Department of Civil Engineering Program Review



CE451 |Sanitary Engineering* |(3 - 0:3) | |

Description: Review of fundamentals in chemistry, biochemistry and microbiology as applied to water and environmental engineering. Physical, biological and chemical water quality and water quality parameterization. Water and environmental regulations. Standards and criteria. Reactors and Reactor engineering. Multiple barrier concept. Unit operations and processes. Chemical and biological kinetics. Basics in water and wastewater engineering design. Wastewater generation and collection. Biological wastewater treatment and reuse. Population estimation. Water treatment design. Impact of source quality on treatment units’ selection. Sedimentation, filtration, coagulation-flocculation and disinfection. Water quality in the distribution systems.

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Pre-requisite: Sanitary Engineering CE 451

Student Assessment and Grading: Assignments (5%), Term paper or project (5%), 2 Exams @ 25% each (50%), Final Exam (40%)

Learning outcomes, delivery and assessment methods- Cross Reference Table:

|Student Learning Outcome |Method of Delivery |Assessment Methods |Program objectives |

|1. Review basic concepts of Chemistry, |Examples and problems |Assignments, projects, and|a, b, e |

|Biochemistry and Microbiology as applied to | |exams | |

|water and environmental Engineering | | | |

|2. Appreciate the importance of Chemical and |Examples and problems |Assignments, projects and |a, e, j, k,i,h |

|Biochemical Kinetics as applied to Water and | |exams | |

|Wastewater Engineering design. | | | |

|3. Problem solving in the basic concepts and |Examples and problems |Assignments, projects and |a, e, j, k,i,h |

|kinetics of chemistry and biochemistry | |exams | |

|4. Understand water quality and water quality|Examples and problems |Assignments, projects and |a, e, j, k,i,h |

|parameters (TDS, TSS, BOD, Pathgenecity, | |exams | |

|etc….) and the importance of Regulations | | | |

|(standards and Criteria) in the context of | | | |

|water and wastewater treatment and | | | |

|environmental protection | | | |

|5. Understand reactor engineering (Plug and |Examples and problems |Assignments, projects and |a, c,d ,e,g |

|CFSTRs) and practice design problem solving | |exams | |

|as well as problems on the modeling of rivers| | | |

|and lakes | | | |

|6. Understand unit operations and processes |Examples and problems |Assignments, projects and |a, c,d ,e,g |

|in water and wastewater treatment lines and | |exams | |

|the concept of multiple barriers (aeration | | | |

|basin, settling, disinfection, | | | |

|coagulation-flocculation, filtration, etc…..)| | | |

|7. Design of Disinfection basin, aeration |Examples and problems |Assignments, projects and |a, b, c, e |

|basin among other treatment units and apply | |exams | |

|the concepts of mass balance and the mixing | | | |

|equation | | | |

|8. Understand the concepts of ecosystems, |Examples and problems |Assignments, projects and |a, b, c,d ,e,g |

|global environmental issues as well as | |exams | |

|population estimation. | | | |

|9. Understand the attached and suspended |Examples and problems |Assignments, projects and |a, c,d ,e,g, h, k |

|growth methods of wastewater treatment |and field trips |exams | |

|10. Understand and able to solve problems on |Examples and problems |Assignments, projects and |a, b, c,d ,e,g |

|Michelis-Menten equation, Monode equation and| |exams | |

|Henderson-Hasselbach equation | | | |

|CE451 |Sanitary Engineering |

|Catalog Data |CE451 Sanitary Engineering |(3 – 0 : 3) |

| |Review of fundamentals in chemistry, biochemistry and microbiology as applied to water and environmental |

| |engineering. Physical, biological and chemical water quality and water quality parameterization. Water and |

| |environmental regulations. Standards and criteria. Reactors and Reactor engineering. Multiple barrier concept. Unit |

| |operations and processes. Chemical and biological kinetics. Basics in water and wastewater engineering design. |

| |Wastewater generation and collection. Biological wastewater treatment and reuse. Population estimation. Water |

| |treatment design. Impact of source quality on treatment units’ selection. Sedimentation, filtration, |

| |coagulation-flocculation and disinfection. Water quality in the distribution systems. |

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|Textbook |Water and Wastewater Technology, 3rd edition, Hammer and Hammer, Jr, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1996. |

