ENEV 438 Water Supply and Waste Water Treatment (3)
Required course
for majors in the civil and environmental specialties.
Catalog Description
Principles of unit operations for physical, chemical,
and biological treatment of water and wastewater. Water supply and distribution systems. Wastewater collection
systems. Stormwater
collection and treatment systems.
Spring semester. Lecture 3 hours.
Prerequisites:
ENGR
222, 307, 308, ENEV 331 with grades of C or better, GEOL 445.
Textbook/References:
Viessman, W. and M. J. Hammer, "Water Supply and
Pollution Control", Harper Collins, 5th ed., 1993.
Kemmer,
F. N., "The NALCO Water Handbook", McGraw-Hill, 2nd ed.,
1988.
Course Objectives
Familiarize
students with the theory and practice of water management institutions and
technology (2). Develop water supply and
distribution, wastewater collection and treatment, and storm water collection
and treatment all as components of a water management system (
2).
Class/Laboratory Schedule:
Lecture
either three times per week at 50 minutes per class, or two times per week at
75 minutes per class.
Topics Covered:
Week Topic
1 Water management institutions.
2 Environmental considerations and water
use trends.
3 Water supply resources.
4 Water supply management.
5 Conveying and distributing water.
6 Wastewater and storm water collection
systems.
7 Water quality.
8 Water treatment systems.
9 Wastewater treatment systems.
10 Physical treatment processes.
11 Chemical treatment processes.
12 continued
13 Biological treatment processes.
14 continued
15 Filtration and processing of sludges.
Contribution to Professional Component:
Contributes toward the 1.5 years of engineering topics
as a 3 credit hour course in engineering sciences.
Relationship of course to program outcomes
This
course supports engineering outcome 2.
Prepared by: Dr. Jim Cunningham,