Soil Pollutants Impact Assessment and Remediation of Contamination Sites
Department of Hydrology, in collaboration with the Continuing Education Centre (CEC), conducted a CPCB-sponsored three-day training course titled "Soil Pollutants Impact Assessment and Remediation of Contamination Sites." Thirty-one CPCB-sponsored participants and three self-sponsored participants attended the course, which was coordinated by Prof. Brijesh K. Yadav, Head of the Hydrology Department, and co-coordinated by Prof. Himanshu Joshi, Professor, Department of Hydrology. 18 talks were delivered throughout the course of these three days by faculty from the Department of Hydrology, NIH Roorkee and outside specialists.
The course sought to impart practical knowledge on a variety of topics, such as soil pollutant monitoring and remediation; use of remote sensing and GIS applications in the delineation of polluted sites; hydrological data collection, processing, and analysis; contaminant risk and vulnerability assessment; use of advanced water treatment techniques; assessment of microplastics in landfill sites; ecological risk assessment of polluted sites; site suitability analysis and mapping of hazardous waste using remote sensing and UAVs. The department of Hydrology's experimental facilities was also virtually toured. In addition to lectures from faculty and experts, dedicated sessions were held where participants presented case studies of the contaminated sites they had worked on. The participants provided feedback and recommendations as the CPCB session came to a conclusion. Overall, the knowledgeable lectures and mindful interactions were really beneficial to all of the attendees.
