CE 45600 – Wastewater Treatment Processes

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Specific course information:

Catalog description: Fundamental design principles and practice of wastewater treatment to prepare students for designing wastewater treatment systems. The major topics include design and construction process, preliminary treatment of wastewater, primary treatment, wastewater microbiology, secondary treatment, nitrogen removal, phosphorus removal, attached microbial growth, secondary settling, disinfection and post-aeration, tertiary treatment, and wastewater plant residuals management.
Prerequisites: CE35000 (Environmental Engineering) with a minimum grade of D-
Course status: Elective course

Specific Goals for the course:

Student learning outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course the student shall be able to:
- understand design principles and practice of wastewater treatment;
- apply the knowledge to select the best process to treat wastewater;
- design a wastewater treatment component or process to meet water quality treatment goals;
- critically review relevant literature or contemporary issues in wastewater treatment
Relationship of course to program outcomes
- Outcome 1: An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
- Outcome 2: An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
- Outcome 4: An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts

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