CAI334 Irrigation Water Quality and Waste Water Management Syllabus:

CAI334 Irrigation Water Quality and Waste Water Management Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To know the basics concepts of irrigation water quality
 To impart knowledge on water quality for irrigation purposes, besides relevant environmental problems and recycle and reuse concepts.
 To understand the importance of water quality for irrigation and major uses of water and the role environmental issues.

UNIT I WATER QUALITY

Physical and chemical properties of water – Suspended and dissolved solids – EC and pH – major ions –. Water quality investigation – Sampling design – Samplers and automatic samplers – Data collection platforms – Field kits – Water quality data storage, analysis and inference – Software packages

UNIT II IRRIGATION WATER QUALITY

Water quality for irrigation – Salinity and permeability problem – Root zone salinity – Irrigation practices for poor quality water – Saline water irrigation – Future strategies

UNIT III WATER POLLUTION

Sources and Types of pollution – Organic and inorganic pollutants – BOD – DO relationships – impacts on water resources – NPS pollution and its control – Eutrophication control – Water treatment technologies – Constructed wetland.

UNIT IV RECYCLING AND REUSE OF WATER

Multiple uses of water – Reuse of water in agriculture – Low cost waste water treatment technologies – Economic and social dimensions – Packaged treatment units – Reverse osmosis and desalination in water reclamation

UNIT V WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Principles of water quality – Water quality classification – Water quality standards – Water quality indices – TMDL Concepts – Water quality models

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
TEXT BOOKS:

1. George Tchobanoglous, Franklin Louis Burton, Metcalf & Eddy, H. David Stense, “Waste water Engineering: Treatment and Reuse”, McGraw-Hill, 2002
2. Vladimir Novonty, “Water Quality: Diffuse pollution and watershed Management”, 2nd edition,John Wiley & Sons, 2003
3 . Mackenzie L Davis, David A Cornwell, “Introduction to Environmental Engineering”, McGrawHill 2006.
4. Stum, M and Morgan, A., “Aquatic Chemistry”, Plenum Publishing company, USA, 1985
5. Lloyd, J.W. and Heathcote, J.A., “Natural inorganic chemistry” in relation to groundwater resources, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1988

COURSE OUTCOMES

CO1 The students will be able to describe the parameters of water quality
CO2 The students will be able to describe the concepts of water quality for irrigation
CO3 The students will be able to describe the water pollution and quality considerations
CO4 The students will be able to describe the recycling and reuse of water
CO5 The students will be able to describe the management of water quality