Geochemistry lecture material

Intended Learning outcome

At the end of this lecture series, student should be able to conduct a complete water quality assessment for a given water body

Course contents

Strategies for water quality assessment
Selection of water quality variables
Hydrological variables
General variables
Nutrients
Organic Matter
Major ions
Inorganic variables
Metals
Organic contaminants
Microbial indicators
Selection of variables
Data handling and presentation

Theory (12 hrs)
Practical (9 hrs)

Evaluation
End semester exam (Theory) – 80 %
Continuous assessment (Practical) – 20 %

Reference
Gholamreza, A. 2014. Water quality Assessment and Management and Interpretation. Springer