CEE381
Wastewater Engineering
(3.0 Credits)
Course Teacher
Dr. Muhammad Azizul Hoque
Course content
Introduction
Wastewater quality
Conventional wastewater treatment
Preliminary treatment processes
Primary treatment processes
Secondary treatment processes
Decentralized wastewater treatment
Effluent treatment plant for industry
Relevant Books
Wastewater Engineering
-by Metcalf and Eddy
Water Supply and Sanitation
-by M. Feroze Ahmed and Md. Mujibur Rahman
Water Supply and Sewerage
-by T. J. Mc Ghee
Environmental Engineering
-by Howard S. Peavy
Environmental Engineering
-by Davis and Cornwell
Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment
-by A. C. Achargee
etc..
Introduction
Water = Wastewater
Cities plan for water, forget waste
80 % water leaves homes as sewage
More water = more waste
Cities have no accounts for sewage
Cities have no clue how they will convey waste of all,
treat it, clean rivers
Cities only dream of becoming New York or London
Introduction
• Wastewater is essentially the water generating from domestic,
commercial and industry after it has been used in a variety of
applications.
• It is a combination of the liquid or water carried wastes removed
from residences, institutions, and commercial and industrial
establishments, together with such groundwater, surface water
and stormwater may be present.
• Wastewater engineering is that branch of environmental
engineering in which the basic principles of science and
engineering are applied to solving the issues associated with the
treatment and reuse of wastewater.
Introduction
Introduction
Characteristics
of wastewater
and their
sources
Important
Contaminants
of concern
in wastewater
treatment
Organic waste
BOD & COD
BOD: Biochemical oxygen demand COD: Chemical oxygen demand
is a measure of the amount of is a measure of the total quantity
oxygen that bacteria will consume of oxygen required to oxidize all
while decomposing organic matter organic material into carbon
under aerobic conditions dioxide and water
Suspended Solids
Nutrients (Nitrogen and Phosphorous)
Nutrients (Nitrogen and Phosphorous)
Level of Wastewater Treatment
Book Ref.: Metcalf & Eddy
Water Treatment Processes
Wastewater Treatment Processes
Conventional
Wastewater
Treatment
Processes with
their functions
Stages of Wastewater Treatment
Preliminary and Primary
Contaminants (60% of solids and 35% of BOD removed)
Oil & Grease
Total Suspended Solids (Css or TSS) – 60% Removed
Pathogens
BOD – 35% removed
Processes
Screens
Grit Removal
Scum Flotation
Skimming tank
Primary Settling /Primary clarifier/Primary Sedimentation tank
Imhoff tank
Septic tank
etc
Stages (continued)
Secondary
Contaminants
BOD – 90% Removed
TSS – 90% Removed
Processes
Activated Sludge
Trickling Filter – rotating disk
Oxidation ponds – lagoons
(promote contact between microbes and contaminants)
Stages (continued)
Tertiary
Contaminants
Nutrients
Dissolved solids (e.g., salt, other ions, etc.)
Processes
Denitrification – bacteria
Phosphorus removal – precipitation
Other chemicals – adsorption and precipitation
An overview of wastewater (sewage) treatment
Unit Operations/
Processes to remove
target cinstituent
Book Ref.: Metcalf & Eddy
Wastewater treatment plant
