core 1 CE310101 3 0 0 3 100
water and wastewater treatment
Biological processes for water and
CEPG CEEV Core 1 CE310102 3 0 0 3 100
wastewater treatment
CEPG CEEV EL-1 1 CE3101xx Elective – I 3 0 0 3 100
CEPG CEEV EL-2 1 CE3101xx Elective – II 3 0 0 3 100
CEPG CEEV EL-3 1 - Elective – III / Open Elective 3 0 0 3 100
Advanced Environmental
CEPG CEEV Lab 1 CE310103 0 0 6 4 100
Engineering Lab -I
Total Semester Credit 15 6 19 600

CCM
Grou Course Credit
Prog T Sem Course Title L T P FM
p code s
Code
Planning and Design of
CEPG CEEV Core 2 CE310204 Environmental Engineering 3 0 0 3 100
Systems
Solid Waste Engineering and
CEPG CEEV Core 2 CE310205 3 0 0 3 100
Management
CEPG CEEV EL-4 2 CE3102xx Elective – V 3 0 0 3 100
CEPG CEEV EL-5 2 CE3102xx Elective – VI 3 0 0 3 100
Elective – VII / Open Elective
CEPG CEEV EL-6 2 CE3102xx 3 0 0 3 100
(Intellectual Property Rights)
Advanced Environmental
CEPG CEEV Lab 2 CE310206 0 0 6 4 100
Engineering Lab – II
Total Semester Credit 15 6 19 700

CCM
Grou Course Credit
Prog T Sem Course Title L T P FM
p code s
Code
Seminar and Technical Report
CEPG CEEV Lab 3 CE310397 0 0 3 2 100
Writing
Online Courses
CEPG CEEV EL-7 3 - 3 0 0 3 100
(MOOCs/NPTEL/SWAYAM)
Dissertation (to be continued in
CEPG CEEV Lab 3 CE310398 0 0 12 8 100
4thSem)
Total Semester Credit 3 15 13 300

CCM
Grou Course Credit
Prog T Sem Course Title L T P FM
p code s
Code
CEPG CEEV Lab 4 CE310499 Dissertation 12 100
Total Semester Credit 15 12 100
CEP
CEEV Cumulative Total Credit 63 1600
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List of Electives – 1st semester
1 CE310111 Air and Noise Pollution 3 0 0 3 100
Environmental Chemistry and
1 CE310112 3 0 0 3 100
Microbiology
1 CE310113 Environmental Fluid Mechanics 3 0 0 3 100
1 CE310114 Probability and Statistics 3 0 0 3 100
Environmental Impact Assessment
1 CE310115 3 0 0 3 100
and Mitigation

List of Electives – 2nd semester

2 CE310216 Air Quality Modelling 3 0 0 3 100
Hazardous and Nuclear Waste
2 CE310217 3 0 0 3 100
Management
Industrial Waste Management and
2 CE310218 3 0 0 3 100
Audit
Life Cycle Analysis and Design for
2 CE310219 3 0 0 3 100
Environment
2 CE310221 Environmental Management 3 0 0 3 100
2 CE310222 Ecology
2 CE310223 Environmental Sanitation 3 0 0 3 100
2 CE310224 Chemo Dynamics 3 0 0 3 100
2 CE310225 Environmental Risk Assessment 3 0 0 3 100
2 CE310226 Groundwater Pollution 3 0 0 3 100
Environmental laws, regulation and
2 CE310227 3 0 0 3 100
policy
2 CE310228 Intellectual Property Right 3 0 0 3 100
 Physicochemical processes for water and wastewater treatment
CE310101
L-T-P:3-0-0; Cr - 3

PREREQISITE: No Prerequisites

OBJECTIVE: To introduce and teach the various physicochemical process for the treatment of water
and wastewater.

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE:

1. Water Quality Characteristics: Physical, Chemical, Biological, Emerging Pollutants.

(4 Lectures)
2. Stability of colloidal dispersions: Coagulation and flocculation processes; Particle surface charge,
surface potential.
(6 Lectures)
3. Filtration and ultra-filtration processes; Modeling approaches for rapid sand filters. Solute
separation processes; Gas transfer processes.
(8 Lectures)
4. Diffused and surface aeration and air stripping of volatile contaminants in packed tower.
(6 Lectures)
5. Adsorption and ion exchange processes; Sorption isotherm models and rates considerations,
Adsorption of trace organics.
(8 Lectures)
6. Membrane Process: Reverse osmosis and electro dialysis.
(6 Lectures)
7. Disinfection: Mechanism of disinfectants
(4 Lectures)

REFERENCE BOOKS/ TEXT BOOKS:

1. E. Roberts Alley “WATER QUALITY CONTROL HANDBOOK” Second Edition, TMH.
2. Howard S. Peavy, Donald R. Rowe, George Tchobanoglous, “ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING” TMH
3. Metcalf & Eddy, George Tchobanoglous, Frank L Burton and H David “WASTEWATER
ENGINEERING TREATMENT AND REUSE” Fourth Edition, TMH

COURSE OUTCOME: Student will be able to apply the knowledge of Water and Wastewater
Treatment under various contexts.
 Biological Processes for Water and Wastewater Treatment
CE310102
L-T-P:3-0-0; Cr - 3

PREREQISITE: Undergraduate level Environmental Engineering Course.

