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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