Course Code:
Course Name: Fundamentals for Water and Wastewater Treatment
Credits: 3.0
Level: Undergraduate
Pre-requisite: Introduction to Environmental Engineering, Analytical Chemistry, Water Microbiology, Hydraulics, Pump and Pump Station
Lecture Time: 60 hours/session
Instructors: ZHANG Tao, YU Wenzheng
Course Description
This course will give comprehensive knowledge on principals, techniques and processes of water and wastewater treatment within 60 hours of learning. It will be composed by three sections, i.e. municipal drinking water treatment, municipal wastewater treatment, and industrial wastewater treatment.
Topics and Schedule
Section 1 Municipal drinking water treatment
Chapter 1 Water quality and drinking water standards
Chapter 2 Coagulation and flocculation
Chapter 3 Sedimentation
Chapter 4 Sand filtration
Chapter 5 Disinfection
Chapter 6 Municipal water treatment plant design
Chapter 7 Removal of iron and manganese from groundwater
Chapter 8 Ion exchange
Chapter 9 Membrane filtration
Chapter 10 Corrosion and scaling
Section 2 Municipal wastewater treatment
Chapter 1 Wastewater quality and environmental standards
Chapter 2 Water pollution
Chapter 3 Physical treatment processes
Chapter 4 Biological treatment processes I—Activated sludge
Chapter 5 Biological treatment processes II—Biofilm
Chapter 6 Biological treatment III—Stabilization pond and land treatment
Chapter 7 Advanced treatment and reuse
Chapter 8 Treatment of sludge
Chapter 9 Municipal wastewater treatment plant design
Section 3 Industrial wastewater treatment
Chapter 1 Introduction to industrial wastewater
Chapter 2 Physical treatment processes
Chapter 3 Chemical treatment processes
Chapter 4 Physical-chemical combined treatment processes
Chapter 5 Biological treatment processes
Lectured by Prof. Tao Zhang and Prof. Wenzheng Yu
