BAHIR DAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
FACULTY OF CIVIL AND WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING
MSc/MEng Program in Water Supply and Sanitary Engineering
Course Outline - Wastewater Treatment Process and Plant Design II
Pre-requisite: Wastewater Treatment process and Plant Design I
Course Code: WSSE 7313 Class Year: II
Credit hour (Cr-L): 3-3 Academic Year: 2020/2021
Semester: I Course Instructor: Andinet Kebede (PhD)
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to gain an understanding of the biological wastewater treatment
processes. Specifically, the course enables students to
understand biological treatment principles and kinetic
design unit operations systems of biological wastewater treatment
Competences to be acquired
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
describe unit processes used in biological treatment and resource recovery;
explain how unit processes work from both a microbiological and a systems basis for both
aerobic and anaerobic systems;
evaluate the potential to recover water, energy and nutrients from waste;
Perform a preliminary design of a biological process to achieve a desired outcome
Course Contents
1. Basic biological treatment principles and kinetics
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Biodegrability assessment
1.3. Stoichiometry and kinetics of biochemical operations
1.4. Selection of Process reactor and its kinetics
2. Aerobic wastewater treatment system design
2.1. Suspended growth biological treatment processes
2.1.1. Activated sludge process
2.1.2. Waste stabilization ponds and lagoons
2.1.3. Nutrient removal systems
2.1.4. Membrane biological reactors
2.2. Attached growth and hybrid biological treatment processes
2.2.1. Trickling filters
2.2.2. Biotower
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BAHIR DAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
FACULTY OF CIVIL AND WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING
MSc/MEng Program in Water Supply and Sanitary Engineering
2.2.3. Rotating Biological Contactors (RBC)
2.2.4. Hybrid processes
3. Anaerobic biological treatment processes
3.1. Anaerobic suspended growth process
3.1.1. Anaerobic contact process
3.1.2. Up flow anaerobic sludge blankets (UASB)
3.1.3. Anaerobic sequencing batch reactor
3.2. Anaerobic attached growth processes
3.3. Anaerobic filter system – for septic tank effluents
4. Supplementary wastewater treatment systems
4.1. Tertiary wastewater treatment systems
4.1.1. Nitrogen removal
4.1.2. Phosphorus removal
4.1.3. Solids removal
4.1.3.1. Filtration
4.1.3.2. Activated carbon adsorption
4.1.3.3. Membrane filtration
4.2. Natural Systems
4.2.1. Pond systems
4.2.2. Land treatment systems
4.2.3. Floating aquatic plant system
4.2.4. Constructed Wetlands
5. Secondary clarification and disinfection
5.1. Secondary clarification
5.1.1. Secondary clarifier for attached growth process
5.1.2. Secondary clarifier for suspended growth process
5.2. Disinfection
5.2.1. Chlorination
5.2.2. Dechlorination
5.2.3. UV treatment
5.2.4. Ozonation
6. Solids processing and disposal
6.1. Design of sludge management facilities
6.2. Sludge thickening
6.3. Sludge stabilization
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BAHIR DAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
FACULTY OF CIVIL AND WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING
MSc/MEng Program in Water Supply and Sanitary Engineering
6.3.1. Anaerobic digestion
6.3.2. Aerobic digestion
6.4. Sludge dewatering
6.5. Ultimate residue disposal
7. Designing for sustainability
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Technologies for sustainable biological wastewater treatment
8. Case studies
Assessment of municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants (textile, tannery, malt &
brewery, slaughter house) in Ethiopia
Wastewater characteristics
Plant description: design, construction and performance evaluation (compared with the
Ethiopian standard for the establishment)
Sludge management systems evaluation
Environmental and social impact assessment
Operational and maintenance
Planning, organizing & controlling of plant operations and capacity building
Mode of Evaluation
Project work (Ch. 8) …….................... 30%
Assignments (4.2 & problems) …..….. 30%
Final Exam …………………………... 40%
References
1.
1 Fundamentals of Wastewater Treatment and Engineering: Rumana Riffat, IWA Publishing, 2013.
2. Wastewater Engineering: Treatment, Disposal & Reuse: Metcalf and Eddy, 4th Edition, 2003.
3. Water and Wastewater Engineering - Design Principles and Practice: Mackenzie L. Davis, The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2010.
4. Biological Wastewater Treatment: C. P. Leslie Grady, Jr. Glen T. Daigger Nancy G. Love Carlos
D. M. Filipe, 3rd edition, CRC Press, 2011.
5. Biological Wastewater Treatment: Principles, Modelling and Design, 1 st Edition, IWA
publishing, UK, 2008.
6. Wastewater Treatment Plants: Planning, Design and Operation: Qasim, S.R., Technomic
Publications, New York, 1994.