OBJECTIVE: To introduce and teach the application of biological process and microbiology in the
Environmental Engineering applications.

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

1. General introduction to course: Structure of Microorganisms: Why is cellular chemistry important

to understanding microorganisms and how does microorganism structure of impact environmental
applications.
(3 Lectures)
2. Metabolism: The mechanisms and requirements for microbial metabolism including degradation
and biosynthesis.
(5 Lectures)
3. Geochemical Cycling and Microbial Ecology: An introduction to the types of microbial habitats
and reactions catalyzed by their microbial communities.
(3 Lectures)
4. Stoichiometry of Balanced Biological Growth.
(3 Lectures)
5. The kinetics of substrate assimilation and suspended growth are developed and solved for different
reactor environments.
(5 Lectures)
6. The activated sludge process and its modifications including lagoons
(6 Lectures)
7. Basics of biofilm kinetics: Aerobic biofilm processes
(4 Lectures)
8. Nutrient Removal Processes: Nitrification/denitrification and phosphorus removal.
(4 Lectures)
9. Anaerobic Processes
(4 Lectures)
10. Bioremediation and Pollutant Biodegradation: How do pollutants biodegrade and what special
efforts are needed to enhance their degradation.
(3 Lectures)
REFERENCE BOOKS/ TEXT BOOKS:
1. Rittmann and McCarty, " Environmental Biotechnology: Principles and Applications ", McGraw-
Hill, (2001).
2. Metcalf and Eddy, George Tchobanoglous, Frank L Burton and H David “WASTEWATER
ENGINEERING TREATMENT AND REUSE” Fourth Edition, TMH
3. Mackenzie L. Davis, and David A. “INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING” Fourth Edition, TMH.

COURSE OUTCOME: Student will be able to apply the principles of Biological Processes for
addressing issues in related to waste water management.
 Advanced Environmental Engineering Lab -I
CE310103
L-T-P:0-0-6; Cr – 4

PREREQUISITE: Student should have basic knowledge of environmental chemistry.

COURSE OBJECTIVE: To introduce and teach laboratory determination process for the
determination of various water/waste water parameters.

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS:

1. Determination of solids in water/waste water.

2. Determination of acidity in the given water sample.
3. Determination of Alkalinity in the given water sample.
4. Determination of Hardness in the given water sample.
5. Determination of optimum Alum dose in the given water sample.
6. Determination of Sulphate in the given water sample
7. Determination of Nitrate in the given water sample
8. Determination of Fluoride in the given water sample
9. Determination of Chloride in the given water sample
10. Determination of Phosphate in the given water sample
11. Determination of Nitrate in the given water sample
12. Assessment of pathogens using MPN method
13. Determination of DO in the given water sample
14. Determination of COD and BOD in the given water/waste water sample

COURSE OUTCOME: Student will get hands on training on determination of various water/waste
water quality parameters.
 Planning and Design of Environmental Engineering Systems
CE310204

L-T-P:1-2-0; Cr - 3

PREREQUISITE: No Prerequisites

COURSE OBJECTIVE: To introduce about planning and design of various environmental

engineering systems related to water treatment and supply for drinking purposes and waste water
treatment.

Detailed Course Outline

1. Necessary steps for planning of water supply and wastewater treatment plants
(6 Lectures)
2. Design of city water supply pumping and distribution system.
(8 Lectures)
3. Design of sewerage network and pumping station
(8 Lectures)
4. Water and wastewater treatment plants: sedimentation, coagulation, flocculation, Granular media
filtration, disinfection,
(10 Lectures)
5. Water and wastewater treatment plants: ASP, Trickling Filter, UASBR
(10 Lectures)
REFERENCE BOOKS/ TEXT BOOKS:
1. Metcalf and Eddy, George Tchobanoglous, Frank L Burton and H David “WASTEWATER
ENGINEERING TREATMENT AND REUSE” Fourth Edition, TMH
2. S.J. Arceivala & S.R. Asolekar, “ Wastewater Treatment for pollution control and reuse” Third
Edition, TMH

COURSE OUTCOME: Student will be able to handle planning and design of environmental
engineering systems
 Solid Waste Engineering and Management
CE310205
L-T-P:3-0-0; Cr - 3

PREREQISITE: Undergraduate level Environmental Science or Engineering course.

COURSE OBJECTIVE: To introduce and teach the various option and method for handling the solid
waste.

