GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Engineering
Subject Code: 3160611
SUBJECT NAME: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
SEMESTER-VI

Type of course: Professional Core course

Prerequisite: Mandatory course of Environmental Science

Rationale:
1. Drinking water is one of the basic needs of the human being; this subject helps the civil engineer in
planning of a water supply scheme that can provide potable water to the community.
2. To maintain the general hygiene in the habitation, proper handling and disposal of sewage and solid
waste is important. This subject helps the civil engineer in dealing with the issues related to
collection, treatment and disposal of sewage and solid waste.
3. To understand effect of noise and air pollution and its control measures

Teaching and Examination Scheme:

Teaching Scheme Credits Examination Marks Total

L T P C Theory Marks Practical Marks Marks
ESE (E) PA (M) ESE (V) PA (I)
3 0 2 4 70 30 30 20 150

Content:

Sr. Content Total %

No. Hrs Weightage

1 Water Supply scheme/System 12 30

Components and layout of water supply scheme, Sources of water, Types of
water demand, Estimation of quantity of water required, Collection and
conveyance of water, Quality characteristic of drinking water, Drinking water
standard, Water borne diseases Water, Treatment processes: aeration,
sedimentation, coagulation flocculation, filtration, disinfection, advanced
treatments like adsorption, ion exchange, membrane processes, Water
Distribution system: components, type of layouts, determination of capacity of
elevated reservoirs, The Water (prevention and control of pollution) Act-1974

2 Sewage : Characteristics, Treatment and Disposal 11 25

Physical, chemical and biological characteristics of sewage, Methods of sewage
disposal, Indian standards for disposal of sewage, Self purification capacity of
river, Sewage farming, Unit operations and unit processes in sewage treatment,
Layout of sewage treatment plant, Preliminary, Primary treatment of sewage,
Aerobic and anaerobic biological treatment: attached growth and suspended
growth processes, Low cost sanitation: septic tank and soak pit.

3. Collection of sewage 5 10
Type of sewerage systems: combined and separate, Quantity of Sewage, Sewage
flow variations. Conveyance of sewage: Sewers, shapes design parameters,
laying and testing of sewer, Sewer appurtenances.
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4 House Drainage 2 10
Principles of house drainage, Pipes and traps, Classification of traps:
nahni trap, gulley trap, interception trap, grease trap, Sanitary fitting,
System of plumbing, House drainage plan for building.
5 Solid Waste Management 5 10
Quantity, composition and characteristics of solid wastes, Classification
of solid wastes. Hazardous solid wastes, Biomedical solid wastes, Typical
generation rate for solid wastes, Factors affecting the generation
rate. Estimation of quantity of solid waste, Onsite handling, storage and
processing, Collection services, Types of collection systems, Transfer stations,
Solid waste processing techniques, Disposal of solid waste.
6 Air and noise pollution 4 10
Classification and sources of air pollutants. Air quality standards, Effects of air
pollution on human, plant and material, Basic Air pollution control methods,
Salient features of the Air (Prevention and control of pollution) Act – 1981
Noise pollution: definition, measurement, standards, sources, effect and control
measure.
7 Environment Impact Assessment(EIA) 3 5
Environment Protection Act, Need of EIA, Steps for EIA, Role of EIA is
sustainable develop met

Suggested Specification table with Marks (Theory):

Distribution of Theory Marks

R Level U Level A Level N Level E Level C Level

10% 25% 30% 15% 10% 10%

Legends: R: Remembrance; U: Understanding; A: Application, N: Analyze and E: Evaluate C:

Create and above Levels (Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy)

Note: This specification table shall be treated as a general guideline for students and teachers. The actual
distribution of marks in the question paper may vary slightly from above table.

Reference Books:

1. H.S. Peavy, D.R. Rowe and G. Tchobanoglous, Environmental Engineering, McGraw Hill
International Edition
2. M. L. Davis, Water and waste water Engineering, Mc Graw Hill education (India).
3. Metcalf and Eddy, Wastewater Engineering: Treatment, disposal Reuse, Tata-McGraw Hill
education (India).
4. Integrated Solid Waste Management, Tchobanoglous, Theissen & Vigil, McGraw Hill Publication
5. S.K. Garg, Environmental engineering Vol. I & II, Khanna Publication
6. Manual on Water Supply and Treatment, Ministry of Urban Development, New Delhi
7. Manual on Sewerage and Sewage Treatment Systems, Part A, B and C. Central Public Health and
8. Environmental Engineering Organization, Ministry of Urban Development.

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Subject Code: 3160611

Course Outcome:

Sr.
CO statement Marks % weightage
No.
CO-1 Determine the quantity and quality of water required for public water
20%
supply
CO-2 Interpret the effect of wastewater characteristics on human health and
15%
environment
CO-3 Design different units of water and sewage treatment plant 40%
CO-4 Classify solid waste and interpret the components of solid waste
10%
management system
CO-5 Analyze the effects of air and noise pollution on human and environment
15%
and develop its remedial measures.

List of Experiments:

1. Physical Characterization of water: Turbidity, Conductivity, pH

2. Analysis of solids content of water: Dissolved, Settleable, suspended, total, volatile, inorganic etc.
3. Determination of Alkalinity and acidity
4. Determination of Hardness: total hardness, calcium and magnesium hardness
5. Determination of Chlorides
6. Determination of Optimum coagulant dose: Jar Test
7. Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD)
8. Dissolved Oxygen (D.O) and Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)
9. Determination of residual chlorine in water
10. Bacteriological quality measurement: MPN,
11. Ambient Air quality monitoring (SPM, SOx, NOx)
12. Ambient noise measurement

Assignments:
1. Design of various units of a conventional water treatment plant
2. Design of Trickling filter and Activated sludge unit.

Major Equipment:
1. BOD incubator
2. COD digester
3. Hot air oven
4. Muffle furnace
5. Electronic Balance (Accuracy: 1mg)
6. Jar Test Apparatus
7. pH, Turbidity, TDS and Conductivity meter
8. Sound level meter
9. 9.High volume sampler
10. 3/5 Gas Analyzer
11. Microbial Incubator
List of Open Source Software/learning website:

1. http://nptel.ac.in/cources

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2. http://moef.gov.in
3. http://jalshakti-ddws.gov.in
4. http://cpcb.nic.in
5. EPANET

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