Water quality

undergraduate
water quality
python
This course introduces the student to the management of drinking water and wastewater from a perspective of civil engineering.
Author

Marco A. Alsina

Objectives

  • Identify the principal characteristics and services of water.
  • Quantify and assess the behavior of water contaminants in engineered systems.
  • Recognize the processes and technologies associated with production of drinking water and treatment of wastewater and sludge.
  • Design at a conceptual level a system for water treatment.

Contents

Unit I: Reactors and reactions

  1. Water and sustainability
  2. Characteristics and requirements of water
  3. Modeling reactors and reactions

Unit II: Primary and secondary treatment

  1. Sampling and analysis of water
  2. Primary treatment of water
  3. Secondary treatment of water

Unit III: Tertiary treatment and disinfection

  1. Disinfection
  2. Tertiary treatment of water
  3. Treatment and disposal of sludge

Resources

id Content Title Author Date
3.01 Transport phenomena NaCl diffusion from a reservoir Marco A. Alsina Mar 25, 2023
3.02 Transport phenomena NaCl diffusion from a point source Marco A. Alsina Mar 25, 2023
3.03 Reactors Hydraulic behavior of a reactor Marco A. Alsina Apr 1, 2023
5.02 Primary treatment Settling curve of many particles Marco A. Alsina May 13, 2023
5.01 Primary treatment Settling curve of same particles Marco A. Alsina May 13, 2023
5.03 Primary treatment Settling curve of floccules Marco A. Alsina May 13, 2023
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