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

1. Solid Wastes: Origin, Analysis, Composition and Characteristics.

(5 Lectures)
2. Integrated Solid Waste Management System: Collection, Storage, Segregation, Transportation,
Reuse and Recycling possibilities, Treatment / Processing and Transformation Techniques, Final
Disposal.
(5 Lectures)
3. Biological techniques for solid waste management: Composting, aerobic and anaerobic digestion
(8 Lectures)
4. Thermal techniques for solid waste management: chemical oxidation, pyrolysis, gasification,
Incineration and energy recovery system
(8 Lectures)
5. Final disposal of solid wastes and residual matters: Landfills: its classification, citing criteria,
design and maintenance
(8 Lectures)
6. Management of Biomedical, Nuclear, Electronic, Industrial and construction & demolition solid
wastes and the rules and regulations
(8 Lectures)

REFERENCE BOOKS/ TEXT BOOKS:

1. Mackenzie L. Davis, and David A., “INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING” Fourth Edition, TMH
2. Tchobanoglous, George; Theisen, Hilary; Vigil, Samuel “Integrated Solid Waste Management:
Engineering Principles and Management Issues” 2nd Edition, TMH
3. Michael D. LaGrega, Philip L. Buckingham, Jeffery C. Evans, HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT Second Edition, TMH
4. McBean, Rovers and Farquhar “Solid Waste Landfill Engineering and Design” Prentice Hall

COURSE OUTCOME: Student will be able to apply the principles of Solid waste management under
various contexts.
 Advanced Environmental Engineering Lab – II
CE310206
L-T-P:0-0-6; Cr - 4

PREREQUISITE: Advance environmental Engg Lab-I

COURSE OBJECTIVE: To introduce laboratory methods for the determination of heavy metals,
pesticides, antibiotics using advanced instruments. Also to introduce methods for characterization
and component analysis of given MSW sample. Determination of different air quality parameters.

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS:

1. Determination of heavy metals using spectrophotometer/AAS in given water sample.

2. Determination of selected pesticides in given water sample.
3. Determination of selected antibiotics in given water sample.
4. Characterization and component analysis of MSW.
5. Determination of calorific value of given MSW sample.
6. Determination of PM10 and PM2.5 in ambient air.
7. Determination of SOX and NOX in ambient air.

COURSE OUTCOME: Student will be able to determine various air and water quality
parameters using advance instruments also will be able to characterize MSW.
 Air and Noise Pollution
CE310111
L-T-P:3-0-0; Cr - 3

PREREQUISITE: No Prerequisites

COURSE OBJECTIVE: To introduce and teach about various types of air pollutants their effects and
control measures and also to introduce various impacts of noise pollution, its propagation and control.

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

1. Air pollutants, Sources, classification, primary and secondary, combustion processes and pollutant
emission
(4 Lectures)
2. Effects on Health, vegetation, materials and atmosphere, Reactions of pollutants in the atmosphere
and their effects-Smoke, smog and ozone layer disturbance etc.
(4 Lectures)
3. Atmospheric diffusion of pollutants and their analysis, Atmospheric stability and lapse rate.
(6 Lectures)
4. Air sampling and pollutant measurement methods: ambient and stack monitoring, principles and
instruments.
(7 Lectures)
5. Ambient air quality and emission standards control principles, Removal of gaseous pollutants by
adsorption, absorption, reaction and other methods.
(7 Lectures)
6. Particulate emission control, settling chambers, cyclone separation, Wet collectors, fabric filters,
electrostatic precipitators and other removal methods.
(7 Lectures)
7. Introduction to Noise Pollution; Physical Properties of Sound, Sound Pressure, Power and
Intensity, Loudness.
(4 Lectures)
8. Effects of Noise; Noise Criteria and Standards; Noise Measurement; Outdoor and Indoor
Propagation, Noise Contours; Noise Control Criteria.
(3 Lectures)

REFERENCE BOOKS/ TEXT BOOKS:

1. Mackenzie L. Davis, and David A. “Introduction To Environmental Engineering” Fourth Edition,
TMH
2. Edward S Rubin and Cliff Davidson “Introduction To Engineering And The Environment” TMH
3. Noel deNevers, “Air Pollution Control EngineerinG” Second Edition, TMH

COURSE OUTCOME: Student will be able to characterize the air pollutant on the basis of source,
particle size and their reactivity in the environment. Student will also be able to understand various air
pollution sampling methods, stake monitoring and air pollution control equipments. Student will also
be able to various noise pollution control measures.
 Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology
CE310112
L-T-P:3-0-0; Cr - 3

PREREQISITE: Student should have been imparted with UG level knowledge and concepts of
Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology and its application in various environmental systems.
OBJECTIVE: To introduce and teach the application of chemistry and microbiology in the
Environmental Engineering application.

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

1. Introduction, Review of basic concepts in chemistry
(4 Lectures)
2. Chemical thermodynamics, concept of chemical equilibrium, Equilibrium constants and activity,
reaction kinetics
(6 Lectures)
3. Acid and base, polyprotic acids and bases, acidity, alkalinity, carbonate system, pH-CT, buffers,
solubility reactions
(6 Lectures)
4. Nitrogen chemistry and Chlorination

(2 Lectures)
5. Introduction of Microorganisms: Cell structure; Types of microorganisms in environment;
metabolic classification of organisms
(6 Lectures)
6. Pathogens and diseases
(6 Lectures)

7. Laboratory procedure for determining chemical and microbial parameters

(6 Lectures)

8. Introduction to advanced instruments.

(6 Lectures)
REFERENCE BOOKS/ TEXT BOOKS:
1. Sawyer, Clair; McCarty, Perry; Parkin, Gene “Chemistry for Environmental Engineering and
Science”5th Edition, TMH
2. Benjamin, Mark “Water Chemistry” 1st Edition, TMH
3. Rittmann, Bruce; McCarty, Perry “Environmental Biotechnology: Principles and Applications”
TMH

COURSE OUTCOME: Student will be able to apply the knowledge of Environmental Chemistry and
Microbiology under various contexts.
 Environmental Fluid Mechanics
CE310113
L-T-P:3-0-0; Cr - 3

PREREQISITE: Undergraduate level Fluid Mechanics or Hydraulics.

