Download Soil Pollution and Solid Waste Management Course Code

Annexure ‘CD – 01’
FORMAT FOR COURSE CURRICULUM
Course Title: Soil Pollution and Solid Waste Management
Course Code:
Credit Units: 04
Course Objectives: To understand the processes of weathering and soil formation, to know the geological and climatic factors
influencing soil formation, soil pollution by waste, to understand the remedial measures of soil pollution.
L
T
P/S
SW/F
W
TOTAL
CREDIT
UNITS
04
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4
04
Pre-requisites: M.Sc. in any discipline
Student Learning Outcomes: On successfully completion of this course, the students will be able to:
 Develop an understanding of process of soil formation.
 Students can effectively explain the insecticide toxicity on soil and impact on its fertility.
 Assess the problems and formulate the strategies of waste management.
 Knowledge will be gained on designing and operation of engineered landfill areas and all rules and regulation related to it.
 Student can develop the correlation between soil pollution and solid waste management and can develop the strategies for its
management.
Course Contents/Syllabus:
Weightage (%)
Module I
Weathering and Soil Formation: Weathering of Rock, Soil formation, soil profile, Influence of
geological, climatic and biological factors for soil formation, Pedogenic evolution, distribution of soil 15%
and soil fertility.
Module II
Structure and Properties of Soil: Structure and chemistry of soil, clay minerals in soil, mobility of
nutrients, trace elements in soil, effects of modern agriculture on soil chemistry. Physio-chemical
properties of soil, soil organic matter, micro-organism in soil, decomposition of organic matter in
soil.
25%
Module III
20%
Soil Pollution and Remedial Measures: Toxicity of soil by the application of insecticides,
fungicides, weedicide and synthetic fertilizers. Metal toxicity, Industrial discharge , Oil
contamination, Nuclear waste contamination, Different soil pollution remedial techniques, Case
studies related to soil pollution.
Module IV
25%
Waste Management: sources and nature of waste, Municipal solid waste: classification and
composition, management, disposal in landfills and MSW Rules in India.
Hazardous Waste (HW) - Sources, categories, and issues involves in transboundary movement of
hazardous waste, Management and disposal of HW, HW Rules in India,
Biomedical and Electronic Waste Management and disposal.
Module V
15%
Waste to wealth: Waste transformation through aerobic, anaerobic composting and Energy recovery
(Refuse Derived fuels, Incineration, Pyrolysis, and Plasma Technology); Carbon Credit in waste
management, Case studies related to it.
Pedagogy for Course Delivery: Lectures, Power Point Presentation (PPTs), Case Studies, Discussion, Seminars etc.
Assessment / Examination Scheme:
Theory L/T (%)
Lab/Practical/Studio (%)
Total (%)
100%
NA
100%
Assessment/ Examination Scheme:
Continuous Assessment/Internal Assessment
Components (Drop
down
Weightage (%)
CT
Att.
HA
S/V/Q
End Term
Examination
EE
10
5
10
5
70
Self Work:
Components
External (70%)
Viva-Voce
Internal (30%)
Presentation
Synopsis
Review of Literature and gap analysis
Weightage (%)
35%
35%
15%
15%
Text & References:
 Sharma B. K., Environmental Chemistry, Goel Publishing House, Meerut, 2011
 De, A. K. Environmental Chemistry. 4th ed. New Age International (P) Ltd., New Delhi, India. 2000
 Subramanian V. A Textbook of Environmental Chemistry, I.K. International Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. 2011
 Banerji, S. K. Environmental Chemistry. 2nd ed. Prentice-Hall, New Delhi, India. 1999
 Manahan, S. E. Fundamentals of Environmental Chemistry. 2nd ed. CRC Press, Inc. USA. 2001.
 Brady NC, The Nature and Properties of Soils. Macmilian Publishing Company, USA. 10 th Edition. 1996
 Bhide, A. D, Sundaresan, B. B., Solid Waste management in developing countries, Indian National Scientific
Documentation Centre, 1983
 Kumar, R and Singh, R.N. Municipal Water and Wastewater Treatment..Capitol Pub..Co., New Delhi. 2006.
 Tchobanogloas, G. Integrated Solid Waste Management: Engineering, Principle and Management. McGraw Hill, USA.
1993.
 Liu DH, Liptak BG, Hazardous Waste and Solid Waste, Lewis Publishers, Washington, 2000.
Any other Study Material:
 Journals- Environmental Geology, Chemosphere, Hazardous Materials, Soli Pollution etc.