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COURSE CODE: ENE- 442

COURSE NAME: MAINTENANCE ENGINEERING AND RISK MANAGEMENT
CREDIT HOURS: Theory =2
Practical =0
Total =2
CONTACT HOURS: Theory =28
Practical =0
Total =28
PREREQUISITE: None

MODE OF TEACHING: Three hours of lecture per week 100 %

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed to familiarize students of environmental engineering with the knowledge
of Water Pollution Control. The course is divided into eight sections. The first section discusses the
Scope, & historical background of water pollution. The second and third sections of the course
will be covering topics such as the Occurrence of water & Water resources of Pakistan with a
focus on water quality and potential sources of pollution. The fourth section discusses
Groundwater movement with a focus on Darcy’s law & concepts behind permeability. Fifth
section discusses Groundwater levels and Environmental influences. While sixth and seventh
section discuss the Quality of Groundwater and Pollution of groundwater. In the last section,
Saline water intrusion in aquifers will be discussed.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
The main objective of this course is to provide a comprehensive package of the knowledge of
Water Pollution Control with an emphasis on the basic principles involved in order to develop
strategies and systems that would help minimizing & treating water pollution.
RELEVANT PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES (PLOs):
The course is designed so that students will achieve the PLOs:

1 Engineering Knowledge: ☐ 7 Environment and Sustainability: ☐

2 Problem Analysis:  8 Ethics: ☐
3 Design/Development of Solutions:  9 Individual and Team Work: ☐
4 Investigation: ☐ 10 Communication: ☐
5 Modern Tool Usage: ☐ 11 Project Management: ☐
6 The Engineer and Society:  12 Lifelong Learning: ☐
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will demonstrate competency by being
able to:
S. Taxonomy
CLOs Domain PLOs
No. Level
APPLY the basic principles of water pollution
1 Cognitive 3 2
control and analysis of problems associated with water pollution.
ANALYZE the concepts of water resources, its pollution, and
2 Cognitive 4 3
application of best solutions in control strategies
EVALUATE the societal, health, safety, legal and cultural aspects
of water pollution in Pakistan using real-world case studies of
emerging public health emergencies and the inculcate the realization
3 Cognitive 5 6
about the consequent responsibilities relevant to professional
engineering practice and solution to complex water pollution
scenarios.

TOPICS COVERED WITH THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO PLOs:

Theory:

No of
Topic Lectures
Introduction to water pollution control & its scope
Utilization of water & hydrologic cycle
Origin and age of water, Rock properties affecting water, Vertical distribution of groundwater
Geologic formations as aquifers, Types of aquifers, Storage coefficient, Groundwater basins
Water resources of Pakistan
Water resources and quality in Pakistan
Class Test-1
Darcy’s Law and permeability
Anisotropic aquifers, Groundwater flow rates, directions, Dispersion, tracers, flow equations
Groundwater levels and Environmental, Time variations of levels, Stream flow & groundwater
levels
Fluctuations due to Evapotranspiration meteorology, tides, Urbanization, Earthquakes, External
loads, Land subsidence & Groundwater
Quality of Groundwater, Sources of Salinity, Measures of water quality, analysis, samples
Water quality criteria, Changes in chemical, composition, Dissolved gases, Temperature, Saline
groundwater
Class Test-2
Water Pollution & its control, Pollution in relation to water use, Sources and cases of pollution,
Attenuation of pollution
Distribution of pollution underground, Evaluation of pollution potential, Monitoring groundwater
quality.
Saline water intrusion in aquifers, Occurrence of saline water intrusion, Ghyben- Herzberg
relation between fresh and saline waters
Shape and structure of fresh-salt water interface, saline water & its intrusion
An End Semester Exam for 3 hours will be taken encompassing all the topics covered during
semester.
END SEMESTER EXAM
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TEXT BOOKS AND MATERIALS:

1. Groundwater hydrology by David Keith Todd (2nd Edition)

2. Groundwater by R. Allan Freeze and John A Cherry.
3. Fundamentals of Groundwater by Franklin W. Schwartz and Hubao Zhang.
4. Groundwater resources of Pakistan by Nazir Ahmad (Revised edition)
5. Environmental Organic Chemistry by Rene P. Schwarzenbach

Prepared By Name with Sign Dr. Rizwan Khan

(Instructor) Date 2 December, 2019

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