COURSE OBJECTIVE: To introduce and teach the application of hydraulics and fluid
mechanics in context of Environmental Engineering.

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

1. Introduction and review: Basic definitions, Mathematical preliminaries, Flow and fluid
properties Dimensional analysis.
(6 Lectures)
2. Governing equations for fluid motion: Control volume and balance concepts, Mass
conservation (continuity), Momentum conservation Energy Conservation and temperature;
Conservation of dissolved constituent mass.
(8 Lectures)
3. Applications: Viscous flow, Navier-Stokes equation, Poiseuille and porous media flows,
Irrotational and potential flows.
(8 Lectures)
4. Scaling analyses for governing equations: Application of scaling analysis to understand
governing parameters in environmental systems.
(4 Lectures)
5. Introduction to turbulent flow: Analysis of random processes Turbulent diffusion
(Reynolds averaging), Turbulent kinetic energy and dissipation.
(8 Lectures)
6. Introduction to environment transport process: Advection, Diffusion and Dispersion, Fick’s
law and its applications in natural systems.
(8 Lectures)

REFERENCE BOOKS/ TEXTBOOKS:

1. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, by Rubin and Atkinson, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2001.
2. Clark, M. M. (1996), Transport Modeling for Environmental Engineers and Scientists,
Wiley Interscience, New York, NY.
3. Weber, W. W., and DiGiano, F. (1996), Process Dynamics in Environmental Systems,
Wiley Interscience, New York, NY.
4. Tchobanoglous, George and Schroeder, Edward D. (1985), Water Quality, Addison-
Wesley, Reading, MA.

COURSE OUTCOME: Student will be able to apply the principles of Fluid Mechanics for
environmental issues in the natural environment.
 Probability and Statistics
CE310114

L-T-P-CR: 3-0-0-3

Pre-requisite: Basic knowledge of Probability and Statics at intermediate level.

Objectives: To apply knowledge of probability and statics for analysis.

Detailed Course Outline:

1. Treatment of data: Pareto Diagrams; Frequency distributions; Graphs; Descriptive measures;

Software applications; Excel; SPSS; MATLAB.
(4 Lectures)

2. Probability: Samples spaces and events; Axioms of probability; Theorems; Conditional

Probability; Mathematical expectations and decision making.
(15 Lectures)

3. Probability Distributions: Random variables; Binomial and hypergeometric distributions;

Mean and variance; Chebyshev’s theorem; Poisson distribution; Multinomial distribution. (5
Lectures)

4. Probability Densities: Continuous random variables; Normal distribution; Uniform,

LogNormal, Gamma, Beta, Weibull distributions; Joint distributions - Discrete and continuous.

(10 Lectures)

5. Inference: Inference about Means; Inference about variances; Inference about Proportions;
Bayesian estimation.
(13 Lectures)

Recommended Books:
1. Milton. J. S. and Arnold. J.C., “Introduction to Probability and Statistics”, Tata
McGraw Hill, 4 th Edition, 2007.
2. Johnson. R.A. and Gupta. C.B., “Miller and Freund‟s Probability and Statistics for
Engineers”, Pearson Education, Asia, 7th Edition, 2007.
3. Papoulis. A and Unnikrishnapillai. S., “Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic
Processes ” McGraw Hill Education India , 4th Edition, New Delhi , 2010.

Expected outcome: To apply the knowledge in the real field situations related to statistical
computations of civil engineering problems
 Environmental Impact Assessment and Mitigation
CE310115
L-T-P:3-0-0; Cr - 3

PREREQISITE: No Prerequisites
OBJECTIVE: To introduce and teach the application of various methods for the assessment of
Environmental Impact due to the urbanization and industrialization.

Detailed Course Outline

1. Evolution of EIA; EIA at project; Regional and policy levels; Strategic EIA.
(6 Lectures)
2. EIA process; Screening and scoping criteria; Rapid and comprehensive EIA; Specialized areas like
environmental health impact assessment; Environmental risk analysis.
(8 Lectures)
3. Economic valuation methods; Cost-benefit analysis.
(2 Lectures)
4. Expert system and GIS applications; Uncertainties.
(4 Lectures)
5. Legislative and environmental clearance procedures in India and other countries, Siting criteria;
CRZ; Public participation; Resettlement and rehabilitation. `
(6 Lectures)
6. Practical applications of EIA; EIA methodologies; Baseline data collection.
(4 Lectures)
7. Prediction and assessment of impacts on physical, biological and socio-economic environment.
(4 Lectures)
8. Environmental management plan; Post project monitoring, EIA report and EIS; Review process.
(4 Lectures)
9. Case studies on project, regional and sectoral EIA.
(4 Lectures)

REFERENCE BOOKS/ TEXT BOOKS:

1. Larry Canter “ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT: Engineering Principles and
Management Issues” Second Edition, MGH
2. Chris Wood “Environmental Impact Assessment: A Comparative Review” 2nd Edition, Pearson
Education

COURSE OUTCOME: Student will be able to apply the principles of Environmental Impact
Assessment under various contexts.
 Air Quality Modelling
CE310216
L-T-P:3-0-0; Cr - 3

PREREQISITE: Student should have knowledge of basic mathematics.

