ENVIRONMENT ENGINEERING II

ASSIGNMENT 2
1. Explain the process of anaerobic composting.
2. What do you understand by aerobic digestion? What are its advantages and
disadvantages?
3. What is meant by solid waste management? Describe briefly the principles of design
of a sanitary landfill for solid waste disposal.
4. For a medium sized town, organic waste is to be disposed off by the method of
composting using trenches. Explain the salient points of this method.
5. Classify the solid wastes, give suitable examples for each of them. Also explain the
different methods for disposal of solid wastes.
6. What arrangements are made in a landfill to collect and control the movement of
leachate produced? What preventive measures to be taken to prevent contamination
ground water from the landfills?
7. Discuss the processes of composting of solid waste. Explain important design
considerations for on the composting processes.
8. Why is processing of solid waste required for solid waste management? Discuss
various processing techniques used in solid waste management.
9. Discuss various methods of landfilling and its operations. Also discuss control of gas
movement and leachate movement in landfill sites.
10. Explain in details how landfills environmentally safe over open dumps. Explain
landfill operations, state the problems associated with landfills.
11. Discuss various functional elements of solid waste management system.
12. Differentiate and compare anaerobic digestion process and composting process for
solid waste treatment.
13. Explain the necessity and mechanism of anaerobic digestion of sludge. How the solid,
liquid and gaseous products of digestion are disposed off?
14. What is process of collection and transportation of solid waste?
15. What is the role of leachate in landfills?
16. What are the rules and regulations that guide waste management in India?