1.85 | Spring 2006 | Graduate

Water and Wastewater Treatment Engineering

Calendar

Lec # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Introduction to Water Supply and Wastewater

2 Why Treat Water and Wastewater? Water Quality Parameters and Standards

3 Reactor Tanks - Mixed Tanks, First-order Kinetics, Plug Flow

4 Reactor Tanks - Dispersed Flow, Tanks-In-Series, Residence Time Distribution Homework 1 due
5 Sedimentation-Flocculation - Part 1

6 Sedimentation-Flocculation - Part 2 Homework 2 due
7 Filtration

8 Chemical Treatment - Softening - Part 1 Homework 3 due
9 Chemical Treatment - Softening - Part 2

10 Chemical Treatment - Adsorption and Ion Exchange Homework 4 due

Field Trip to City of Cambridge Water Treatment Plant

11 Gas Transfer and Air Stripping

12 Disinfection Homework 5 due

Take-home midterm assigned

13 Wastewater Screening, Primary Treatment

Field Trip to Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant Take-home midterm due
14 Biological Reaction Kinetics - Part 1

15 Biological Reaction Kinetics - Part 2 Homework 6 due

Design project topic due

16 Stabilization Ponds

17 Activated Sludge Treatment - Part 1 Homework 7 due
18 Activated Sludge Treatment - Part 2

19 Trickling Filters, Biological Contactors Homework 8 due
20 Nutrient Removal

21 Sludge Handling Design problem due
22 Sludge Digestion

Course Info

Instructor
As Taught In
Spring 2006
Level
Learning Resource Types
Problem Sets with Solutions
Exams with Solutions
Lecture Notes
Projects with Examples