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SOIL POLLUTION AND

REMEDIATION
 COURSE DETAILS
• Credits : 4
• Contact hours : L T P
• - : 3 0 2
• Relative Weightage :
CWS PRS MTE ETE
15 25 20 40
• Subject Area : DEC
 COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. To have an understanding about Sources of subsurface
contamination, Mechanisms of Soil contamination; Physical-
chemical and biological interactions in soils; Effect of
contamination on geotechnical properties
2. To have an understanding about, selection of site for waste
disposal, Leachate and Gas Generation, Waste characterization,
waste containment principles.
3. To have an understanding about types of Landfills, different types
of liner material and capable of designing landfill elements.
4. To have an understanding about construction, operation and
performance monitoring of landfill site and capable of planning
Environmental Monitoring around landfills
5. To have an understanding about detection, control and
remediation of subsurface contamination, Various types of barrier
systems; Reclamation of contaminated sites; economic analysis
 UNIT 1
• Soil pollution: Introduction; Sources of
subsurface contamination
• Mechanisms of Soil contamination
• Physical-chemical and biological interactions
in soils;
• Effect of contamination on geotechnical
properties.
• Contact hours: 08 hours
 UNIT 2
• Waste characterization
• Waste disposal on land
• Site selection
• Leachate and Gas Generation
• waste containment principles

• Contact hours: 08 hours

 UNIT 3
• Landfills
• Types of Landfills
• Natural attenuation landfill
• Containment landfills
• Liner material and design of landfill elements

• Contact Hours: 09 hours

 UNIT 4
• Landfill Construction
• Operation and performance monitoring
• Environmental monitoring around landfills

• Contact hours: 08 hours

 UNIT 5
• Control OF SOIL CONTAMINATION
• Detection, control and remediation of
subsurface contamination
• Various types of barrier systems
• Reclamation of contaminated sites
• Economic analysis
• Case Studies
• Contact hours: 09 hours
 COURSE OUTCOMES
• Understand different Sources of subsurface contamination
• Understand Mechanisms of Soil contamination
• Understand Physical-chemical and biological interactions in soils
• Understand Effect of contamination on geotechnical properties
• Capable of selecting of site for waste disposal
• Understand Leachate and Gas Generation from waste
• Capable of characterizing the waste
• Understand about types of landfill and liner material
• Capable of designing landfill elements
• Understand about construction, operation and performance monitoring of landfill
• Capable of planning Environmental monitoring around landfills
• Understand about detection, control and remediation of subsurface contamination
• Understand about various types of barrier systems
• Understand about reclamation process of contaminated sites
• Capable of doing economic analysis
 SUGGESTED BOOKS
• Geo Environmental Engineering: Principles and
Applications, L.N. Reddi and H.I.Inyang, Marcel Dekker,
Inc. New York
• Design, Construction and Monitoring of Landfills,
Amalendu Bagchi, John Willey & Sons, Inc.
• Final Covers for solid waste landfills and abandoned
dumps, R.M. Koerner and David E. Daniel, ASCE press
• Geo Environmental Engineering: Site Remediation,
Waste Containment, and Emerging Waste
Management Technologies, Hari D. Sharma and Krishna
R. Reddy