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SARHAD UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY PESHAWAR
Department of Civil Engineering

ENIVORNMENTAL ENGINGIEERING - II

Course Code: CE–407

Course Name: Environmental Engineering – I

Semester: 7th

Credit Hours: 02 (Theory) + 01 (Lab) = 03

Contact Hours: 32 + 48 = 80

Prerequisite: None

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course provides a wide range of environmental engineering related knowledge.


It deals with the overall perspective of various environmental engineering issues
both at the domestic as well as at the community level, and the skills required to
evaluate, analyze and solve the environmental engineering related problems, by
learning the design skills of wastewater treatment units.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Students will understand, analyze and give solutions to various the environmental
issues, especially related to sanitary engineering

RELEVANT COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Taxonomy
S# CLO Domain PLO
Level

Apply different concepts and solve


1. problems related to sanitary Cognitive 3 6
engineering.

2. Analyze and elucidate wastewater Cognitive 4 7


quality assessment and treatment
SARHAD UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY PESHAWAR
Department of Civil Engineering

procedure.

Explains the significance of conducting the Psychomot


3. 2
wastewater quality analysis in laboratory. or 12

Demonstrates the various aspects of laboratory


4. Affective 3
protocols during conduct of lab work. 12

RELEVANT PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES (PLOs):

The course is designed so that students will achieve the following PLOs:

1 Engineering Knowledge: ☐ 7 Environment and ✓


Sustainability:
2 Problem Analysis: ☐ 8 Ethics: ☐
3 Design/Development of ☐ 9 Individual and Team Work: ☐
Solutions:
4 Investigation: ☐ 1 Communication: ☐
0
5 Modern Tool Usage: ☐ 1 Project Management: ☐
1
6 The Engineer and Society: ✓ 1 Lifelong Learning: ✓
2

TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES (TLAS):

Course learning outcomes will be achieved through a combination of the following


teaching strategies.

 Quizzes
 Video Presentations
 Classroom Discussions
 Assignments
 Complex Engineering Problem
 Mid-Term Examination
 Final Examination

KEYWORD SYLLABUS:

1) Estimation of sewage quantities


SARHAD UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY PESHAWAR
Department of Civil Engineering

Population characteristics, population forecasting, waste water generation,


Rainfall intensity formulas, hydrograph and weather flow, sewage quantities;
Variations and rates of flows; Velocity gradient and limiting velocities.
2) Characteristics of sewage
Sampling and testing techniques, sampling techniques and examination of
waste water (Physical, chemical and microbiological parameters). Design,
construction and maintenance of sewage system Separate and combined
systems; Types, shapes, size and materials of sewers; Sewer appurtenances,
pipe strengths and tests.
3) Construction and maintenance of sewer system and analysis
Diameter and gradient, sewer joints, grading, laying, jointing and testing of
sewers. Municipal and industrial wastes; Water pollution, causes and control
parameter; Effluent disposal guideline and standards- Pakistan National
Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS)
4) Sewage treatment and disposal
Primary, secondary and tertiary treatment; Screening grit chamber, skimming
tanks and sedimentation tanks; Activated sludge treatment, tricking filters,
oxidation ponds, etc. Receiving body, assimilation capacity; Stream pollution
and self-recovery, sludge handling and disposal; Effluent reuses, Control and
management of industrial waste waters.
5) Requirements and arrangement of building drainage
Soil pipes, anti-syphon pipes and waste water pipes; sanitary fixtures and
traps; House connection and testing of house drainage; Cross connection and
back syphonage control.
6) Solid waste management
Types, characteristics, sources and quantities of solid waste; collection
disposal and recycling

List of Practicals:
SARHAD UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY PESHAWAR
Department of Civil Engineering

1) To find Color of a given wastewater samples.


2) To determine the pH of wastewater sample
3) To determine the Total Solids, Dissolved Solids, Suspended Solids in a given
sample of wastewater
4) To determine Chloride contents in a given wastewater sample by Argentic
Method
5) To determine the optimum coagulant dosage for wastewater treatment by
using Jar test
6) To determine Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) of a given wastewater sample
7) To determine the Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) of a given wastewater
sample
8) To determine the Dissolved Oxygen in a sample by Azide Modification
method
9) To determine the Particulate Matters in the air
10) To measure O2, CO and CO2 in the air using Industrial Combustion Gas
Analyzer

WEEKWISE COURSE BREAKDOWN (LESSON PLAN):


SARHAD UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY PESHAWAR
Department of Civil Engineering

Week Main Topics Activity


Conventional wastewater treatment processes, criteria for selecting a
1-2
treatment process, manhole, characteristics of wastewater etc
Fundamentals of wastewater treatment and designing, important design
parameters, mass-loading factor, reaction rates, reactors or treatment units,
3-4 Quiz-1
important design parameters etc
Assignment-1
Designing of pre-requisites units (pumping station, screening chamber, grit
5-7 chamber, skimming tank etc)

Primary treatment (sedimentation tank design)


8
Mid-Term Examination

Secondary treatment of water, concept of biological wastewater treatment of


9 wastewater, classification of biological wastewater treatment processes, etc.

Determination of bio-kinetic coefficients for biological treatment processes


10
Quiz-2
Design of an activated sludge process, design of UASB reactor (anaerobic
Assginment-2
digestion). Design of trickling filter (or percolating filter), design of an
11-14
CEP
oxidation ponds (or wastes stabilization ponds)

Advanced treatment options for wastewater, sludge treatment and disposal,


15
Solid and hazardous waste management, wastes minimization etc
16

Final Examination
SARHAD UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY PESHAWAR
Department of Civil Engineering

ASSESSMENT AND GRADING MECHANISM:


 Sessional 25% (If Online 20%)
o Quizzes 20%
o Assignments 20%
o CEP 20%
o Lab Reports 30%
o Viva 10%
 Mid-Term 25% (If Online 30%)
 Final Exam 50%

RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS AND READING REFERENCES:


Textbook (s)
“Water Supply and Sewage”, 5th Edition by E.W.Steel

References Material:
1. “Environmental Engineering”, by Gerard Kiely, McGraw Hill Publishers
2. “A Text Book of Environmental Engineering”, 2018 Edition by Dr Arshad Ali

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