CE 326
Principles of Environmental Engineering
Fall 2002
Course Objectives: to provide an introductory understanding of various aspects of
environmental engineering. The course will cover water quality
parameters, water sources, potable water quality and treatment methods,
wastewater pollution control and treatment methods, survey of solid and
hazardous wastes management and air pollution control
Time:
Lectures
Lab/ Site Visits/
Recitation
Section 1
Section 2
MF
T
W
Office Hours:
Monday from 1 – 3 pm
Office hours for TAs – to be announced
Instructor:
Say Kee (S.K.) Ong
486 Town
294-3927
skong@iastate.edu
10
10 – 12
2–4
Rm 280
Rm 240 & 112
Rm 240 & 112
Teaching Assistants To be advised
Text:
Davis and Cornwell,
Introduction to Environmental Engineering, 3rd ed.,
McGraw-Hill, 1998
Grading:
3 exams - 23% each for first two exams, 24% for the final
Homework
Site visit reports
Labs
Projects
70 %
7.5 %
7.5 %
7.5 %
7.5 %
IMPORTANT: Be sure to put your NAME and SECTION NUMBER on
all your home work and lab work
ALL HOMEWORK, LAB AND SITE REPORTS, PROJECTS MUST
BE TURNED IN DURING LECTURE TIME AS SPECIFIED
ZERO CREDIT FOR LATE REPORTS AND HOMEWORK
CE 326 Principles of Environmental Engineering
Week
Dates
Topic
1
Aug. 26 Introduction/Mass Balances/Concentrations
30 Mass Balances/Concentrations
2
Sept. 2
6
Reading Assignment
1 - 45
1 - 45, 136 - 140, 149
Holiday
Water Supply—water chemistry and quality standards
132 - 154, 154 - 168
3
9
13
Water Supply—quality standards and treatment systems
Water Supply—coagulation and flocculation
154 - 168, 168 - 172
172 - 182, 201 - 211
4
16
20
Water Supply—coagulation and flocculation
Water Supply —sedimentation
201 - 211
211 - 228
5
23
27
Water Supply—filtration
Water Supply—filtration/disinfection
228 - 240
240 - 248
6
30
Oct. 4
1st Exam
Wastewater—Sources and BOD
284 - 294, 297 - 302
7
7
11
Wastewater—DO sag curve
Wastewater—DO sag curve
302 - 320
302 - 320
8
14
18
Wastewater—biological processes
Wastewater—primary treatment
339 - 3
361 - 375
9
21
25
Wastewater—secondary treatment
Wastewater—secondary treatment
482 - 401
482 - 401
Wastewater—secondary treatment/sedimentation
Wastewater—biosolids disposal
401 - 406
418 - 420, 434 - 444
10
28
Nov. 1
11
4
8
Air Pollution—fundamentals and standards
2nd Exam
460 - 465
12
11
15
Air Pollution—effects, origins and fate of pollutants
Air Pollution—dispersion of pollutants
465 – 491
491 - 498, 500 - 509
13
18
22
Air Pollution—control devices
Solid Wastes—source and management
511 - 535
631 - 639
14
25 - 29
15
Dec. 2
6
Thanksgiving Break
Solid Wastes—disposal and processing methods
Hazardous Wastes—source and management
658 - 691
703 - 707, 726 - 732
732 - 798
16
9
13
Hazardous Wastes—disposal and processing methods
Tie up loose ends
17
16
Final Exam
CE 326 - Lab Schedule
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Week
Lab Assignment
Room
1
No Lab
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2
Concentrations/Materials Balance
240
3
Chemical Concepts Lab
112
4
Field Trip: Ames Water Treatment Plant
Meet at Water
Treatment Plant
5
Chemical Coagulation Lab
240/112
6
Design Problem: Rapid Sand Filter
240
7
Design Problem: Rapid Sand Filter
240
8
BOD and Solids Analysis Lab
112
9
Field Trip: Ames Wastewater Treatment Plant
(optional – since using personal transport)
Meet at Wastewater
Traetment Plan
10
Design Problem: Wastewater Treatment Plant
240
11
Design Problem: Wastewater Treatment Plant
240
12
Field Trip: ISU Power Plant
Meet at Power Plant
13
Dispersion Modeling: Stack Height
240
14
Field Trip: Ames Resource Recovery Plant
Meet at Resource
Recovery Plan
15
Thanksgiving
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16
Solid Waste Problem/Review
240
17
Final Exam
280