Wastewater Engineering

Code: CONE 422

Course Instructor:
Dr. Mohamed Fekry
 Course Description

Environmental and sanitary engineering fields –

Wastewater Engineering

Environmental pollution issues – Sanitary engineering –

Characteristics of wastewater and sludge – Flow
prediction – planning and Design of wastewater
sewerage system – pump stations and force main –
Components and supplements of sewerage system –
Treatment system of wastewater and sludge – disposal
of wastewater and sludge – Computer application of
sanitary engineering.
Course Description – Cont.
Topics to be Covered

List of Topics No. of Contact

Weeks Hours
Introduction; Flow and characteristics of wastewater 1 4
Design of a storm collection system and a sewerage system 2 8
Wastewater treatment processes: physical,
2 8
chemical and biological
Biological wastewater treatment systems: activated sludge
systems, trickling filters, oxidation ditches, stabilization ponds, 2 8
septic tanks.
Conventional biological treatment of wastewater: aerobic and
1 4
anaerobic removal of organic matter.
Advance biological wastewater treatment processes:
1 4
nitrification and de-nitrification
Phosphorus removal
2 8
Design of biological wastewater treatment systems
Stabilization ponds; Sludge treatment and disposal 2 8
Refuse collection and disposal; Reuse of wastewater 2 8
 Course Objectives
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The main purpose of the Wastewater Engineering course is to enable the student to:
1. Recognize the fundamental definition of wastewater and its characteristics.
2. Explain the different types of wastewater treatment processes available.
3. Recognize the principle of physical, chemical and biological treatment.
4. Explain the principle of aerobic and anaerobic removal of organic matter.
5. Explain the concepts of biological wastewater treatment systems.
6. Describe the concepts of advance biological wastewater treatment processes.
7. Recognize the fundamental concepts of design of biological wastewater treatment
systems.
Schedule of Assessment Tasks for Students During
the Semester

Assessment task (e.g. essay, test, group project, Week Due Proportion of Total
examination, speech, oral presentation, etc.) Assessment
1 Home work Distributes 10
over the
15 weeks
2 Quizzes/Tests Distributes 10
over the
15 weeks
3 Project/Reports/Others Distributes 10
over the
15 weeks
4 Midterm exams Week 8 & 20
Week 15
5 Final Exams After the 100
End of
Week 15
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 Who is the instructor?
- Name: Mohamed Fekry Abdel_Mobdy Soliman
- Bachelor Science at Civil Engineering with a cumulate average grade „ Very good
with honour‘s degree“, Faculty of Engineering - Assiut University - Assiut - Egypt ,
1995
- M. Sc. at Environmental Eng. Dept. - University of Innsbruck - Innsbruck – Austria,
2000
- Ph.D. Student at Innsbruck University - Environmental Engineering Dept. –
Innsbruck – Austria, 2003
- Assistant professor at Civil Engineering Department – Aswan Engineering Faculty -
South Valley university – Egypt, 2003
- Assistant professor at Civil Engineering Department – Engineering Faculty – Sirt
university – Libya, 2006-2011
- Assistant professor at Civil Engineering Department – Engineering Faculty – King
Abdul Aziz university – Saudi Arabia, 2011-2016
- Assistant professor at Civil Engineering Department – Engineering Faculty – Awan
university – Egypt, 2016-Present
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 Instructor Duties

3rd week Quiz

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Course Contract

5th week Quiz

Seventh
Week
7th week Exam Evaluation

Average sheets for weeks 1 to 7

Total 7th week grade

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10th week quiz

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Twelfth
12th week exam Week
Evaluation

Total 12th week grade

 Instructor Duties

Average sheets for weeks 8 to 15

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Course Contract

Assignments
Evaluation based on attendance,
Evaluation
bonuses, penalties.

Total pre-final grade

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leads to warning
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Attendance
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3 times for free, after that
each one absence deduct
one grade out of the 5 grads
evaluation
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Student Duties

Solve your sheet by yourself and

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submit it on time
Course Contract

Submission date is one week after

completing solving the sheet

Late submission is one week after

submission date

Extra late submission is one week

after late submission date
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QUICK REVISION
 Population

Pf
•This method depends on the linier x

increase of population.
•Pf = Pi + Ka ( Tf –Ti ) P2
x
•Pf : the population in future. P1
•Pi : the population in present. x

•Tf : the design year.

•Ti : the year of known population.
•Tf –Ti : design period
•Ka : arithmetic constant
t1 t2 tf Time
(Years)
Example:
Find the population at year 2030.

Solution:
Time (years) p ∆p ∆t

1980 20500
1990 22000 1500 10 150
2000 26000 4000 10 400
2005 29000 3000 5 600

1 p
Ka  
n T
1150
Ka   383.33
3
Pf = Pi + Ka ( Tf –Ti )
P2030 = 29000 + 383.33 ( 2030 –2005 ) = 38583.25 ~ 38584 capita
 Population Pf
x
P
Ln p
•This method depends on the linier
increase of the logarithm of population.
•lnPf = lnPi + Kg ( Tf –Ti ) P2
•Pf : the population in future. x

•Pi : the population in present. P1

x
•Tf : the design year.
•Ti : the year of known population.
•Tf –Ti : design period
•Kg : geometric constant

1  ln p t1 t2 tf
Kg   Time
n T (Years)
Example:
For the last example find the population at year 2030 using the geometric method.
Solution;

Time (years) p  ln p  ln p
t ln p
T
1980 20500 9.928
1990 22000 10 9.998 0.07 0.007
2000 26000 10 10.166 0.17 0.017
2005 29000 5 10.275 0.11 0.022

1  ln p
Kg  
n T
0.046
Kg   0.015
3
lnPf = lnPi + Kg ( Tf –Ti )

lnPf = ln29000+ 0.015 ( 2030 –2005 )

Pf = 42194.75 ~ 42195 capita
 Increasing factor method
x ( t f ti )
p f  pi (1  )
100

X: increasing factor = 2.4 % - 2.6 %

Example:
Predict the population of a city at year 2026 using increasing factor method if the
population at 1996 was 39000 capita.
Solution:

2.5 ( 2026 1996 )

p f  39000(1  )
100

= 81805.14 ~ 81806 capita.