Industrial Waste Water Treatment - Unit 1
Industrial Waste Water Treatment - Unit 1
Industrial Waste Water Treatment - Unit 1
treatment
Course code: 10CV835
NAVEEN
Unit – 1
Introduction
Course code: 10CV835
NAVEEN B.O.
NIE MYSURU
1. Introduction to Civil Engineering
A. Definition of Civil Engineering
pharmaceuticals,
wastewater
Many of these plants discharge wastewater with significant levels of metals such
as lead, mercury, cadmium and chromium, as well as arsenic, selenium and nitrogen
compounds (nitrates and nitrites).
Can be piped directly to a local wastewater This involves wastewater that can’t be
treatment plant through sewer pipes immediately pumped directly to a domestic
or municipal wastewater treatment plant
The common indicators for assessing water quality are temperature, pH, biological
oxygen demand, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, ammonia, nitrogen and coliform counts.
Dissolved oxygen :
Bathing
Fishing
Irrigation
Navigation
Recreation
Power Generation
Eutrophication
Pathogenic effects
Stream standards refer to the quality of the receiving water downstream from
the origin of the wastewater discharge
The Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, and its amendments
The Water (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1974 and its amendments
The Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and its amendments