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|Reference |1.Handout Materials |

| |2. Water Supply and Pollution Control, 5th edition, Viessman, Jr. and Hammer, HarperCollins College Publishers,|

| |1993. |

| |3. Wastewater Engineering: Treatment, Disposal and Reuse, Metcalf & Eddy, Inc., 3rd ed., 1991. |

|Coordinator |Dr. Ziad Al-Ghazawi |

|Goals |This course is designed to provide the students with an up-to-date knowledge of water quality as applied to schemes |

| |of water and wastewater treatment. It links basic the sciences of chemistry, biochemistry and microbiology to |

| |engineered systems as well as to the modeling and management of natural water bodies. The course provides |

| |introductory but important concepts of environmental and water engineering design and management. |

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|Learning Outcomes: |1. Review basic concepts of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Microbiology as applied to water and environmental |

| |Engineering |

| |2. Appreciate the importance of Chemical and Biochemical Kinetics as applied to Water and Wastewater Engineering |

| |design. |

| |3. Problem solving in the basic concepts and kinetics of chemistry and biochemistry |

| |4. Understand water quality and water quality parameters (TDS, TSS, BOD, Pathgenecity, etc….) and the importance of |

| |Regulations (standards and Criteria) in the context of water and wastewater treatment and environmental protection |

| |5. Understand reactor engineering (Plug and CFSTRs) and practice design problem solving as well as problems on the |

| |modeling of rivers and lakes |

| |6. Understand unit operations and processes in water and wastewater treatment lines and the concept of multiple |

| |barriers (aeration basin, settling, disinfection, coagulation-flocculation, filtration, etc…..) |

| |7. Design of Disinfection basin, aeration basin among other treatment units and apply the concepts of mass balance |

| |and the mixing equation |

| |8. Understand the concepts of ecosystems, global environmental issues as well as population estimation. |

| |9. Understand the attached and suspended growth methods of wastewater treatment |

| |10. Understand and able to solve problems on Michelis-Menten equation, Monode equation and Henderson-Hasselbach |

| |equation |

|Pre-Requisites |First year level in Chemistry and Biology | |

|by Topic |Fluid and Hydraulics principles | |

|Topics |1. Review basic concepts of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Microbiology as |6 |Lecture (50 min. each) |

| |applied to water and environmental Engineering | | |

| |2. Appreciate the importance of Chemical and Biochemical Kinetics as |3 |Lecture |

| |applied to Water and Wastewater Engineering design. | | |

| |3. Problem solving in the basic concepts and kinetics of chemistry and |3 |Lectures |

| |biochemistry | | |

| |4. Understand water quality and water quality parameters (TDS, TSS, BOD, |8 |Lectures |

| |Pathgenecity, etc….) and the importance of Regulations (standards and | | |

| |Criteria) in the context of water and wastewater treatment and | | |

| |environmental protection | | |

| |5. Understand reactor engineering (Plug and CFSTRs) and practice design |4 |Lectures |

| |problem solving as well as problems on the modeling of rivers and lakes | | |

| |6. Understand unit operations and processes in water and wastewater | 4 |Lectures |

| |treatment lines and the concept of multiple barriers (aeration basin, | | |

| |settling, disinfection, coagulation-flocculation, filtration, etc…..) | | |

| |7. Design of Disinfection basin, aeration basin among other treatment units|7 |Lectures |

| |and apply the concepts of mass balance and the mixing equation | | |

| |8. Understand the concepts of ecosystems, global environmental issues as |3 |Lectures |

| |well as population estimation. | | |

| |9. Understand the attached and suspended growth methods of wastewater |8 |Lectures |

| |treatment | | |

| |10. Understand and able to solve problems on Michelis-Menten equation, |2 |Lectures |

| |Monode equation and Henderson-Hasselbach equation | | |

|Computer Usage | |

| |Spread Sheet programming is used to calculate chemical and biochemical kinetics |

|Assessment and |Assignments.………. 5% |2 exams @ 25% each ………… 50% |

|Grading |Projects…..………… 5% |Final Exam ……………………. 40% |

|Estimated Content |Engineering Science |1.5 Credit |

| |Engineering Design |1.5 Credit |

|Prepared by |Dr. Ziad Al-Ghazawi |Date: |Jan 2007 |

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