OBJECTIVE: To introduce and teach the various air quality modelling for solving the pollution issue
and control the emission.

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

1. Introduction to Air Quality Modelling. Approaches to model formulation.

(4 Lectures)
2. Model classification, criteria for model selection.
(4 Lectures)
3. Air pollution meteorology: Meteorological parameters, stability classification.
(6 Lectures)
4. Plume rise; Plume behavior.
(4 Lectures)
5. Dispersion parameters. Basic diffusion equation, deterministic, numerical and statistical modeling
approach.
(6 Lectures)
6. Introduction to boundary layer, turbulence- physical modeling approach. Stochastic Modeling
approach to air pollution dispersion.
(6 Lectures)
7. Theory of Gaussian plume model and its application.
(6 Lectures)
8. Introduction to Indoor air quality models. ISCST3; CALINE4; ROADAIR. Case studies.
(6 Lectures)
REFERENCE BOOKS/ TEXT BOOKS:
1. H. Van Dop; George Kallos “Air Pollution Modeling and its Application IX” Springer.
2. Air and Waste Management Association (A&WMA) “Air Quality Modeling: Theories,
Methodologies, Computational Techniques, and Available Databases and Software, Vol. I-Fund.”
and “Air Quality Modeling, Vol. II”
3. Thad Godish “Air Quality”4th Edition, CRC Press.
4. Sudipto Banerjee and Bradley. P. Carlin “Hierarchical Modeling and Analysis for Spatial Data”
CRC Press.

COURSE OUTCOME: Student will be able to apply the principles of Air Quality Modeling under
various contexts.
 Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Management
CE310217
L-T-P:3-0-0; Cr - 3

PREREQISITE: Undergraduate level Environmental Science or Engineering course.

COURSE OBJECTIVE: To introduce and teach the types of hazardous and nuclear waste and the
methods to control and remove from environment.

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

1. Introduction: Sources; Present management practices; Environmental Problems. Inventory – its

characteristics and quantification. Hazardous Waste (Management and Handling) Rules.
(6 Lectures)
2. Impact of Hazardous waste on Environment: Contaminant transport in surface and sub-surface
water bodies, Soil contamination, Contaminant attachment and detachment mechanisms, Air
pollution issues.
(4 Lectures)
3. Waste Minimization: Source reduction, Reuse and Recycling, On-site and Off-site recovery and
recycling, Process change, New technology and other waste minimization options.
(4 Lectures)
4. Waste transport and storage: Regulatory requirements, Waste-waste compatibility issues, Risk
assessment and its management.
(4 Lectures)
5. Treatment: Physico-chemical treatment methods, Incineration, On-site v/s Off-site Treatment, Risk
and Cost issues.
(4 Lectures)
6. Disposal: Engineered design and planning for landfills, Pre-treatment requirements, Site selection,
Leachate and Off gas management, Post closure Monitoring and Management.
(4 Lectures)
7. Planning and Design for Common facilities for Integrated Waste Management: Site selection,
Planning for transportation, treatment and disposal at common facilities, Risk and Cost issues,
Charging System and Financing pattern.
(6 Lectures)
8. Remediation of Contaminated Sites: Assessment of the extent of contamination, Remediation
measures, Protection from spread of pollutants, Planning for site remediation, Risk and Cost issues.
(4 Lectures)
9. Sources and types of radioactive waters: Uranium milling, conversion and enrichment facilities,
reactor fuel fabrication, nuclear power reactors, nuclear reactor fuel reprocessing, radio nuclides
used for medical and industrial applications. High level radioactive waste. Treatments methods,
Non-high level radioactive wastes and disposal of some radioactive elements.
(6 Lectures)
REFERENCE BOOKS/ TEXTBOOKS:
1. George Techobanoglous et al, " Integrated Solid Waste Management ", McGraw- Hil publication,
1993.
2. Charles A. Wentz; " Hazardous Waste Management ", McGraw-Hill Publication, 1995.
3. CPHEEO; Manual on solid waste management, Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty
Alleviation, Govt. of India, Delhi.
4. Nuclear Radiation and its Biological Effects, by Dr Rosalie Bertell
5. Nuclear Pollution: An Exchange - by J. Kevin Branigan, David J. Brenner, Jay M. Gould,
6. Alan Day Haight, Reply by M.F. Perutz, Volume 36, Number 21 · January 18, 1990
7. S. Rosen and P. Olin, Hearing Loss and Coronary Heart Disease, Archives of Otolaryngology,
82:236 (1965)

COURSE OUTCOME: Student will be able to apply the principles of Hazardous and Nuclear Waste
Management under various contexts.
 Industrial Waste Management and Audit
CE310218
L-T-P:3-0-0; Cr - 3

PREREQISITE: Undergraduate level Environmental Science or Engineering course.

OBJECTIVE: To introduce and teach the various ways for the handling and management of
Industrial discharge.

