Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

WRE 503 — Design of Treatment Plants

3 units · WRE department course · Nigerian universities

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Course contents

Wastewater Storm water sewage: rational method for design. Preliminary treatment: flow measurement, weirs, flumes, flow separation, screening, storm water settlement, grit removal, overflow rates. Batch settlement analysis; radial and rectangular design. Secondary treatment: activated sludge process, percolating filters, oxidation ponds, biological kinetics and application in sludge treatment and disposal. Anaerobic digestion. Sludge processing, pumping and power requirements. Water Supply Flow diagrams for the treatment of surface and groundwater. Preliminary treatment: screening, coagulation, flocculation and sedimentation. Slow sand, rapid sand and pressure filters. Disinfection: water softening, iron and manganese removal. Chemicals for water Treatment. WRE 504: Hydrogeology (Groundwater Hydrology) (3 Units C: LH 45) Learning Outcomes Upon the successful completion of the course the students should be able to: 1. describe the characteristics of groundwater flow; 2. identify and measure aquifer properties and their effects on groundwater flow; 3. Compute groundwater recharge, flow and discharge; 4. decide on appropriate qualitative and quantitative methods commonly used in physical hydrogeology; and 5. employ physical based equations that describe flow in the unsaturated zone, groundwater flow under natural conditions and around a pumping well. Course Contents Groundwater an

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