IIT Kanpur Syllabus for Civil Engineering

Environmental Quality and Pollution

CE 211: Environmental Quality and Pollution

1.	Introduction and Scope	General concept of Environmental Engineering
2.	Ecology and Environment	Impact of pollution on the environment
3.	Environmental Quality Parameters	Various pollutants in different media, introduction to Environmental Standards, Brief mention of development of environmental standards
4.	Aquatic Chemistry	Acid-basechemistry, alkalinity,metal complexation , precipitation, etc
5.	Mass Transfer	Inter-media transfer of pollutants e.g. gas-liquid, solid-liquid transfers
6.	Particles in Environment	Formation, settling deposition, flocculation; attachment
7.	Pollutant Transport	Mechanisms of Pollutant Transport
8.	Air Pollution	Pollutant sources, effects, meteorology as applied to air pollution, air pollution control;
9.	Environmental Modelling	Pollutant transport equations; Development of analytical/ predictive environmental models for various environmental media
10.	Solid and Hazardous Waste Management	Definition; Control measures; Disposal of Wastes, Management
11.	Environmental Impact Assessment	Concept and importance; Various steps in a EIA study; assessment of impacts; mitigation of adverse impacts; Environmental management plan.