Fall 2002

WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND  DESIGN

Course # 0908421
LECTURE: Monday and Wednesday 10:00-10:50 AM   Rowan Hall Room 309 and 304

LABORATORY: Friday 11:00 AM - 1:45 PM Room 301


 Instructor:

Dr. Kauser Jahan, P.E.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
Rowan University
201 Mullica Hill Road
Glassboro, NJ 08028-1701

Email address: jahan@rowan.edu

Telephone: (856) 256-5323
             Fax: (856) 256-5242


Office Hours:

Wednesday: 11AM-12PM    Monday 11AM-12PM


Course Description:

Upon completion of the course, environmental engineering students will have a thorough understanding of wastewater quality and wastewater treatment principles and be able to design unit operations for a wastewater treatment plant.

Garden City Wastewater Treatment Plant Design Project


Textbook: "Wastewater Engineering" by Metcalf and Eddy, McGraw Hill.



Grading

Homework and Quizzes: 15%
Midterm Exams: 25%
Final Exam: 30%
Team Design Report: 15%
Laboratory: 15%

Exam, Quiz and Homework Instructions

Unannounced quizzes will be given through out the semester.  No make-up exams or quizzes will be given for unexcused absences (See Attendance Policy Section).  All quizzes and exams are closed book and notes.  The final exam will have a duration of 2 hours and will be announced near the end of the semester.

Homework assignments will be given every week. Late homework will not be accepted. Please use the  Rowan Engineering Homework Format.  To receive full credit for a problem, both your method of calculation and the correct answer must appear in a legible and readily understandable form.  No hand-drawn graphs will be accepted.

All assignments are due at the beginning of the class period.


Attendance Policy

Attendance is required.  If you know that you will be absent from a class for a valid reason, obtain approval from instructor 24 hours before the class period.  The only exception to this rule is a medical emergency.


  Course Outline

 

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE FOR FALL 2002

 

 

Mondays

Topic

Wednesdays

Topic

 

 

Sept 4

Introduction

Sept 9

Wastewater Quality

Sept 11

Wastewater Flowrates

Sept 16

Wastewater Treatment Objectives and Implementation

Sept 18

Wastewater Treatment Plant Design

Sept 23

Physical Unit Operations

Flow Equalization

 

Sept 26

Sedimentation

Sept 30

Sedimentation

Oct 2

Volatilization and Gas Stripping

Oct 7

Gas Transfer

Oct 9

Disinfection/Dechlorination

Oct 14

Biological Treatment Methods

Oct 16

MIDTERM EXAM #1

Oct 21

Bacterial Growth Kinetics

Oct 23

Bacterial Growth Kinetics

Oct 28

Activated Sludge Process

Oct 30

Activated Sludge Process Design

Nov 4

Trickling Filters

Nov 6

Rotating Biological Contactors

Nov 11

HOLIDAY (Veteran’s Day)

Nov 13

MIDTERM EXAM #2

Nov 18

Biological Nitrification

Nov 20

Biological Denitrification

Nov 25

Phosphorus Removal

Nov 27

Sludge Treatment

Dec 2

Sludge Treatment

Dec 4

Effluent Disposal and Wastewater Reclamation

Dec 9

REVIEW

Dec 9

Project Review

 



 SOLUTIONS



USEFUL LINKS: WATER AND WASTEWATER

WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION

WATER AND WASTEWATER WEB   

 

   AWWA  NEW JERSEY CHAPTER


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