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ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
LABORATORY
MANUAL
by

Dr. B. Kotaiah
and
Dr. N. Kumara Swamy


This book presents under one cover, the procedures step-by-step, environmental significance, practical applications of each test, sample collection programme and sampling techniques and also standards of water for various uses.

The book is divided in well-arranged five chapters - dealing with major water and waste water quality parameters of physical, chemical and biological. It describes the methods used for planning and sampling of ground and surface waters, etc. It also deal with how to analyse conventional water and waste water quality parameters; and also with water quality standards for use in various organisations.

The book contains numerous objective questions useful for various competitive examinations on this subject.

As most of the Indian Universities have included water analysis as Laboratory course, the book should be extremely useful to the students of Civil and Environmental Engineering and also for M.Sc., Botony, Zoology, Earth Sciences and Environmental Sciences.
Price : Rs. 60-00    
Edition : First Edition
Book Size : 135 mm × 210 mm
Binding : Half-cloth Hard-bound with Two Colour Jacket Cover
Pages : 214 + 16


DETAILED CONTENTS

Chapter 1 : WATER AND WASTE WATER QUALITY

1-0
1-1
1-2
1-3
1-3-1
1-3-2
Introduction
Goals for examination of water and waste water
Parameters examined in water and waste waters for various purposes
Basic concepts of water and waste water quality parameters
Colour
PH
1-3-3
1-3-4
1-3-5
1-3-6
1-3-7
1-3-8
1-3-9
1-3-10
1-3-11
1-3-12
1-3-13
1-3-14
1-3-15
1-3-16
1-3-17
1-3-18
1-3-19
1-3-20
1-3-21
Electrical conductivity
Turbidity
Solids
Acidity (Base capacity)
Alkalinity (Acidic capacity)
Chlorides
Hardness
Sulphates
Dissolved oxygen
Biochemical oxygen demand
Chemical oxygen demand
Residual chlorine
Chlorine demand
Iron
Nitrogen compounds
Phosphorous compounds
Fluoride
MPN
Jar test

Chapter 2 : ORGANIZATION OF SAMPLE COLLECTION PROGRAMME
                    AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUES

2-1
2-2
2-3
2-4
2-4-1
2-4-2
2-5
2-5-0
2-5-1
2-5-2
2-5-3
2-5-4
2-5-5
General
Organization of sampling networks
Sampling devices
Preservation, transport and storage of samples
Physical - chemical examinations
Bacteriological tests
Sample collection procedure
General
Ground water
Surface water
Drinking water
Waste water
Fishery water

Chapter 3 : EXPERIMENTS

3-1 PH
3-2
3-3
3-4
3-5
3-6
3-7
3-8
3-9
3-10
3-11
3-12
3-13
3-14
3-15
3-16
3-17
3-18
3-19
3-20
3-21
3-22
3-23
3-24
3-25
3-26
3-27
3-28
Electrical conductivity
Turbidity
Total solids
Total dissolved solids
Total fixed and volatile solids
Total settleable solids
Total suspended solids
Acidity
Alkalinity
Chlorides
Hardness
Sulphates
Dissolved oxygen
Biochemical oxygen demand
Chemical oxygen demand
Residual chlorine
Break point chlorination
Jar test
Available chlorine
Fluoride
Iron
Phosphate
Nitrite
Nitrate
Standard plate count test
MPN
Identification of Algae

Chapter 4 : WATER QUALITY STANDARDS

4-1
4-2
4-3
4-3-1
4-3-2
4-4
4-5
4-6
4-7
4-8
General
Drinking water standards
Quality requirement for industrial use
Quality standards for boiler water
Quality standards for cooling water
Quality of water requirement for specific industries
Quality requirement for irrigation water
Quality requirement for bathing waters
Quality requirement for fishery waters
Quality standards for water in concrete usage

Chapter 5 : QUESTION BANK

5-1
5-2
5-3
5-4
Objective type questions on experiments
Objective type questions on water supply
Objective type questions on sewage treatment
Objective type questions on water pollution and air pollution
Answers

APPENDICIES

A
B
C
D
E
F
Preparation of Standard solutions and reagents
Most Probable Number of coliform per 100 ml of sample
Dissolved oxygen solubility data
Physical properties of water (SI Units)
Atomic weights of elements
Conversion factors