CE 3040 Environmental Engineering

LEARNING OUTCOMES
Overall:
1. To define water and waste water quality parameters and list the permissible limits set for each of them.
2. To identify the appropriate treatment technology for water and waste water based on the quality of inlet
water
3. To design water treatment and wastewater treatment units to meet the drinking water and
discharge/reuse standards
Module Wise Learning outcomes:
Module Module Content
No
1
Introduction
Indian water scenario
Water/waste water quantity
population forecast water
demand Source of water
2.
Water
Quality
Characteristics
Physical,
chemical
and
biological parameters, water
quality index,
StandardsBIS, WHO, EPA, AWWA
3.
Water treatment Principles
for suspended solids

Tests/Assignments

Learning Outcomes

Tutorial on population To estimate population for a specific time period

forecasting
considering the stage of development of a community.
Assignment 1
To quantify the water required by the community
considering their various needs and the projected
population
Tutorial
on
Water
quality parameters
To enumerate the permissible levels of various
parameters for drinking water quality as per BIS
Moodle quiz 1
standards

Tutorials
on
water
treatment units design

Coagulation and flocculation

Theory and Design
Quiz 1

Sedimentation

Filtration Theory and Design

Disinfection

To elaborate the mechanisms of coagulation and

flocculation
To list the different coagulants
Assignment 2a
To list the factors affecting coagulation
Design of a conventional To List the mechanisms of coagulation
water treatment plant for To design coagulation and flocculation basins based on
surface water
suitable design criteria
To list the different types of settling and the treatment
Moodle Quiz 2
units where they occur.
To derive Stokes law
To explain what factors are important for design of
different types of settling tanks
To design a circular and rectangular settling basin and do
the necessary checks.
To list the types of filters and differentiate their
Quiz 2
characteristics and flow rates
To draw a cross-section of a filter bed
To explain the mechanisms of operation of a filter
including backwashing
To reproduce the typical monitoring data of a filter used
to assess its performance
To compute head losses across a filter bed at beginning
and end of the filter operation,
To design the length of the filter bed and back wash
velocities
To list the types of disinfectants and their mechanisms
To enumerate the factors affecting disinfection using
Chlorine
To recall the chemistry and kinetics of disinfection using
Chlorine
To relate the different factors using appropriate theories
and models
To illustrate and describe the breakpoint chlorination

4.

5.

experiment
To estimate Chlorine dose and contact times for
disinfection for a given reduction in microbes
Water
Treatment Tutorials in fundamental To describe the mechanism of removal of dissolved
compounds in adsorption and ion exchange including
Principles for dissolved concepts
regeneration.
solids
Assignment 2b Design To define an adsorption isotherm and name a few.
Water softening
of an RO plant
To compare the performance of different adsorbents
Adsorption
based on their adsorption isotherms
Iron and Manganese removal
To identify suitable resins for removal of certain ions
Reverse
osmosis,
from water based on ion selectivity principles
Electrodialysis
To describe the performance of an electrodialysis
chamber using a sketch
To name the different types of membrane filters, their
capabilities and the configurations of RO units
To recall the pretreatment given to feed water of RO unit
To define recovery rates and reject rates of a RO using
relationships
To quantify feed water requirement and concentrate
quality and quantity from an RO plant
Waste water introduction
Characteristics and Quantity
To assess the waste treatment scenario in different parts
estimation Indian scenario
of India ( urban and rural) and compare to other Western
Countries
Basics of microbiology and
To list parameters used to describe waste water quality
biokinetics
To define BOD, COD and identify their difference
To illustrate the features of a septic tank, WSP and CWL
Waste water treatment Tutorial in Designs
using diagrams
Principles Low cost
To describe the mechanism of treatment taking place in a
options
Septic
Tanks,
Waste
septic tank, waste stabilization pond, constructed
stabilization ponds, Aerated
wetlands
lagoons,
Constructed
To design septic tank, WSP and CWL systems
wetlands

8.

9.

10

Waste water treatment Moodle quiz 3

Principles conventional
Activated sludge process and Design Problem
the modifications to it

Trickling filter
Design Problem
Rotating
biological Design Problem
contactors
Sludge
treatment- Concepts
Dewatering and digestion
Waste water treatment
Principles Advanced
Hybrid

To arrive at relationships between substrate, MLSS and

design parameters like hydraulic retention time, solids
retention time, Loading rate, etc
Design ASP reactors and aerators
Design Tricking filters
To understand the mechanism of operation
To understand pretreatment steps and mechanism of
operation

UASB Upflow anaerobic Concepts

sludge blanket
Moving bed bioreactors, Concepts
Membrane bio reactors,
Sequencing Batch Reactors

To understand the operation of anaerobic treatment

systems
Elaborate the mechanisms of operation and merits and
demerits compared to conventional ASP
To draw the flow diagrams for different systems

Sustainable
wastewater Tertiary treatment
management concepts
Decentralised
systems, Advanced treatment
Reuse of waste water
Air
&
Solid
waste Special lectures
management - Introduction

To explain the purpose of tertiary treatment, advanced

treatment
To draw the flow diagrams and reactions involved

References
Environmental Engineering by Peavy H.S, Rowe D.R, Tchobanoglous G Tata McGraw Hills, New Delhi
Water supply Engineering and Waste water Engineering by B.C. Punmia
Droste, R.L. Theory and Practice of Water and Wastewater Treatment, John Wiley and Sons, 1997.
Manual for water supply and treatment CPHEEO Government of India
Manual for wastewater collection and treatment, CPHEEO Government of India
Wastewater Engineeering: treatment and reuse, Metcalf & Eddy, T.M.H Publication