Short Courses on Environmental Pollution Control

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Short Courses on Environmental Pollution Control

• Dr. S.T. Nesaratnam Dr. S. Taherzadeh

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Background

• The Open University is the UKs largest
  University
• World-leader in Distance Teaching
• More than 130 Courses in a variety of subjects
• More than 156 000 Undergraduate Students and
• 19 000 Postgraduate students
• About 21000 students outside the UK

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Pollution Control Courses at The Open
University (OU)

• Environmental Control and Public Health (Level 2)
  
• initiated in 1975
• Environmental Monitoring, Modelling and Control
• (Level 3)

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Short Courses

• Short Courses on each of the major topics (water,
  wastes, noise, and air) can be given, over a week
• Face-to-Face Lectures Videos Workshops
• Course Texts Attendance Certificate
• Up to 15 Attendees

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Main thrust

• Forms of pollution
• How to eliminate pollution
• Monitoring of pollutants
• Health Effects
• Environmental Effects
• Computer Modelling

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Water Pollution Control

• The unit operations involved
• Sources of water pollution
• Effects of water pollutants on humans and the
  environment
• Chemical and Biological methods of quantification
• Options for wastewater treatment
• Agricultural pollution
• Sludge Treatment
• Modelling of water pollution
• Waste Minimisation and Water Conservation

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Wastes Management

• The categories of wastes
• Household Waste composition and quantity
• Waste Reduction, Reuse, Recycling, Composting
• Waste Exchanges
• Materials Reclamation Facilities
• Waste Disposal Options
• Integrated Solid Waste Management
• Novel Processes
• Computer Modelling

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Noise Control

• Basics of Sound
• Sound Propagation, Directionality, Reverberation
• SEL, LAeq,T, L90, L10, SIL
• Effects of meteorology and the ground
• Noise Control at source
• Noise Control along the source-receiver pathway
• Noise Control at Receiver
• Assessing and Predicting Noise
• Noise Modelling
• Audiometry

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Air Quality Management

• Meteorology
• The major air pollutants
• The ozone hole, acid deposition, climate change
• Effects of air pollution on humans, vegetation,
  materials
• Measurement techniques (incl. biomonitoring)
• Preventive MeasuresControl Techniques Selection
• Dispersion Modelling
• Odours
• Transport emissions
• Indoor air pollution

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Conclusions

• The Open University (OU) is a market leader in
  distance-teaching
• Good quality teaching texts on pollution control
  are available from the OU
• Its Short Courses in Pollution Control are a
  cost-effective way of training staff in the areas
  of water, wastes, noise and air.