CVEN 3370 – Water and Wastewater
Treatment
Spring, 2006
2006-2008 Catalog Data: CVEN 3370: Environmental Engineering Systems I. Credit 3. General survey of environmental engineering covering the principles and design of drinking water and sanitary sewage systems. Emphasis is on the design of conventional physicochemical and biological treatment facilities in water and wastewater treatment plants.
Prerequisite: CVEN 3310.
Textbook: T. D. Reynolds and P. A. Richards, Unit Operations and Processes in Environmental Engineering 2nd Ed., PWS Publishing Company, 1996.
Reference: C. N. Sawyer, P. L. McCarty and G. F. Parkin, Chemistry for Environmental Engineering 4th Ed., McGraw Hill, Inc., 1994.
Instructor: C. Jerry Lin, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Department.
Goals: (1) Apply mathematical, scientific, and engineering principles in the design of conventional water and wastewater treatment facilities. (ABET Outcome # a).
(2) Design various treatment units in the publicly owned treatment works. (ABET Outcome # c).
(3) Learn the design constrains of for water pollution problems and the role and responsibility of civil/environmental engineers in the design of treatment processes. (ABET Outcomes # e, f)
(4) Perform design project tasks in a group environment; learn fundamentals to design the treatment works for different water pollution problems, and acquire new directions of water/wastewater treatment technology. (ABET Outcomes # g, i, j)
(5) Consider the economical, social and aesthetical aspects of water and wastewater treatment plant design.
Prerequisites by Topics: Water Chemistry in Environmental Engineering and Hydraulics
Topics:
1. Introduction: The Use of Water Resources. (1 week)
2. Reaction Kinetics and Mass Balance. (1 week)
3. Ideal Reactors and Reactor Design. (1 week)
4. Overview of Water Treatment Plant – Unit Design vs. Functional Design. (1 week)
5. Water Demand, Sources, Treatment Requirements and Regulations. (1 week)
6. Coagulation and Flocculation – Analysis and Design. (1 week)
7. Sedimentation (Type I) – Analysis and Design. (1 week)
9. Field Trip to Water Treatment Plant. (1 field trip)
10. Overview of Wastewater Treatment and Treatment Processes. (1 week)
11. Biological Concepts and Growth Kinetics. (1 week)
12. Activated Sludge System – Analysis. (1 week)
13. Activated Sludge System – Design. (1 week)
14. Modification of Activated Sludge System. (1 week)
15. Alternative Secondary Treatment Processes – Trickling Filter and Rotary Biological contactor. (2 weeks)
16. Field Trip to Wastewater Treatment Plant. (1 field trip)
Computer usage: Word processors for technical report writing in term projects and spreadsheet computation in homework assignments
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 Design: 2 credits or 67 %.
Engineering Science: 1 credit or 33 %.