PAPR 3531 (CRN 45972)

WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS

Fall 2007 Course Syllabus

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Lecture:          2:30 pm - 3:20 pm, Monday, Wednesday and Friday
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Room C-124
See Lecture Schedule (below)

 

Instructors:     NCASI Staff, 276-3550

                                    Jay Unwin, CEAS Room A-136 (Lead Instructor)

                                    Van Maltby, CEAS Room A-131

                                    Douglas McLaughlin, Ph.D., CEAS Room A-135

                                    William Thacker, Ph.D., CEAS. Room A-129

 

                        Office Hours:  8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily (see Notes)

 

Description:    A study of the fundamental principles, design considerations, and function of the unit processes and operations employed in wastewater treatment.  Physical, physicochemical, and biological treatments are considered.  A term problem in design is assigned.

 

Objective:       To present basic principles and theoretical considerations for the design and operation of wastewater treatment systems.

 

Textbook:       Wastewater Engineering, 4th edition, Metcalf & Eddy [errata]

 

Grading:          50% = 3 exams

                        15% = homework and quizzes

                        15% = term problem

                        20% = comprehensive final exam

 

Grading Scale:       A         85-100%

                               AB       80 to <85%

                               B          75 to <80%

                               CB       70 to <75%

                               C         65 to <70%

                               DC       60 to <65%

                               D         50 to <60%

                               E          <50%

Minor deviations from this scale may occur at the discretion of the Lead Instructor, particularly if a student is close to a higher grade and has shown outstanding effort and class participation.

 

 

 

 

LECTURE SCHEDULE

 


DATE

CLASS#/
INSTRUCTOR


SUBJECT

READING/HOMEWORK
ASSIGNMENTS

 

 

 

 

9/5

1/All

Introduction

1-3, 7-25, 547-554

 

 

 

 

9/7

2/Thacker

Screening and Equalization

313-344

 

 

 

 

9/10

3/Maltby

Sedimentation — Type 1

361-372

 

 

 

 

9/12

4/Thacker

Sedimentation — Type 2

372-374

 

 

 

 

9/14

5/Thacker

Sedimentation — Type 2

372-374

 

 

 

 

9/17

6/Thacker

Sedimentation — Type 3

378-383, 820-826, 833-840

 

 

 

 

9/19

7/Thacker

Sedimentation — Type 3

 

 

 

 

 

9/21

8/Maltby

Flotation

419-424, Problem Set I due

 

 

 

 

9/24

9/Maltby

Oxygen Transfer

64-70, 283-289

 

 

 

 

9/26

10/Maltby

Aerator Performance

425-456

 

 

 

 

9/28

11/Maltby

Wastewater Characteristics

42-64, 70-97, Problem Set II due

 

 

 

 

10/1

12/Maltby

BOD Kinetics

 

 

 

 

 

10/3

13

EXAM through Lecture 10

 

 

 

 

 

10/5

14/Maltby

Microbiology & Bacterial Growth

555-565

 

 

 

 

10/8

15/Unwin

Energetics of Bacterial Growth

565-580

 

 

 

 

10/10

16/Unwin

Kinetics of Microbial Growth

580-587

 

 

 

 

10/12

17/Unwin

Activated Sludge Plant Design

215-229, 588-602, 679

 

 

 

 

10/15

18/Unwin

Activated Sludge Plant Design

660-666

 

 

 

 

10/17

19/Unwin

Activated Sludge Plant Design

Handout

 

 

 

 

10/19

20/Unwin

Activated Sludge Plant Design

Problem Set III due

 

 

 

 

10/22

21/Unwin

Integrated Design & Operation of Activated Sludge Systems

Handout, 827-840

 

 

 

 

10/24

22/Unwin

Integrated Design & Operation of Activated Sludge Systems

 

 

 

 

 

10/26

23/Unwin

Integrated Design & Operation of Activated Sludge Systems

 

 

 

 

 

10/29

24/Unwin

Integrated Design & Operation of Activated Sludge Systems

 

 

 

 

 

10/31

25/Unwin

Integrated Design & Operation of Activated Sludge Systems

 

 

 

 

 

11/2
 

26/Thacker

 

Sludge Bulking
 

695-703, Handout,
Problem Set IV due

 

 

 

 

11/5

27

EXAM through Lecture 26

 

 

 

 

 

11/7

28/Thacker

Aerated Stabilization Basin Design

850-854, Handout

 

 

 

 

11/9

29/Thacker

Aerated Stabilization Basin Design

 

 

 

 

 

11/12

30/Maltby

Fixed Film Systems

887-901, 909-915, 930-959

 

 

 

 

11/14

31/Maltby

Fixed Film Systems/Anaerobic Treatment

629-635, 983-1005

 

 

 

 

11/16

32/Maltby

Anaerobic Treatment

 

 

 

 

 

11/19
 

33/Unwin
 

Filtration
 

1044-1050, 1069-1098,
Problem Set V due

 

 

 

 

11/21

 

NO CLASS (Thanksgiving Recess)

 

 

 

 

 

11/23

 

NO CLASS (Thanksgiving Recess)

 

 

 

 

 

11/26

34/Maltby

WWTP Residuals Treatment

1621-1623, 1554-1570

 

 

 

 

11/28

35/Thacker

WWTP Residuals Final Management

1608-1621

 

 

 

 

11/30

36/Thacker

Activated Carbon/AWT

1138-1162

 

 

 

 

12/3
 

37/Thacker
 

Land Treatment of Wastewater
 

1401-1412, 1422-1429,
Term Problem due

 

 

 

 

12/5

38/Maltby

Disinfection

1218-1239

 

 

 

 

12/7

39

EXAM through Lecture 38

 

 

 

 

 

12/10

40/McLaughlin

Water Quality Standards and NPDES Permitting

3-7

 

 

 

 

12/12

41

2:45 P.M. – 4:45 P.M. COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM

 

 

 

  Notes:           1.  All instructors are generally available and at least one will always be available for consultation during the posted office hours.  To guarantee the presence of a particular instructor, please make an appointment or at least call ahead.

 

                        2.  Exams will be closed book but students will be allowed to have one 8.5 x 11-inch piece of paper with handwritten notes and equations on one side for use during the exam (Both sides for the Final).  This page will be turned in with the exam.

 

                        3.  Exams and notes pages will not be returned permanently to the students.  Graded exams will be available to students for office inspection.

 

                        4.  Homework assignments are due by 5 p.m. on the specified due date.  Assignments turned in by the start of the next scheduled lecture will have 10 percent of full credit deducted from the grade.  Assignments turned in later will receive no credit.  Every effort will be made to return graded homework assignments during the class period preceding an exam covering the material on the assignment.  Quizzes on lecture or reading material may be given at any time.

 

                        5.  A term problem in wastewater treatment plant design optimization will be assigned around mid-term with a due date near the end of the term.  Depending on the number of students enrolled, student teams may be formed to work on the problem jointly.

 

                        6.  For problem sets and the term problem, present solutions using only one side of the paper (preferably engineer’s computation paper if handwritten).  Either restate the problem or turn in the original assignment sheet with the solution.  On assignments or exams, state assumptions and sources for values used.  Show your work!  If an answer is based on repetitive calculations in a spreadsheet, present one example calculation and show a portion of the spreadsheet.  Neatness does count, especially if we cannot decipher what you did.