CEE 451: Water and Waste Water Treatment(Elective course for a BSCE degree)
Discussion of water quality constituents and introduction to the design
and operation of water and wastewater treatment facilities. Lecture 3
hours; 3 credits.
Prerequisite
CEE 330 (Hydromechanics) and CEE 350 (Environmental Pollution and Control)
Textbook(s) and/or Other Required Material
WATER SUPPLY and POLLUTION CONTROL (6th edition), by Warren Viessman, Jr.
and Mark J. Hammer, Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., 1998.
Handouts: Are provided, on occasion, as supplemental reading material.
Course Objectives
Students successfully completing this course will be able to apply basic understandings of
physical, chemical, and biological phenomena to the successful design of the normal unit
operations and processes found in water and wastewater treatment plants (as generally
listed in the "topics covered" section below).
Topics Covered
Class Objectives, Organization, Introduction (2 hours)
Systems for Treating Wastewater and Water (2 hours)
Biological Processes: Microorganisms and Growth (2 hours)
Attached Growth Processes (3 hours)
Suspended Growth Processes (5 hours)
On-Site/Small Systems (2 hours)
Sludge Processing/Disposal: Physical (2 hours)
Biological (3 hours)
Class/Laboratory Schedule
Two 75 minute lecture sessions per week.
Computer Applications
Spreadsheets and math packages as students find appropriate.
Laboratory projects
None
Contribution of Course to Meeting the Professional Component
College-level mathematics and basic sciences: 0 credits
Engineering topics: 3 credits
General education: 0 credits
Relationship of Course to Program Outcomes
This course will enhance the student's
ability to apply knowledge in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and engineering
science to areas of the environmental/civil engineering design problems,
ability to design and conduct experiments and to critically analyze and interpret
data,
ability to develop design criteria to meet desired needs and to design a civil
engineering system, component, or a process satisfying these criteria,
ability to identify and formulate an engineering problem, to collect and analyze
relevant data, and to develop a solution,
ability to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a societal and global
context,
knowledge of current issues and awareness of emerging technologies,
ability to use modern engineering techniques, skills, and tools including
computer-based tools for environmental/civil engineering analysis and design
