• Basic information
• Learning outcomes
• Contents
• Assessment
• Workload

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Contribution to Program Outcomes

   Method of assessment
2. Use one or multiple treatment processes of water and wastewater

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Demonstrate awareness for the social impacts of solutions to advanced problems
   2. Review the literature critically pertaining to his/her research projects, and connect the earlier literature to his/her own results
   3. Acquire scientific knowledge
   4. Develop an awareness of continuous learning in relation with modern technology
   5. Effectively express his/her research ideas and findings both orally and in writing
   6. Promote environmental consciousness and scientific research.

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
3. Analyse fundamentals of processes

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Design and conduct research projects independently
   2. Find out new methods to improve his/her knowledge.
   3. Promote environmental consciousness and scientific research.

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
4. Gain basic concepts about the process chemistry

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Environmental Engineering
   2. Design and conduct research projects independently
   3. Find out new methods to improve his/her knowledge.
   4. Effectively express his/her research ideas and findings both orally and in writing
   5. Promote environmental consciousness and scientific research.

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam

Contents
Week 1:	Basic principles: Chemical equations, Types of chemical reactions, Solutions and calculations from chemical equations, Chemical equilibrium and thermodynamics
Week 2:	Acid-base equilibria: Equilibrium diagrams, Alkalinity and acidity, The carbonic acid ststem, Buffering in water systems
Week 3:	Solubility equilibria: Solubility equilibrium for slightly soluble salts, Effect of other solutes on salt solubilities, Removal of heavy metals from wastewaters
Week 4:	Oxidation-reduction equilibria: Galvanic cells and chemical thermodynamics, Stability diagrams, Measuring redox potentials
Week 5:	Process Kinetics: Reaction rates and types, Catalysis, Crystal growth kinetics, Effect of temperature on reaction rate
Week 6:	Surface and colloidal chemistry: Colloidal systems, Surface charge on colloidal particles, The electrical double layer and stability
Week 7:	Coagulation in water treatment: Destabilization of colloidal dispersions, Coagulation in water treatment, Rapid mixing and flocculation
Week 8:	Water stabilization: Electrochemical aspects of corrosion, Water stabilization
Week 9:	Water softening and neutralization: Chemical precipitation, Application of Ion-exchanges
Week 10:	Ion-exchange: Types and characteristics of ion exchange resins, System operation, Theory and applications of ion exchange
Week 11:	Removal of soluble organic materials from wastewater by carbon adsortion: Adsorption studies, Types of Adsorption systems, Design of batch adsorption systems, Behavior of carbon adsorption columns, Design of carbon adsorption columns: mathematical models
Week 12:	Fluoride removal: Precipitation of floride with calcium, Removal of fluoride with alum, Fluoride removal by ion exchange and adsorption, Defluoridation
Week 13:	Applications of redox chemistry: Treatment of metal-plating wastewater, Ammonia removal by breakpoint chlorination
Week 14:	Iron and manganese removal: Equilibria governing iron and manganese solubility, Oxidation of iron(II) and manganese(II), Kinetics of iron(II) and manganese(II) oxidation, Methods of iron and manganese removal, Industrial application of wastewater processes
Week 15*:	Midterm exam
Week 16*:	Final exam
Textbooks and materials:	Benefield L.R., Judkins J.F., Weand B.L., 1982, Process Chemistry for Water and Wastewater Treatment, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Recommended readings:	Asano T., Water Reuse: Issues, Technologies, and Applications, Metcalf & Eddy, AECOM, The McGraw-Hill, New York. Benefield L.R., Judkins J.F., Weand B.L., 1982, Process Chemistry for Water and Wastewater Treatment, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Cheremisinoff N.P. Ph.D., 2002, Handbook of Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies, Butterworth-Heinemann, Wildwood Avenue. Drinan J.E., 2000, Water & Wastewater Treatment, A Gzlide for the Nonengineering Profssional, CRC Press, Boca Raton. Droste R.L., 1997, Theory and Practice of Water and Wastewater Treatment, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NewYork. Eilbeck W.J., Mattock G., 1987, Chemical Processes in Wastewater Treatment, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NewYork. Ghassemi A., 2002, Handbook of Pollution Control and Waste Minimization, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York. Hocking M.B., 2006, Handbook of Chemical Technology and Pollution Control, Third Edition, Elsevier Science & Technology Books, New York. Fair G.M., Geyer J.C., Okun D.A., 1988, Water and Wastewater Engineering ( Volume 1: Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment; Volume 2: Water Purification and Wastewater treatment), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NewYork. Fox S., 2000, Environmental Engineers’ Handbook, CRC Press, Boca Raton. Frank Woodard, Ph.D., P.E., 2001, Industrial Waste Treatment Handbook, Butterworth-Heinemann, Wildwood Avenue. Kemmer F.N., 1987, The NALCO Water Handbook, Second Edition, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York. Levenspiel O., 1980, Chemical Reaction Engineering, Second edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NewYork. Lichtfouse E., Schwarzbauer J., Robert D., 2005, Environmental Chemistry: Green Chemistry and Pollutants in Ecosystems, Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York. Lin S.D., 2007, Water and Wastewater Calculations Manual, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., New York. Manahan S.E., 2000, Environmental Chemistry CRC Press, Boca Raton. Reynolds J.P., Jeris J.S., Theodore L., 2002, Handbook of Chemical and Environmental Engineering Calculations, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York. Snoeyink V.L., 1980, Water Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., NewYork. Stephenson T., Judd, S., 2002, Process Science and Engineering for Water and Wastewater Treatment, IWA Publ., London. Wright J.,2003, Environmental chemistry, Taylor & Francis Group, New York.
	* Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.

Assessment
Method of assessment	Week number	Weight (%)
Mid-terms:	15	40
Other in-term studies:	0	0
Project:	0	0
Homework:	0	0
Quiz:	0	0
Final exam:	16	60
	Total weight:	(%)

Workload
Activity	Duration (Hours per week)	Total number of weeks	Total hours in term
Courses (Face-to-face teaching):	3	14
Own studies outside class:	4	14
Practice, Recitation:	0	0
Homework:	6	10
Term project:	0	0
Term project presentation:	0	0
Quiz:	0	0
Own study for mid-term exam:	11	1
Mid-term:	3	1
Personal studies for final exam:	11	1
Final exam:	3	1
		Total workload:
		Total ECTS credits:	*
	* ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25. (1 ECTS = 25 work hours)