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

1. Industrial Wastes: Nature and characteristics.

(4 Lectures)
2. Prevention and Control, Tools for clean processes: reuse, recycle, recovery, source
reduction, raw material substitution, process modification, Flow sheet analysis.
(6 Lectures)
3. Energy and resources audit, Waste audit, emission inventory and waste management
hierarchy for process industries
(8 Lectures)
4. Water balancing and zero discharge
(4 Lectures)
5. Environmental indicators, Industrial ecology and ecoparks
(4 Lectures)
6. Rules and regulations
(4 Lectures)
7. Case studies: Dairy, Fertilizer, Distillery, Pulp and Paper, Iron and steel, Metal plating,
Refineries, Thermal power plants, etc.
(12 Lectures)

REFERENCE BOOKS/ TEXT BOOKS:

1. Mackenzie L. Davis, and David A. “INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL
ENGINEERING” Fourth Edition, TMH
2. W. Wesley Eckenfelder, Jr., Davis L. Ford, and Andrew Englande, Jr “INDUSTRIAL
WATER QUALITY” Fourth Edition, TMH
3. Haas and Vamos “Hazardous and Industrial Waste Treatment” Prentice Hall

COURSE OUTCOME: Student will be able to apply the principles of Advanced Industrial
Wastewater Management under various contexts.
 Life Cycle Analysis and Design for Environment
CE310219
L-T-P:3-0-0; Cr - 3

EXPECTED OUTCOME: No Prerequisites

COURSE OBJECTIVE: To introduce concept for comparison among products based on

pollution emission potential throughout their useful life

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

1. Engineering products and processes: Environmental health and safety, Product life cycle
stages, Material toxicity, pollution, and degradation, Environmentally conscious design and
manufacturing approaches.
(8 Lectures)
2. Sustainable development and industrial ecology.
(4 Lectures)
3. System life-cycles from cradle to reincarnation, Product life-extension, Organizational
issues. Pollution prevention practices, Manufacturing process selection and trade-offs.
(8 Lectures)
4. Design for Environment: Motivation, concerns, definitions, examples, guidelines, methods,
and tools. Recyclability assessments, Design for recycling practices. Re- manufacturability
assessments, Design for Remanufacture / Reuse practices.
(8 Lectures)
5. Industrial ecology and Eco-industrial parks. Eco-Labels and Life-Cycle analysis (LCA):
LCA methodology, steps, tools and problems, Life-Cycle Accounting and Costing. ISO
14000 Environmental Management Standards.
(8 Lectures)
6. New business paradigms and associated design practices.
(6 Lectures)
REFERENCE BOOKS/ TEXTBOOKS:
1. M.Z. Hauschild, R.K. Rosenbaum. “Life cycle assessment: Theory and Practice”Springer

COURSE OUTCOME: Student will able to understand various techniques applicable for
selection of least polluting products/process.
 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
CE310221
L-T-P:3-0-0; Cr – 3

PREREQISITE: No Prerequisites

COURSE OBJECTIVE: To introduce and teach the various management practices for the
environmental issues.

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

1. Waste minimization and pollution prevention strategies, Waste management hierarchy.
(6 Lectures)
2. Tools of corporate environmental management, Strategies for sustainable development;
Framework of environmental management systems.
(6 Lectures)
3. Corporate environmental guidelines and policies.
(6 Lectures)
4. International charters and protocols; Indian environmental legislations and Environmental
Protection Act (1986); Regulatory standards for industrial wastewaters and atmospheric emissions.

(6 Lectures)
5. Hazardous and biomedical waste management.
(6 Lectures)
6. Environmental and ecological audits.
(4 Lectures)
7. Environmental performance assessment; Life cycle design and analysis and eco-labelling of
products.
(4 Lectures)
8. Environmental TQM, ISO: 14000 series of international environmental management systems;
Industrial symbiosis and eco-parks.
(4 Lectures)
REFERENCE BOOKS/ TEXTBOOKS:
1. Timothy O'Riordan “Environmental Science for Environmental Management” 2nd Edition,
Pearson Education
2. Crites, Ronald; Tchobanoglous, George “Small and Decentralized Wastewater Management
Systems” 1st Edition, TMH
3. Yasumasa Itakura “Integrated Environmental Management: Development, Information, and
Education in the Asian-Pacific Region” CRC Press
4. Jobst Conrad (Editor) “Environmental Management in European Companies Success Stories and
Evaluation” CRC Press
5. Paul Compton, Dimitri Devuyst, Luc Hens, Bhaskar Nath (Editors) “Environmental Management
in Practice : Instruments for Environmental Management” CRC Press
COURSE OUTCOME: Student will be able to apply the principles of Environmental Management
under various contexts.
 Ecology
CE310222
L-T-P:3-0-0; Cr - 3

PREREQISITE: No Prerequisites

OBJECTIVE: To introduce and teach the ecological system for sustainable development.

