1 - Introduction To WWE

Environmental Engineering II
Course outlines
• Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan
Books for Reference
• Water Supply Engineering
By S.K Garg
• Fundamental of Water Supply and Sanitary Engineering

By S.C. Rangwala
• Wastewater Treatment Concept and Design Approach

By G.L. Karia & R C Christian
Wastewater Engineering
Introduction
Wastewater engineering
• It is a type of engineering that comes
from civil engineering and environmental
engineering.
• Wastewater engineering deals with the
transportation and cleaning
of blackwater, greywater, and irrigation
water.
• Wastewater treatment and water
reclamation are areas of concern in this
field.
What is wastewater ??
• The used water or liquid waste generated by
the community due to its various activities.
• Technically, wastewater can be defined as any
water or liquid that contains impurities or
pollutants in the form of solids, liquids or
gases or their combinations in such a
concentration that is harmful if disposed into
the environment.
Impurities in wastewater
 Impurities in wastewater are mainly due to the
presence of solids in the water.
 The solids may be organic or inorganic in nature
and may be present in suspended, colloidal,
dissolved or in the various forms of their
combinations.
 The final discharge of wastewater will normally be
either into the body of water or onto the land. The
receiving bodies of water may be streams, lakes,
ponds, canals, rivers, seas, *estuaries, etc.
 *(Section of a river meeting the sea)

Stream
lake
Pond
Estuaries
Types of Wastewater
Depending upon the source of generation,

wastewaters are broadly classified as:
Domestic wastewater or municipal wastewater

Industrial wastewater
Domestic wastewater
 Domestic wastewater, also known as municipal
wastewater or sanitary wastewater or simply sewage.
 Sometimes, partially-treated liquid wastes from small
industries are also collected and discharged into the
sanitary sewers and thus included with domestic
wastewater.
 In general, domestic wastewater contains organic and
inorganic solids and microorganisms, mainly bacteria.
 The composition of wastewater will depend on the
source of its generation.
 Domestic wastewater , in general, is 99.9% water and
contains only 0.1% solids.
Industrial wastewater
 Normally the wastewaters generated by large and

medium scale industries are called industrial
wastewaters. These wastewaters vary in quantity and
quality from industry to industry and from process to
process for the same industry.
 In general, a majority of manufacturing industries
generate a large volume of high strength
wastewaters.
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Lake and Pond
If the water is deep enough that light does
not penetrate to the bottom, and
photosynthesis is limited to the top layer, the
body of water is considered a lake.
A pond is a body of water shallow enough to
support rooted plants. Many times plants
grow all the way across a shallow pond.
Treatment Methods
 Physical
 Chemical
 Biological
Treatment Methods
 Based on the means used, treatment methods have been
broadly classified as:
 Unit operations
 Unit processes
Unit operations
• The means of treatment in which the application of physical

forces predominate are known as unit operations.
o Mixing
o Flocculation
o Sedimentation
o Floatation
o Elutriation
o Vacuum filtration
o Heat transfer and drying
Unit processes
• The types of treatment in which the removal of

contaminants is brought about by the addition of chemicals
or the use of biological mass or microbial activities are
known as unit processes.
Chemical Unit Processes
• Reduction or removal is brought about by means of chemical
reactions by adding chemicals. Major treatment methods falling
under this category are as follows:
 Chemical neutralization: To control or adjust the system pH.
 Chemical coagulation: To remove colloidal particles by chemical

destabilization and flocculation.
Chemical Unit Processes (Cont.)
 Chemical precipitation: To enhance the removal of suspended solids,
phosphorous, heavy metals and BOD in specific system conditions.
 Chemical oxidation: To remove grease, ammonia, BOD, COD and for

odour control in particular requirement.
 Chemical disinfection: To kill pathogens in influent and treated

effluents.
Biological Unit Process
 Reduction or removal is brought about by microorganisms. Major treatment
methods falling under this category are classified as follows:
 Suspended growth process: Activated Sludge Process, Aerated Lagoon,
Oxidation Pond, Aerobic and Anaerobic Digesters, etc.
 Attached growth process: Trickling Filter, Rotating Biological Contactors,
Bio Towers, Up-flow Filters, etc.
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Sullage
1.Greywater (also spelled graywater)
or sullage is all wastewater generated in
households or office buildings from
streams without fecal contamination, i.e.
all streams except for the wastewater from
toilets. Sources of greywater include, e.g.
sinks, showers, baths, clothes washing
machines or dish washers.
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Environmental Engineering II

• Fundamental of Water Supply and Sanitary Engineering

• Wastewater Treatment Concept and Design Approach

 *(Section of a river meeting the sea)

Depending upon the source of generation,

Domestic wastewater or municipal wastewater

 Normally the wastewaters generated by large and

• The means of treatment in which the application of physical

• The types of treatment in which the removal of

 Chemical neutralization: To control or adjust the system pH.

 Chemical coagulation: To remove colloidal particles by chemical

 Chemical oxidation: To remove grease, ammonia, BOD, COD and for

 Chemical disinfection: To kill pathogens in influent and treated

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