CV 420 - Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Design

• Characterize wastewater flow rates and mass loadings
• Identify appropriate categorical or water quality-based effluent limitations for wastewater, and application rates for land disposal of biosolids
• Design major unit operations and processes applicable to preliminary, primary, and secondary wastewater treatment, and solids handling, thickening, stabilization, and dewatering
• Prepare a preliminary design report for a new WWTP to include process description, process flow diagram, material balances, nad major equipment list

• Introduction to environmental engineering

• Introduction and regulatory requirements (2 classes)
• Wastewater characteristics (2 classes)
• Wastewater characterization for design (2 classes)
• Flow and load equalization (1 class)
• Mixing, coagulation, flocculation, precipitation (2 classes)
• Preliminary and primary treatment (4 classes)
• Conventional secondary treatment (6 classes)
• Nutrient (N and P) removal (4 classes)
• Anaerobic digestion (3 classes)
• Disinfection (4 classes)
• Solids handling and pumping (2 classes)
• Solids thickening, dewatering, drying, and incineration (3 classes)
• Land application of biosolids (1 class)
• Midterm exams (2 classes)
• Final exam review; course evaluations (1 class)
• Open (holiday)