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

1. Fundamentals of Ecology, Natural eco-systems and their food chains, food webs.
(6 Lectures)
2. Bioenergetics, biochemical cycles.
(6 Lectures)
3. Ecological succession, biological diversity and its importance, reduction in biological diversity by
human activities.
(4 Lectures)
4. Classes and general effects of pollutants, biological interactions with pollutants, lethal and sub-
lethal effects.
(4 Lectures)
5. Ecosystem responses to deoxygenation, nutrient enrichment, pesticides, hydrocarbons, metals and
salts.
(8 Lectures)
6. Thermal pollution, suspended solids and silt, radio nuclides and atmospheric pollutants.
(6 Lectures)
7. Ecotoxicology of toxic substances and assessment of the hazards, biotic indices, indicator species,
ecological indicator species and chemical monitor species, Standards and criteria.
(8 Lectures)

REFERENCE BOOKS/ TEXTBOOKS:

1. M. Dash, “Fundamentals of Ecology” Tata McGraw-Hills, India
2. Arthur P.J. Mol, David A Sonnenfeld, Gert Spaargaren (Editors) “The Ecological Modernization
Reader Environmental Reform in Theory and Practice” Routledge

COURSE OUTCOME: Student will be able to apply the principles of Environmental Ecology under
various contexts.
 Environmental Sanitation
CE310223
L-T-P:3-0-0; Cr - 3

PREREQISITE: No Prerequisites

OBJECTIVE: To introduce and teach the various methods of sanitation and importance of sanitation
for the hygienic healthy environmental condition in the village as well as in town.

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

1. Plumbing: Building water supply and drainage.
(6 Lectures)
2. Ventilation, lighting, air conditioning and thermal insulation of buildings.
(6 Lectures)
3. Municipal sanitary standards and regulations.
(6 Lectures)
4. Sewage disposal in isolated unsewered areas: Septic tanks, cesspools, imhoff tanks and their
effluent disposal.
(8 Lectures)
5. Sanitation of public facilities: Markets, swimming pools, schools, roads etc.
(6 Lectures)
6. Rural sanitation.
(4 Lectures)
7. Short and long term control of insects and rodents, vector and nuisance control.
(6 Lectures)

REFERENCE BOOKS/ TEXTBOOKS:

1. A.F.E. Wise, John Swaffield, William Watson “Water, Sanitary and Waste Services for
Buildings” 5th Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann.
2. Salvato, J A “Environmental engineering and sanitation” Second edition. Wiley-Interscience.
New York.
3. Arno Rosemarin, Nelson Ekane, Ian Caldwell, Elisabeth Kvarnstrom, Jennifer McConville,
Cecilia Ruben and Madeleine Fogde “Pathways for Sustainable Sanitation:
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals” EcoSanRes Programme, Stockholm
Environment Institute Publication.

COURSE OUTCOME: Student will be able to apply the principles of Environmental Sanitation
under various contexts.
 Chemo Dynamics
CE310224
L-T-P:3-0-0; Cr - 3

PREREQISITE: Student should have attended the course of Environmental chemistry and
microbiology
OBJECTIVE: To introduce and teach the concept and application of chemo dynamics.

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

1. Equilibrium at Environmental Interface: Ideal Solutions-air-water equilibrium occurrences-pure

gases in contact with water-pure liquid in contact with air partition coefficient for the air water
system. Earthen solid-water equilibrium occurrences-pure solid and liquid chemical in contact with
water and earthern solids. Earthen solid-air equilibrium occurrences-water-liquid chemical
equilibrium occurrences-thermal equilibrium at environmental interfaces.
(10 Lectures)
2. Transport Fundamentals: Diffusion and mass transfer-molecular diffusion-eddy diffusion-mass
transfer theories-mass transfer coefficients; binary mass transfer coefficients in two phases and two
resistance theory of interphase mass transfer turbulence in the environment-fundamentals of heat
transfer-analogy theories of momentum, heat and mass transfer.
(8 Lectures)
3. Chemical Exchange Rates between Air and Water: Desorption of gases and liquids from areated
basins and rivers-completely mixed basin-plug flow basin-gas exchange rates between the
atmosphere and the surface of river-exchange of chemical across the air-water interface of lakes
and Oceans.
(8 Lectures)
4. Chemical Exchange Rates between Water and the Adjoining Earthern Material: Dissolution of
chemicals on the bottom of flowing streams-geometric forms-stream bottom mass transfer
coefficients- natural convection dissolution-the upsurge of chemicals-from the sediment-water
interface of lakes-a Fikian analysis-annual upsurge rate at sediment-water interface-mass transfer
co-efficient at the sediment-water interface. Flux of chemical between sediment and the overlying
seawater-movement of chemicals through the benthic boundary layer.
(8 Lectures)
5. Chemical Exchange Rates between Air and Soil: Turbulence above the air-soil interface-the
Richardson number-Chemical flux rates through the lower of the Layer of the atmosphere-
Thronthwaite-Holzman equation-evaporation of liquid chemicals spilled on land- Chemical flux
rates through the upper layer of earthen material.
(8 Lectures)
REFERENCE BOOKS/ TEXTBOOKS:
1. Thibodeaux, L.J., "Chermodynamics : Environmental Movement of Chemicals in Air, Water,
and Soil ", John Wiley and Sons,New York, 194.
2. Cussler, E.L. "Diffusion: Mass Transfer in Fluid Systems ", Cambridge University Press, 1994.

