Environmental
Monitoring and Research Services (Laboratory)
Monitoring of environment resources is an
integral part of environment management. Analysis of quality
of air, water, soil and noise generate information that can
be used for environmental management. Therefore, SchEMS has
established a well-equipped and well set environmental monitoring
laboratory. There are four main sections in the laboratory:
microbiological unit, physico-chemical unit, instrumental unit
and store. The laboratory service is mainly used for academic
purposes and regular environmental monitoring programs of SchEMS.
The laboratory is available for students, faculty members, and
research associates for their research and academic activities.
Laboratory analysis can be employed for
various aspects of environmental monitoring and management,
for example, in the field of water supply and sanitation, indoor
and ambient air pollution, occupational environment, industrial
and municipal wastewater, soil nutrients and metals, pesticide
pollution, EIA baseline and monitoring data generation, biodiversity
conversation, watershed management, and others.
For the field based research
works, researchers can carry water sampler kit and portable instruments
out in the field and analyze the quality of air, noise, soil,
and water. The instant result helps the researchers to know the
exact situation of the area they are working in. The collected
samples can be brought to the laboratory and the assigned parameters
analyzed.
Students employ gravimetric, titrimetric, potentiometric, and
spectrophotometric methods. For water, wastewater, and soil,
parameters like pH, electrical conductivity, color, turbidity,
hardness, chloride, alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, biochemical
oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, dissolved
solids, and oil and grease are analyzed.
List of Laboratory Equipment
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