Environmental Chemistry

This course is highly valuable for civil and environmental engineering students, as well as professionals working in environmental monitoring and pollution control. It helps learners understand the chemical basis of environmental regulations, treatment processes, and pollution mitigation strategies. The knowledge gained is essential for careers in environmental engineering, public health, sustainability, and regulatory compliance.

The Environmental Chemistry course focuses on the chemical processes that occur in natural and engineered environmental systems. It explains how chemical reactions influence air, water, and soil quality and how pollutants interact, transform, and persist in the environment. The course builds a strong foundation for understanding environmental pollution, its impacts, and the chemical principles behind pollution control technologies.

The course covers chemical equilibria, reaction kinetics, and thermodynamics as applied to environmental systems. Emphasis is placed on water and wastewater chemistry, atmospheric chemistry, soil chemistry, and the behavior of contaminants. By the end of the course, learners gain the ability to analyze environmental problems from a chemical perspective and support sustainable environmental management practices.

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1. Fundamentals of environmental chemistry

2. Chemical equilibrium and reaction kinetics

3. Acid–base chemistry and buffering systems

4. Water chemistry and water quality parameters

5. Chemistry of wastewater treatment processes

6. Atmospheric chemistry and air pollutants

7. Soil chemistry and contaminant interactions

8. Fate and transport of pollutants

9. Chemical aspects of environmental regulations

10. Analytical techniques for environmental monitoring