UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN
Department of Civil Engineering
CE 371: Drinking Water Engineering, Section 1, Spring 2021
Homework 1 Dr. Al-Jamrah
DUE DATE: Midnight of Wednesday, March 10, 2021.
Note: the submitted file name should be your student ID.
Problem 1:
In a taste test, 67 mL of the water sample is used. What is the volume of distilled water used in the test?
And what is the TTN?
Problem 2:
The following test results were obtained for a wastewater sample taken at an industrial facility. All of the
tests were performed using a sample size of 100 mL. Determine the concentration of total solids, total
volatile solids, suspended solids, and dissolved solids.
Tare mass of evaporating dish = 52.1533 g
Mass of evaporating dish plus residue after evaporation at 105°C = 52.1890 g
Mass of evaporating dish plus residue after ignition at 550°C = 52.1863 g
Tare mass of Whatman GF/C filter = 1.5413 g
Residue on Whatman GF/C filter after drying at 105°C = 1.5541 g
Residue on Whatman GF/C filter after ignition at 550°C = 1.5519 g
Problem 3:
If a sample of wastewater from a city with a population of 100,000 and an average flow of 400 L/capita.d
contains 5 mL/L settleable solids, how many cubic meters of sludge will be produced per day?
Problem 4:
The following data are from total solids and total volatile solids tests on a water sample with a volume of
100 mL. Calculate the total and volatile solids concentrations in milligrams per liter.
Weight of empty dish = 68.942 g
Weight of dish plus dry solids = 69.049 g
Weight of dish plus ignited solids = 69.003 g
Problem 5:
Listed below are total solids and suspended solids data on a water sample. Calculate the total and volatile
solids, suspended solids and dissolved solids.
Total solids data:
Weight of empty dish = 85.337 g
Weight of dish plus dry solids = 85.490 g
Weight of dish plus ignited solids = 85.375 g
Volume of water sample = 85 mL
Suspended solids data:
Weight of glass-fiber filter desk = 0.1400 g
Weight of disk plus dry solids = 0.1530 g
Weight of disk plus ignited solids = 0.1426 g
Volume of water filtered = 200 mL
Problem 6:
A filterable residue analysis is run on a sample of water as follows. Prior to filtering, the crucible and
filter pad are kept overnight in the drying oven, cooled, and the dry mass (tare mass) of the pair
determined to be 54.352 grams. Two hundred and fifty milliliters of the sample is drawn through a filter
pad contained in the porous-bottom crucible. The crucible and filter pad are then placed in a drying oven
at 104 °C and dried until a constant mass of 54.389 grams is reached.
(i) Determine the suspended solids concentration of the sample,
(ii) If the crucible, filter pad, and solids are placed in a furnace at 600 °C for one hour. After
cooling, the mass is determined to be 54.367 grams, then determine the volatile (organic
suspended solids).
