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Aquatic Pollution

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Mr. Chandan Haldar

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Course Name : Aquatic Pollution

Code(Credit) : FSEM 3207 (1-1-0)

Course Objectives

  • To collect wastewater from residences, industries, institutions, and so on,
  • To find a place to discharge the wastewater (usually the nearest water course is chosen, but wastewater could also be used for groundwater recharge or even recycled to water supply),
  • To remove water pollutants that would produce adverse impacts to the receiving water or adversely affect the health of people subsequently using the water and
  • To do all the above in a cost - effective manner.

Learning Outcomes

  • Understand chemistry involved in environment
  • Identify the chemical reactions and changes in contaminants
  • Understand the microbiology and its usefulness to environment
  • Perform experimental analysis of some properties of water ad wastewater

Course Syllabus

  • Theory
    Introduction to aquatic pollution, the sources of pollutants, toxic organic compounds and their impacts in the aquatic organisms and the abiotic environment, Classification of pollution- physical, chemical and biological classification of water pollution- description of terminologies. Sewage and domestic wastes- composition and pollution effects- sewage treatment and its reuse.
    Agricultural wastes- organic detritus, nutrients, Adverse effects of oxygen demanding wastes: importance of dissolved oxygen; Oxygen demand; BOD; COD; Oxygen budget;
    Biological effects of organic matter.
  • Excessive plant nutrients: Eutrophication; Red tides and fish kills. Pesticide types and categories; inorganic pesticides, Organo-chlorine compounds, Organo-phosphorous compounds; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Bioaccumulation and impact on aquatic fauna and human health; toxicology. Heavy metals: Interaction of heavy metals with water and aquatic organisms. Bioremediation and Phytoremediation. Oil pollution; Crude oil and its fractions; Sources of oil pollution; Treatment of oil spills at sea; Beach Cleaning; Toxicity of Petroleum Hydrocarbons; Ecological Impact of Oil pollution- Case studies. Microbial pollution: Types of aquatic microbes; autotrophs and heterotrophs; saprotrophs and necrotrophs; Sewage Fungus Complex; Transmission of Human Pathogenic Organisms; Zoonosis; Development of Antibiotic Resistance and its impact; Biofilms and Biocorrosion; Radioactivity and background radiation of earth: Radionuclide polluting, special effects of radioactive pollution. Thermal pollution and its effects, Physical and chemical nature of possible effluents from major industries in India. Monitoring and control of pollution: Biological indicators of pollution. Solid waste management.
  • Practicals
  • Physical characteristics of polluted waters; Colour, Odour, Turbidity. Determination of pH, salinity, alkalinity, hardness, BOD, COD, Hydrogen sulphide,  Phosphates, Ammonia, Nitrates, Heavy metals and Oil and grease in water. Determination of pH, conductivity, organic carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, heavy metals in sediments. Study of pathogenic and coliform bacteria. Bacteriological quality of water; Colliform tests, IMVIC test, standard plate count, methods of enumerating bacterial biomass in waters and waste waters. Pollution flora and fauna: indicator species- algae, protozoa and insect larva. Methods of pesticide residue analysis in waters and fish tissue; bioassay and toxicity study.
  • Reference Book
  • Aquatic Pollution: An Introductory Text, 4th Edition by Edward A. Laws

Session Plan

Session 1

  • Introduction to aquatic pollution
  •  Introduction
     Sources of pollutants
     toxic organic compounds and their impacts in the aquatic organisms
     Abiotic environment
  • Classification of pollution
  •  Physical, chemical and biological classification of water pollution
  •  Description of terminologies
  • pp1 intro

Session 2

Sewage pollution
 Composition of Sewage and domestic wastes
 Measurement of organic pollution
 Effect of sewage pollution on aquatic environment

ppt2 sewase

ppt3 sewase2

Session 3

Agricultural wastes
 organic detritus, nutrients, Adverse effects of oxygen demanding wastes
 Importance of dissolved oxygen
 Oxygen demand, BOD,COD

ppt4agri

Session 4

Eutrophication
 Major and minor nutrients and their concentration in eutrophicated water
 Red tide and its causes
 Algal blooms in Indian waters

https://www.slideshare.net/1234567ses/eutrophication-14594541

Session 5

Pesticides and their effect
 What is a pesticide and why it is a problem?
 Types of pesticides, source and pathways of pesticides
 Fate of pesticides in the aquatic environment
 Half-lives of some important pesticides

ppt5pesticide

Session 6

Heavy metal pollution
 Definition of Heavy metals
 Sources of heavy metals
 Interaction of heavy metals with water and aquatic organisms

ppt6 heavy metal

Session 7

Bioremediation and Phytoremediation
 Principles and factors of Bioremediation, phytoremediation
 Bioremediation and phytoremediation strategies
 Advantages and disadvantages of bioremediation and phytoremediation

ppt8bioremediation

Session 8

Oil pollution
 Crude oil and its fractions
 Sources of oil pollution
 Treatment of oil spills at sea and Beach Cleaning
 Toxicity of Petroleum Hydrocarbons

ppt7oil pollution

Session 9

Thermal pollution
 Thermal pollution and its effects
 Physical and chemical nature of possible effluents from major industries in India
 Control measures

https://www.slideshare.net/AmruthaHari1/thermal-pollution-135387213

Session 10

Radioactive pollution
 Radioactivity and background radiation of earth
 Radionuclide polluting
 special effects of radioactive pollution
 Control measures

ppt9radio

Session 11

Microbial pollution
 Types of aquatic microbes
 Autotrophs and heterotrophs; saprotrophs and necrotrophs
 Sewage Fungus Complex
 Transmission of Human Pathogenic Organisms; Zoonosis
 Development of Antibiotic Resistance and its impact
 Biofilms and Biocorrosion

https://www.slideshare.net/majid4uonly/microorganism-water-pollution-presentation

Session 12

Monitoring and control of pollution
 Biological indicators of pollution
 Solid waste management

http://www.fao.org/3/a-bl035e.pdf

Session 13

  • Physical characteristics of polluted waters
  • Determination of pH, salinity, alkalinity, hardness
  • Determination of BOD and COD of polluted water

Session 14

  • Determination of H2S of polluted water
  • Determination of Heavy metals and Oil and grease in polluted water
  • Determination of pH, conductivity, organic carbon and nitrogen in sediments.

Session 15

  • Study of pathogenic and coliform bacteria.
  • Colliform tests in waters & waste waters.
  • IMVIC test in waters & waste waters.
  • Standard plate count in waters and waste waters

Session 16

  • Methods of enumerating bacterial biomass in waters and waste waters.

Session 17

  • Pollution flora and fauna: indicator species- algae, protozoa and insect larva

Session 18

  • Methods of pesticide residue analysis in waters and fish tissue

Session 19

  • Studies on bioassay and toxicity tests

Case Studies

Case Studies

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    Mr. Chandan Haldar is working as Assistant Professor in the School of Fisheries, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Paralakhemundi Campus, Odisha. He has completed his M.F.Sc from ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, Maharashtra India and his Ph. D. thesis topic is “Identification of Growth Associated SNPs in Clarias magur (Hamilton, 1822) […]