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Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Course Syllabus

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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