COURSE OUTCOME: Student will be able to apply the principles of Chemo dynamics under various
contexts.
 Environmental Risk Assessment
CE310225
L-T-P:3-0-0; Cr - 3

PREREQUISITE: No Prerequisites

COURSE OBJECTIVE: To provide knowledge related to the broad field of environmental risk
assessment, important processes that control exposure from various types of pollutants and tools that
can be used in predicting and managing human health risks.

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

1. Basic concepts of environmental risk and definitions; Human health risk and ecological risk
assessment framework; Hazard identification procedures and hazard prioritization; Environmental
risk zonation; Consequence analysis and modelling (discharge models, dispersion models, fire and
explosion models, effect models etc
(12 Lectures)
2. Estimation of incident frequencies from historical data, frequency modelling techniques e.g., Fault
tree analysis (FTA) and Event tree analysis (ETA), Reliability block diagram. Human factors in
risk analysis; Risk management & communication.
(12 Lectures)
3. Rules, regulations and conventions.
(4 Lectures)
4. Pathogens, Occurrence and fate in environment, Human exposure pathways, Microbial exposure
dose estimation, Infection and dose-response modeling, Risk of infection estimation, Uncertainty
estimation.
(14 Lectures)
REFERENCE BOOKS/ TEXTBOOKS:
1. Ted Simon “Environmental Risk Assessment: A Toxicological Approach” 1 st Edition
2. I. Lerche, W. Glasser “Environmental Risk Assessment”
3. D. Kofi Asante–Duah “Risk Assessment in Environmental Management: A Guide for
Managing Chemical Contamination Problems” Wiley

COURSE OUTCOME:
● The student will gain the knowledge related to the broad field of environmental risk assessment.
● Describe the elements on environmental behavior of toxics.
● The ability to apply the methods for the risk assessment.
● Will have a basic understanding of environmental risk management.
● Will get insight on risk assessment case studies related to the industrial waste.
 Groundwater Pollution
CE310226
LTP- 3-0-0; Cr. - 3

PREREQISITE: Undergraduate level Fluid Mechanics or Hydraulics, Hydrology and Soil

Mechanics.
OBJECTIVE: To introduce and teach the causes and effect of groundwater pollution, its modeling
and remediation.

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

1. Introduction and review: Porous Media, Distribution of subsurface water, Porosity and related
properties of soil, hydrologic formation, hydrologic cycle.
(4 Lectures)
2. Darcy’s Law and Continuity relations: Darcy’s law, Hydraulic head and gradient, Heterogeneity
and Anisotropy, Limitations of Darcy’s Law, Continuity relations of porous media, Unconfined
and confined aquifer, Storage.
(8 Lectures)
3. Well Hydraulics: Steady flow in wells in confined and unconfined aquifers, Image well theory, and
Transient flow.
(6 Lectures)
4. Groundwater Contamination: Sources of contamination, Mass transport processes, General
Continuity equation, and degradation losses.
(4 Lectures)
5. Solute Transport: Solute transport by Advection, diffusion, reactions.
(8 Lectures)
6. Advection Dispersion transport and models: Advection, Diffusion and Dispersion, Fick’s law and
its applications in natural systems.
(8 Lectures)
7. Multiphase flows: Screening models.
(4 Lectures)
REFERENCE BOOKS/ TEXTBOOKS:
1. Randall J. Charbeneau, " Ground Water Hydraulics and Pollutant Transport ", 2000.
2. D. K. Todd, “Groundwater Hydrology”, John Wiley & Sons, Second Edition, New York.
3. H M Raghunath, “Ground Water”, New Age International Publishers, Third Edition, New Delhi,
2010.
4. B. R. Chahar, “Groundwater Hydrology”, McGraw Hill Education, New Delhi, 2015.
5. Bear J, “Hydraulics of Groundwater, McGraw Hill Publishing Co. New York, 1979.
6. Zheng, Chunmiao, “Applied Contaminant Transport Modeling”, Wiley Inter-Science, 2002.
7. Freeze R.A. and Cherry J.A., “Groundwater”, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1979.
8. Walton W C, “Groundwater Resources Evaluation”, McGraw Hill Publishing Co. New York, 1970.

COURSE OUTCOME: Student will be able to apply the knowledge of groundwater pollution for
solving environmental issues and remediation of sites.

Environmental laws, regulation and policy

 CE310227
LTP- 3-0-0; Cr. – 3

PREREQUISITE: No Prerequisites

COURSE OBJECTIVE: To make aware towards various environmental laws, regulations and
policies framed by the government.

DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

1. Introduction, environmental laws and policies - role of government

(6 Lectures)
2. Environmental laws for managing Air, water, land, wastewater, solid waste, hazardous waste,
natural resources, energy, ecology and environment.
(10 Lectures)
3. Environmental guidelines and regulations, environmental auditing, monitoring, reporting,
economics and accounting.
(10 Lectures)
4. Theories of corporate strategy and environmental policy.
(6 Lectures)
5. Beyond environmentalism, sustainability issues.
(5 Lectures)
6. Role of government and non-government organizations and citizens.
(5 Lectures)

REFERENCE BOOKS/ TEXTBOOKS:

1. R.V. Percival “Environmental regulation: laws, science and policy” II edition, Aspen Publisher

COURSE OUTCOME: Students will able to understand and abide by various environmental laws,
regulations during their professional life.