Syllabus

Module 1: (6 hours)
Water Quality - Physical, Chemical and Biological Parameters of Water – Water Quality Requirement - Potable Water Standards, Water Quality Indices - Water Purification in Natural Systems - Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Treatment -
Module 2: (6 hours)
Unit Operations - Unit Processes, Coagulation and Flocculation, Sedimentation and Flotation, Gravity Thickeners, Clarifiers and Flotation Systems, Filtration, Gas Transfer Processes, Adsorption and Ion Exchange, Disinfection.
Module 3: (10 hours)
Constituents of Wastewaters - Sources - Significant Parameter - Fundamentals of Process Kinetics, Zero Order, First Order, Second Order Reactions, Enzyme Reactions - Bio Reactors - Types, Classification, Wastewater Effluent Standards.
Module 4: (14 hours)
Design Principles - Design of Wastewater Treatment Systems -Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Treatments - Evaluation of Biokinetic Parameters - Activated Sludge and its Process - Modifications, Biological Nitrification and Denitrification - Attached Growth Biological Treatment Systems -Trickling Filters - Rotating Biological Contactors – Waste Stabilization Ponds and Lagoons - Aerobic Pond, Facultative Pond, Anaerobic Ponds- Polishing Ponds, Aerated Lagoons - Anaerobic Processes – Process Fundamentals - Standard, High Rate and Hybrid Reactors, Anaerobic Filters, Fluidized Bed Reactors - Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactors - Expanded Granular Bed Reactors - Two Stage/Phase Anaerobic Reactors – Sludge Digestion, Sludge Disposal.

To learn water quality parameters, treatment methods and associated national and international standards

To learn the characteristics of waste water, treatment techniques and waste water effluent standards

To apply knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry, and microbiology to solve and analyze engineering problems related to water and wastewater collection, transport, quality and treatment.

To use the fundamental principles of mass balance, chemical kinetics and equilibrium to design water or wastewater reactors to achieve a desirable treatment goal

Upon completion of this course, the students will be able:
1. To realize the significance of water and wastewater treatment in today's life
2. To be aware of national and international standards relevant to effluents from water and waste water treatment plants
3. To understand the mechanisms and kinetics of water and wastewater treatment
4. To comprehend the factors influencing various water and wastewater treatment techniques
5. To design water and wastewater treatment plants

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Davide Dionisi, Biological Wastewater Treatment Processes: Mass and Heat Balances, CRC press , 2017

Benefield, L.D. and Randall C.W., Biological Processes Design for wastewaters,, Prentice-Hall, Inc. , 1989