Subject Code: CE6L216	Name: Geotechnics of Polluted Sites	L-T-P: 3-0-0	Credit: 3
Pre-requisites: None Basic concepts related to soil pollution; Sources of pollution: industrial areas, agricultural, municipal, nuclear; types of contaminants; Role of physical and chemical properties of soil in contamination; Factors effecting retention and transport of contaminants; Soil sampling collection and characterization: sampling of contaminated soil, site investigation and monitoring parameters, exploratory site investigation, methods of analysis/identification, sample handling, preservation, transportation and storage; Non-destructive techniques of site characterization: electrical and thermal properties, GPR; Soil and ground water remediation: conceptual approach to soil and ground water remediation, risk assessment, methodologies and selection of treatment models; Soil remediation: excavation, soil washing, stabilization/solidification; Soil vapor extraction, electrokinetic remediation, thermal desorption, vitrification; Bioremediation, phytoremediation, soil fracturing; Groundwater Remediation: selection of technique, pump and treat, in-situ flushing; Groundwater Remediation: permeable reactive barriers, in-situ air sparging, monitored natural attenuation, bioremediation; Green and sustainable remediation; Case studies on polluted sites and issues related to environment. Books Sharma, H.D., and Reddy, K.R., Geoenvironmental Engineering: Site Remediation, Waste Containment, and Emerging Waste Management Technologies, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, 2004, 992p. (ISBN: 0-471-21599-6). Reddy, K.R., and Cameselle, C. Editors, Electrochemical Remediation Technologies for Polluted Soils, Sediments and Groundwater, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, 2009, 760p. (ISBN: 0-470-38343-7). Reddy, K.R., and Adams, J.A., Sustainable Remediation of Contaminated Sites, Momentum Press, New York, December 2014 (ISBN: 9781606505205). Rowe R.K.,"Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Handbook" Kluwer Academic Publications, London, 2000.

Subject Code: CE6L216

Name: Geotechnics of Polluted Sites

L-T-P: 3-0-0

Credit: 3

Pre-requisites: None
Basic concepts related to soil pollution; Sources of pollution: industrial areas, agricultural, municipal, nuclear; types of contaminants; Role of physical and chemical properties of soil in contamination; Factors effecting retention and transport of contaminants; Soil sampling collection and characterization: sampling of contaminated soil, site investigation and monitoring parameters, exploratory site investigation, methods of analysis/identification, sample handling, preservation, transportation and storage; Non-destructive techniques of site characterization: electrical and thermal properties, GPR; Soil and ground water remediation: conceptual approach to soil and ground water remediation, risk assessment, methodologies and selection of treatment models; Soil remediation: excavation, soil washing, stabilization/solidification; Soil vapor extraction, electrokinetic remediation, thermal desorption, vitrification; Bioremediation, phytoremediation, soil fracturing; Groundwater Remediation: selection of technique, pump and treat, in-situ flushing; Groundwater Remediation: permeable reactive barriers, in-situ air sparging, monitored natural attenuation, bioremediation; Green and sustainable remediation; Case studies on polluted sites and issues related to environment.
Books

Sharma, H.D., and Reddy, K.R., Geoenvironmental Engineering: Site Remediation, Waste Containment, and Emerging Waste Management Technologies, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, 2004, 992p. (ISBN: 0-471-21599-6).
Reddy, K.R., and Cameselle, C. Editors, Electrochemical Remediation Technologies for Polluted Soils, Sediments and Groundwater, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, 2009, 760p. (ISBN: 0-470-38343-7).
Reddy, K.R., and Adams, J.A., Sustainable Remediation of Contaminated Sites, Momentum Press, New York, December 2014 (ISBN: 9781606505205).
Rowe R.K.,"Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Handbook" Kluwer Academic Publications, London, 2000.