WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT
CE 76518

Course Objectives:
To provide knowledge of aquatic ecology, water pollution, water quality standards, water quality assessment and its management.

1. Introduction
   (2 hours)
1. Water resources and its usage including livelihood
2. Water cycle and water budget
3. Fresh water
4. Competitive uses of water
2. Aquatic Ecology
   (4 hours)
1. Ecology and ecosystem
2. River and lake ecology
3. Stratification and structure of water masses
4. Aquatic plants and animals
3. Water Pollution
   (6 hours)
1. Types and sources of water pollution
2. Point and non-point pollution sources
3. Effects of pollution (river, lake and reservoir)
4. Pollution of ground water
4. Water Quality Standards
   (14 hours)
1. Domestic (drinking, cooking bathing and washing , watering of lawns and gardens, heating and, air condition system)
2. Agriculture
3. Street washing
4. Fire fighting
5. Swimming pools , fountains and cascade
6. Steam. power and other industrial process
7. Commercial
8. Public use: parks, street wash,ing, sewer cleaning
9. Developing animal husbandry
10. Transporting sewage
11. Recreation
12. Various uses of water maintaining ecological balance
5. Water Quality Assessment
   (14 hours)
1. Waste loads and assimilative capacity of receiving waters (surface and ground)
2. River water quality, stream flow
3. DO sag curve, its model and application
4. Lake water quality
5. Eutrophication control,
6. Ground-water contamination and its movement,
7. Ground water plumes
6. Management
   (5 hours)
1. Strategies for water pollution control
2. Water quality monitoring, management planning, and
3. River catchment management

Tutorial:

1. Introduction
   (1 hour)
   Definitions, water cycle, schematic diagrams of water cycle
2. Aquatic Ecology
   (1 hour)
   Definitions, point and non-point pollution sources, effects of pollution (river, lakes and reservoir)
3. Water Pollution
   (2 hours)
1. Definition, point and non-point pollution levels in river, lakes and reservoir and its effects
2. Level of pollution of ground water at various places
4. Water Quality Standards
   (4 hours)
   Definitions, WHO guidelines and national standards for various purposes
5. Water Quality Assessment
   (4 hours)
1. Definitions, plotting DO sag curve and its model application for river and lake
2. Ground water pollution and its movement
6. Management
   (3 hours)
1. Development of strategies for water pollution control.
2. Checklist making for water quality monitoring, management

Practical / Project work:

1. Point and non-point pollution sources
2. Water quality standards and functional standards
3. Determination of DO Sag curve
4. Surface/ground-water and contamination and its movement
5. Water quality monitoring and management

References:

1. Andrew D. Eaton, Lenore S. Clesceri, and Arnold E. Greenberg, 'Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater",
2. A.K. Deo, "Environmental Chemistry"
3. C. S. Rao, 'Environmental Pollution Control Engineering', Wiley eastern ltd.
4. Robert V. Thomann, John A. Mueller, " Principles of Surface Quality Modeling and Control'
5. WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality

Evaluation Scheme:
The questions will cover all the chapters in the syllabus. The evaluation scheme will be as indicated in the table below:

Chapter	Hours	Marks Distribution*
1	2	6
2	4	8
3	6	14
4	14	20
5	14	20
6	5	12
Total	45	80

*There could be minor deviation in mark distribution.