CVEN 3310 – Water Chemistry in Environmental Engineering

      Fall, 2005

2006-2008 Catalog Data:      CVEN 3310: Water Chemistry in Environmental Engineering. Credit 3. Introduction to the hydrologic cycle, chemistry and microbiology of the natural aquatic environment. Emphasis is on the physical, chemical and biological concepts of water and wastewater engineering in relation to man's environment. Laboratory work is focused on the physical, chemical and biological analysis of water and wastewater.

Prerequisite: CHEM 1411.

Textbook:                              Chemistry for Environmental Engineering 5^th Ed., C. N. Sawyer, P. L. McCarty and G. F. Parkin, McGraw Hill, Inc., 2003.

Reference:                             Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 21^th Ed., L. S. Clesceri, A. D. Eaton, and A. E. Greenberg, United Book Press (APHA, AWWA and WEF), Inc., 2000.

Instructor:                            C. Jerry Lin, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Department.

Goals:                                (1) Apply mathematical and chemical principles in the analysis of water and wastewater. (ABET Outcome # a).

(2) Design experiment and collect samples for water and wastewater characterization. Perform the measurement experiments and interpret the results based on the samples collected from the fields and from publicly owned treatment works. (ABET Outcome # b).

(3) Review the design of water and wastewater treatment works in assess it significance in civil infrastructures. (ABET Outcome # c)

(4) Perform experimental projects in a group environment; learn fundamentals to analyze environmental samples and new direction of water/wastewater treatment technology. (ABET Outcomes # g, i, j)

Prerequisites by Topics:         Introduction to General College Chemistry

Topics:

1.      Hydrologic cycle and the use of water resources; Chemical equilibrium. (1 week)

2.      Presentation and calculation of aqueous concentrations. (1 week)

3.      Acid-base chemistry and titration. (1 week, 1 lab)

4.      Theory and processes in drinking water treatment. (1 week)

5.      Water characteristics measured in drinking water treatment plants: pH, taste and odor, color, turbidity, alkalinity, hardness, and chlorine. (6 weeks, 6 labs)

6.      Theory and processes in wastewater treatment. (1 week)

7.      Water characteristics measured in wastewater treatment plants: dissolved oxygen, biological chemical demand, chemical oxygen demand, solids, and chloride. (5 weeks, 4 labs)

Computer usage:                    Word processors for technical report writing in term projects and spreadsheet computation in homework assignments

Laboratory Projects

1.      Introduction and laboratory safety. (1 lab)

2.      Acid-Base Titration. (1 lab)

3.      Color and Odor. (1 lab)

4.      Turbidity and pH. (1 lab)

5.      Turbidity Removal - Jar Test. (1 lab)

6.      Alkalinity. (1 lab)

7.      Hardness. (1 lab)

8.      Chlorine. (1 lab)

9.      Dissolved Oxygen. (1 lab)

10.  Biochemical Oxygen Demand. (1 lab)

11.  Solids. (1 lab)

12.  Chloride. (1 lab)

Contribution of course to meeting the professional component:

This course contributes to the engineering science and engineering design component.

ABET category content as estimated by faculty member who prepared this course description:

                  Engineering Science:     2 credits or 67 %.

Science:                        1 credit or 33 %.