Sanitary Engineering – Readings

Course subject(s) D01a – Design and costs D01b – Drinking water treatment in developing countries D01c – International drinking water projects D02a – Aeration / Gas exchange D02b – Water quality and treatment of river bank filtrate D03a – Softening D03b – Filtration D04a – Sedimentation D04b – Removal of pharmaceuticals from surface water D05 – Simulation, modelling and control of drinking water treatment D06a – Drinking water from tap to source D06b – Discolouration: Who’s to blame S01 – Introduction: Why urban drainage? Types and flows S02 – Rainwater run-off processes, sewer inflow and design S03 – Construction, inspection and maintenance S04 – Hydraulic design principles S05 – Dimensioning of sewer network S06 – Special topics / Recent advances W01 – Introduction – Wastewater engineering: an overview W02a – Screens, Sleves, Sand & Grit removal, Settling W02b – Sedimentation: primary & secondary W03a – Fundamentals W03b – Trickling filters W04a – Process W04b – N&P removal W05 – Sludge Treatment W06 – Anaerobic treatment

Text book / Lecture notes

The following text books and lecture notes are used:

Item # Title Type
D1 Drinking water – Principles and practices Book
S1 Urban drainage Lecture notes
W1 Wastewater treatment Lecture notes

 

The relation between lectures and readings is:

# Lecture topic # Chapter
Drinking water
D01 Introduction – Design and costs D1  4, 5
D02 Groundwater D1  7, 8
D03 Treatment D1  8, 9
D04 Surface water D1  7, 9
D05 Simulation, modelling and control … D1  8, 9
D06 Distribution D1  6, 10
Urban drainage / Sewerage
S01 Introduction: Why urban drainage? Types … S1  1,2
S02 Rainwater run-off processes, sewer … S1  3
S03 Construction, inspection and maintenance S1  6
S04 Hydraulic design principles S1  4
S05 Dimensioning of a sewer network S1  5
S06 Special topics / Recent advances  –
Wastewater treatment
W01 Introduction – Wastewater engineering … W1  1, 2, 3, 4
W02 Physical processes W1  5, 6, 7
W03 Biological treatment W1  8, 9
W04 Activated sludge W1  9, 10, 11
W05 Sludge treatment W1  13, 14, 15
W06 Anaerobic treatment  see lecture
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