The Hindu 07.12.2011
Workshop on wastewater treatment technologies
The three-day workshop, starting on Wednesday, will deal with practical
approaches needed for effective treatment of wastewater. — File Photo:
K. Gopinathan
A three-day workshop on wastewater treatment technologies will be held in the city from Wednesday.
The
workshop, being conducted by the National Institute of Engineering,
Mysore, and McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, in association with
the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, will deal with the
fundamental concepts and practical approaches needed for effective
treatment of wastewater.
The organisers said the
workshop had been planned to cover the latest technology available in
treatment of wastewater in India and Canada, and special impetus would
be given to the managerial and economic issues of management of
wastewater.
Classical themes like characterising
wastewater quantity and quality, physicochemical processes in wastewater
treatment, concepts of microbiology, kinetics in bioreactor design,
etc. will form the backbone of the workshop.
G.L.
Shekar, Principal, NIE, said the workshop was tailored for process and
design engineers seeking techno-economic knowledge, and would benefit
consulting engineers and professionals in the field, engineers from
government organisation, representatives from NGOs, postgraduate
students and research scholars in the field of environmental engineering
and water resources. Prof. Shekar said the workshop would be of special
benefit to middle-level planners and managers.