EV4017 Fate and Remediation of Emerging Contaminants Syllabus:
EV4017 Fate and Remediation of Emerging Contaminants Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVE:
To impart knowledge on the priority list of emerging contaminants and improve understanding of their sources, occurrence, distribution, existing regulations/policies, analysis and screening techniques, environmental fate, transport, underlying mechanisms, modelling frameworks, ecotoxicity, risk assessment tools and remediation technologies.
UNIT I SOURCES, OCCURRENCE AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
Definition – Priority vs. emerging contaminants – recent concerns – major groups – examples – properties – sources – occurrence – distribution in soils, groundwater, industrial and municipal wastewaters, aquaculture effluents, freshwater and marine ecosystems, air, food, plants, animals and human blood – existing global regulatory frameworks and policies
UNIT II CHARACTERIZATION AND INSTRUMENTATION
Sampling – sample preparation methods – analytical protocols for detection of pharmaceuticals, personal care products, antimicrobials and antibiotics, hormones, phthalate plasticizers and degradation products, surfactants, brominated fire retardants, pesticides and nanoparticles – analytical instruments
UNIT III ENVIRONMENTAL FATE AND TRANSPORT
Sorption – leaching – runoff – erosion – volatilization – plant/animal uptake – degradation and transformation – human health and ecological risks – environmental fate modelling frameworks – risk assessment tools – challenges – biomonitoring and biosensors
UNIT IV REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES
Incineration – sonolysis – multi-phase extraction – permeable reactive barrier – advanced oxidation processes – membrane based separation – nanofiltration – Reverse osmosis – biosorption – bioaugmentation – combined treatment options – remediation endpoints – challenges – opportunities
UNIT V CASE STUDIES
Occurrence in different environmental compartments – environmental fate and transport – potential and known risks to human health and the environment – effective technological and policy approaches to prevent, control and remove emerging pollutants in the environment
OUTCOMES:
On completion of the course, the student is expected to be able to:
CO1 Explain about the different kinds of emerging contaminants, their sources, occurrence, distribution in different environmental compartments and existing regulations/policies
CO2 Explain about the analytical techniques for the detection of emerging contaminants in environment
CO3 Explain about the environmental fate, behaviour, underlying mechanisms, human health and ecological risks of emerging contaminants, and will be able to monitor and assess the degree of environmental contamination by emerging pollutants
CO4 Select an appropriate single and/or integrated physical, chemical and/or biological clean-up option for environments contaminated with different classes of emerging pollutants in order to achieve the target remedial endpoints
CO5 Conduct independent research in the future pertinent to emerging contaminant pollution and remediation
REFERENCES:
1. Alok Bhandari, Rao Y. Surampalli, Craig D. Adams, Pascale Champagne, Say Kee Ong,
R. D. Tyagi and Tian Zhang, Contaminants of Emerging Environmental Concern, American Society of Civil Engineers, US, 2009.
2. Caitlin H. Bell, Margaret Gentile, Erica Kalve, Ia Ross, John Horst and Suthan Suthersan, Emerging Contaminants Handbook, CRC Press, US, First edition, 2018.
3. Damia Barcelo and Mira Petrovic, Emerging Contaminants from Industrial and Municipal Waste Removal Technologies, Springer, Germany, 2012.
4. Damia Barcelo, Emerging Organic Contaminants and Human Health, Springer, Germany, 2012.
5. Francisco G, Calvo-Flores, Joaquin Isac-Garcia, Jose A. Dobado, Emerging Pollutants: Origin, Structure and Properties, Wiley & Sons, US, 2018.
6. Giusy Lofrano, Emerging Compounds Removal from Wastewater Natural and Solar Based Treatments, Springer, Germany, 2012