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Mohab Amin M. Kamal Amin

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

كلية الهندسة
2A60

4676924
maamin@ksu.edu.sa
مادة دراسية

CE 448

 CE 448, CH 2
Water and Wastewater Treatment
 
 Department of Civil Engineering
King Saud University
 
 Course Description:
CE 448 Water and Wastewater Treatment
(Required for a BScE degree)		 Fundamental principles and current practices in water processing, municipal wastewater treatment, and sludge processing. Characteristics of surface and ground waters, and municipal wastewater. Concepts and design of different unit operations and processes for the treatment of water/wastewater. Drinking water standards. Wastewater reuse and disposal criteria. Properties of sludge generated from treatment processes, treatment and utilization. Laboratory experiments related to water and wastewater quality and quality control. Field trips to water/wastewater treatment plants. 3(3,0,2)
Prerequisite CE 322 (Hydraulics); CHEM 101 (General Chemistry). Topics:
  1. Hydraulic and energy grade lines.
  2. Fluid flow characteristics, and types of flows
  3. Drag on immersed bodies.
  4. Pumps and blowers.
  5. Elements, radical, and compounds.
  6. Standards solutions.
  7. Chemical equilibria.

 
Course Learning Objectives Students completing this course successfully will be able to:
  1. Understand the engineering and science principles for the design of water and wastewater treatment systems,
  2. Design water/wastewater treatment facilities,
  3. Understand the operation and maintenance aspects of water and wastewater treatment units,
  4. Analyse different physical, chemical, and microbiological parameters of water and wastewater.
Topics Covered
  1. Water Chemistry and Analysis (3 hours)
  2. Water Quality Parameters and Measurements (11 hours)
  3. Water Sources and Quality, and Drinking Water Standards Wastewater Disposal and Reuse Criteria (2 hours).
  4. Water Treatment Processes: treatment objectives, coagulation and flocculation, sedimentation, filtration, softening, iron and manganese taste and odor control, demineralization (RO), chlorination, chloramination, ozonation, control of disinfection by-products, (12 hours)
  5. Wastewater Treatment Processes: characteristics and composition of municipal wastewater, wastewater treatment objectives and effluent requirements/standards, preliminary treatment (screen, shredders, grit chambers, equalization), primary treatment (primary clarification), secondary treatment (biological filtration, activated sludge, oxidation ponds) (10 hours).
  6. Wastewater Reclamation & Reuse (4 hours)
  7. Characteristics and Treatment of Water/Wastewater Sludge (5 hours)

 
Class Schedule Class is held two times per week in 50-minute lecture sessions. There is also a 1-hr weekly laboratory session.
Treatment Plants Visits A visit to a water purification plant is arranged at the mid of the term, and another visit is made to a wastewater treatment plant at the end of the term to visualize full-scale treatment facilities, and relate real them to course content. A written report is required for each visit.
 
Contribution of Course to Meeting the Professional Component  
  1. The course prepares students for designing water and wastewater treatment processes.
  2. The course enables students to design and conduct experiments related to water and wastewater quantity and quality control, and analyse and interpret results.
  3. The course equips students with knowledge and experience to develop alternative solutions and methods for different water pollution problems.
  4. The course enhances students ability to articulate ideas clearly in written and verbal forms.

 
Relationship of Course to Program Outcomes This course will allow students to:
  1. Utilize knowledge in mathematics, chemistry, physics, and microbiology to understand the characteristics of water and wastewater and the principles of processing of water, wastewater and resultant sludge’s.
  2. Apply scientific knowledge for the selection and design of treatment processes.
  3. Design different unit operations and processes for the treatment of water, wastewater, and sludge’s.
  4. Offer solutions to problems related to treatment of water and wastewater (e.g. type and degree of and treatment, operational problems of treatment processes).
  5. Conduct laboratory experiments related to water and wastewater quality and process design.
  6. Appreciate and understand responsibilities towards their roles in the design, operation, and maintenance of water and wastewater treatment systems.
  7. Write reports on laboratory experiments to present, interpret and discuss results and make sound conclusions.
  8. Study and deal with any issue related to contemporary water and wastewater treatment techniques.

 
Textbook(s):
Other Supported Material: 		 
  1. Hammer, M. J. and Hammer, M. J. Jr. “Water and Wastewater Technology” 6th edition, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey (2007).
  2. Metcalf & Eddy, "Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Reuse", 4th Edition or later (2003 or later)
  3. APHA, AWWA, and WEF. “Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater”, 20th edition, APHA, Washington, DC. (1998).
Prepared by Dr. Waleed M. K. Zahid; Prof. Asharaf Refaat
Date of Preparation May 10, 2006
Date of modification Mohab Amin, October, 2015
ملحقات المادة الدراسية

wastewater Treatment