Civil / PE Exam
Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Course Syllabus
1. Course Overview
- Physical, chemical, and microbiological characteristics of water and wastewater
- Regulation of water quality for supply and discharge, elements of receiving water characterization and specification of effluent limits
- Elements of water and wastewater treatment including coagulation, flocculation, filtration, settling, softening, disinfection, fluoridation, taste and odour control and biological processes
- Sludge disposal, quantity and quality estimation of water and wastewater
- Water storage and distribution systems, wastewater collection systems
2. Textbooks (latest editions recommended)
- Shammas, N. K. and Wang, L. K. Fair, Geyer, and Okun's Water and Wastewater Engineering: Water Supply and Wastewater Removal
- American Water Work Association and American Society of Civil Engineers. Water Treatment Plant Design
- Hammer, M. J. Sr. and Hammer, M. J. Jr. Water and Wastewater Technology