ECV 506: Public Health Engineering III Prerequisites: ECV 310: Public Health Engineering II Objective The objective of the course is to impart knowledge design of water and waste water conveyance and treatment units Expected Learning Outcomes Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:

1. Describe waste water treatment and disposal methods for large communities 2. Describe sludge treatment and disposal methods 3. Describe waste water reclamation and re-use 4. Describe langmuir, Freundlich and BET Adsorption Isotherms,Apply of Granular Activated

Carbon (GAC) in water treatment 5. List and describe methods of solid waste collection and disposal

Course Description Waste water treatment and disposal methods for large communities treatment; Characteristics and design criteria for preliminary, primary, secondary, oxidation ponds, trickling filters, activated sludge and . Sludge treatment and disposal; characteristics, treatment methods, disposal methods. Waste water reclamation and re-use; re-use potential, applications, quality considerations. Adsorption: definition, nature of adsorbent and adsorbate, adsorption equilibria, equilibrium batch adsorption. Langmuir, Freundlich and BET Adsorption Isotherms. Application of Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) in water treatment. Solid waste collection and disposal; classification, properties, generation, collection systems, ultimate disposal. Course Schedule Lessons Description of topic Sub-topic Timeline/Milestones

1. Waste water treatment and disposal methods for large communities

Preliminary treatment Primary treatment

2. Waste water treatment and disposal methods for large communities treatment

Secondary treatment CAT 1

3. Sludge treatment and disposal treatment methods Assign 1 4. Sludge treatment and disposal disposal methods 5. Waste water reclamation and re-use re-use potential, appl 6. Waste water reclamation and re-use quality considerations CAT 2 7. Adsorption Adsorption Isotherms 8. Adsorption GAC 9. Solid waste collection and disposal classification,

properties, generation

10. Solid waste collection and disposal collection systems ultimate disposal

Assign 2

Textbook:

(a) George Tchobanoglous, Franklin L. Burton and H. David Stensel; Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Reuse. Mcgraw-Hill, 4th ed., 2002.

(b) Metcalf & Eddy, Wastewater Engineering (Treatment and Reuse), 4th edition, Tata McGraw-Hill

(c) G. Tchobanoglous, H. Theisen, S. Vigil;Integrated Solid Waste Management: Engineering Principles and Management Issues, McGraw-Hill Series, 1993