Israel's Tel Aviv University and IIT Madras team together to offer a water quality course

The goal of the water quality course being offered by the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) and Tel Aviv University, Israel, and KMCH-Research Foundation (KMCH-RF), Coimbatore, is to produce individuals who are knowledgeable about water.

Enrollment in the four-month course, which is available in hybrid mode via the NPTEL online platform, is open to final-year science and engineering students as well as technical background holders with an interest in water quality.

On July 29, registration for the course will open. Interested candidates can go to the official website.

The lectures will be available to students to attend online, offline, or on tape. Online tests and assignments will be used to gauge their grasp of the material.

Those who sign up for the practical session will use field test kits and handheld devices, among other tools, to conduct measurements in the lab and outdoors.

Free chlorine, total chlorine, alkalinity, pH, oxidation-reduction potential (ORP), conductivity, total dissolved solids (TDS), temperature, turbidity, and the presence or absence of E. Coli and total coliforms are among the water quality characteristics that were examined.

To promote water literacy, the course organizers are working with students to create a water map of India and the rest of the world. Following a thorough introduction to the basic concepts of water quality, students will conduct surveys and other hands-on experiments.

Upon completion, they will receive a certificate that they can use to get credit toward their degree program at their school.

The course, titled "A Hybrid Course on Water Quality: An Approach to People's Water Data," will provide students with a thorough understanding of critical water quality components, as well as an examination of crucial characteristics and how they affect human health.

Additionally, a database on the quality of water from various sources, including homes, rivers, borewells, groundwater, and pipeline networks, will be established. cited the news release.