/College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Department of Civil Engineering

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CIV 320 - Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Design

Current Catalog Description

This course will cover the planning, design, and operation of water and wastewater infrastructure. Specific topics include: water and wastewater planning; environmental laws and regulations; water quality; physical water and wastewater treatment processes; chemical water and wastewater treatment processes; biological wastewater treatment processes; mass, material and energy balances; economics and financial calculations; resiliency and sustainability.

 

Prerequisite

CIV 364 or MEC 364; CIV major

 

Corequisite:

None

 

Textbooks and/or Other Required Material

Viessman, Jr., W. et al., Water Supply and Pollution Control, 8th Edition, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2009.

 

This course is

Required

 

Topics Covered

  1. Local and Global Water Issues
    1. Environmental Regulations
    2. Watershed Management
  2. Hydrologic cycle
    1. Urban Water cycle
    2. GroundWater Wells
    3. Well Hydraulic
  3. Surface Water Reservations
    1. Reservoir Storage Calculations
    2. Water use Trends and Forecasting
    3. Population Forecasting
  4. Overview of Water Quality
  5. Water Supply
    1. Oxygen Demand
    2. Sewage Impacts on Streams
    3. Mixing and Flocculation
    4. Sedimentation; filtration
  6. Wastewater treatment design
    1. Biological Treatment Systems
    2. Biological Considerations
    3. Wastewater Characteristics

 

Course Learning and Student Outcomes

apply knowledge of physics, chemistry, and biology to understand water quality issues. ABET Student Outcome: 1

identify appropriate regulations governing water quality and the design of a particular engineering design. ABET Student Outcomes: 6, 7

solve problems related to water supply and treatment. ABET Student Outcomes: 6

solve problems related to wastewater collection and treatment. ABET Student Outcomes: 6

function effectively as a member of a team to develop and write a preliminary design report. ABET Student Outcomes: 3, 5

 

Prepared by

Xinwei Mao (2021)

Last Updated

4/2021