Open courseware on water
Water and Wastewater Treatment Engineering
Author(s): Dr. Peter Shanahan
Offered by: MIT: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Type: Tutorial
Keywords: Wastewater, treatment, water quality
Description of open courseware
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This course is an overview of engineering approaches to protecting water quality with an emphasis on fundamental principals. Theory and conceptual design of systems for treating municipal wastewater and drinking water are discussed, as well as reactor theory, process kinetics, and models. Physical, chemical, and biological processes are presented, including sedimentation, filtration, biological treatment, disinfection, and sludge processing. Finally, there is discussion of engineered and natural processes for wastewater treatment.
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
5. Sedimentation-Flocculation - Part 1
6. Sedimentation-Flocculation - Part 2
7. Filtration
8. Chemical Treatment - Softening - Part 1
9. Chemical Treatment - Softening - Part 2
10. Chemical Treatment - Adsorption and Ion Exchange
Field Trip to City of Cambridge Water Treatment Plant
11. Gas Transfer and Air Stripping
12. Disinfection
13. Wastewater Screening, Primary Treatment
Field Trip to Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant
14. Biological Reaction Kinetics - 1
15. Biological Reaction Kinetics - 2
16. Stabilization Ponds
17. Activated Sludge Treatment - 1
18. Activated Sludge Treatment - 2
19. Trickling Filters, Biological Contactors
20. Nutrient Removal
21. Sludge Handling
22. Sludge Digestion
Assignments
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Project ideas
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Some Exam questions along with their solutions are available.
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