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The document outlines the Wastewater Treatment course (Cheg5241) for 5th-year Environmental Engineering students at Mekelle University. It includes course objectives, content covering physical, chemical, and biological treatment methods, and the design of wastewater treatment plants. Evaluation is based on continuous assessment and a final exam, with references provided for further reading.

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The document outlines the Wastewater Treatment course (Cheg5241) for 5th-year Environmental Engineering students at Mekelle University. It includes course objectives, content covering physical, chemical, and biological treatment methods, and the design of wastewater treatment plants. Evaluation is based on continuous assessment and a final exam, with references provided for further reading.

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MEKELLE UNIVERSITY

ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY-MEKELLE

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM

Course Name: Wastewater treatment {Cheg5241}

Target Groups: 5th Year, {Environmental Engineering Stream}

Instructor Name: Mrs Alemework F. Academic Year: 2007 Semester: I

Credit Hour: 2 (2+2+0; Lecture, Tutorial and Lab)

Pre- Requisite: Cheg3232

Course Objectives:
Upon the completion of the course

 The students will understand the basic physical, chemical, and biological principles of
unit processes and operations
 The students will be able to apply mass balances to design of water and wastewater
treatment unit operations and unit process
 The students will be able to design wastewater treatment plant
Course Contents
Chapters

1. Introduction
1.1. Wastewater generation rates
1.2. Wastewater discharge standards
1.3. Wastewater characterization methods
2. Physical treatment methods
2.1. Settling
2.2. Floatation
2.3. Filtration
2.4. Aeration
3. Chemical treatment methods
3.1. Coagulation and Flocculation
3.2. Ion exchange and adsorption, chemical oxidation and reduction
process.
3.3. Disinfection: chlorination, UV, Ozonation.
4. Biological treatment methods
4.1. Microbial treatment concepts
4.2. Microbial growth kinetics and kinetics of biochemical operations
4.3. Modeling of suspended growth systems
4.4. Activated sludge, trickling filters, oxidation ponds
4.5. Anaerobic digestion
5. Design of wastewater treatment plants
Evaluation systems

Continuous assessment Assignment, Quiz, Test = 50%

Final exam = 50%

Reference

1. Wastewater Treatment Plant Design – Textbook and Workbook Set, by PA Vesilind


2. Theory and practices of water and wastewater treatment, Ronald L. Droste, John Wiley &
Sons, Copyright 1997
3. Introduction to Potable Water Treatment Processes, by Parsons, Simon
4. Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Reuse, by Frank Burton, , McGraw-Hill, 4 th
edition

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