Short Course on Pollution and Water Quality Management
Institute for Water and Sanitation Development – IWSD
This course equips participants with essential technical, regulatory, and management knowledge for assessing and managing water quality and pollution within a catchment. It emphasizes the importance of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting physical, chemical, and biological data to support effective management of aquatic ecosystems. Participants will gain an understanding of various freshwater quality monitoring techniques – both field and laboratory-based—and how to select appropriate methods for different contexts. The course covers planning and refining water quality monitoring programs, designing monitoring networks, selecting key variables, and interpreting data for informed decision-making. It also introduces tools and instruments relevant to water pollution control and resource management, enabling participants to apply this knowledge to protect and improve the quality of groundwater and surface water bodies.
Curriculum
- Introduction to water quality
- Key surface water and groundwater quality issues and their sampling requirements
- Principal analytical techniques for water quality analysis
- Information management in freshwater quality monitoring and assessment
- Principal pollutants and their sources
- Interrogation of the available and relevant tools and instruments for water pollution control
- Institutional arrangements and legal frameworks
- Development of the water quality monitoring program
- Hands on experience on sampling and conducting water quality analysis for key parameters
