CEE 451
Water and Waste Water Treatment


Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Kaufman Hall Room 135
Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia 23529-0241, USA
Tel) (757) 683-3753
Fax) (757) 683-5354

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Kaufman Hall Room 135
Frank Batten College of Engineering and Technology
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia 23529-0241, USA
Tel) (757) 683-3753
Fax) (757) 683-5354

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Course Description
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
  1. Class Objectives, Organization, Introduction (2 hours)
  2. Systems for Treating Wastewater and Water (2 hours)
  3. Physical Processes: Flow, Screens, Reactors (2 hours)
  4. Mixing and Flocculation (4 hours)
  5. Sedimentation (4 hours)
  6. Filtration including membrane (5 hours)
  7. Chemical Processes: Coagulation (2 hours)
  8. Softening (2 hours)
  9. Iron and Manganese Removal (2 hours)
  10. Disinfection (3 hours)
  11. Biological Processes: Microorganisms and Growth (2 hours)
  12. Attached Growth Processes (3 hours)
  13. Suspended Growth Processes (5 hours)
  14. On-Site/Small Systems (2 hours)
  15. Sludge Processing/Disposal: Physical (2 hours)
  16. 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

  1. ability to apply knowledge in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and engineering science to areas of the environmental/civil engineering design problems,
  2. ability to design and conduct experiments and to critically analyze and interpret data,
  3. ability to develop design criteria to meet desired needs and to design a civil engineering system, component, or a process satisfying these criteria,
  4. ability to identify and formulate an engineering problem, to collect and analyze relevant data, and to develop a solution,
  5. ability to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a societal and global context,
  6. knowledge of current issues and awareness of emerging technologies,
  7. ability to use modern engineering techniques, skills, and tools including computer-based tools for environmental/civil engineering analysis and design
  8. proficiency in environmental engineering.
Prepared by
William A. Drewry <wdrewry@odu.edu>
Date of Preparation
May 30, 2003