BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, Pilani

Pilani Campus
AUGS/ AGSR Division

SECOND SEMESTER 2023-2024

COURSE HANDOUT
Date: 10.01.2024

In addition to part I (General Handout for all courses appended to the Timetable) this portion gives further
specific details regarding the course.
Course No : CE F342
Course Title : Water and Wastewater Treatment
Instructor-in-Charge : Anupam Singhal
Instructor(s) : Anupam Singhal
Tutorial/Practical Instructors : R. Srinivas, ,Yashaswi Singh Songara, Harishvar J,
Sangamithra, Ankit Kumar
1. Course Description: In this course, the fundamental concepts involved in Water and Wastewater treatment will be
discussed. The course coverage includes a wide range of topics such as sources of water, estimation of water
requirements and wastewater generation, study of their characteristics, natural methods of purification, different unit
operations for treatment of water and wastewater, sludge handling and disposal, advanced wastewater treatment, reuse
of wastewater, and hydraulic design of sewer and water supply distribution system. The course has a lab component
where the student gets involved in the testing of few physico-chemical parameters of water and wastewater.

2. Scope and Objective of the Course: The need of the hour in the world nowadays is “provision of adequate and
potable water supply”. The world is witnessing a war like situation for ‘lack of water supply’ at many places. The global
need is for judicious use of available water and putting efforts to recycle/reuse the treated wastewater for beneficial
purposes. This course aims to provide insight to the several technical aspects to be considered in the planning, design,
and implementation of water supply and wastewater treatment schemes. Field application of the subject is illustrated
through case studies reported in literature. In addition, students will be shown some videos to illustrate the field
application of the experiments demonstrated in the laboratory sessions. Application of software in the treatment of water
and wastewater will be illustrated. Case studies will be discussed with the examples of water and wastewater treatment.

3. Textbooks:
T1. Punmia B.C, A. Jain and A. Jain. Water Supply Engineering, Laxmi Publications, New Delhi, 1995.(new reprints
are available)

T2. Punmia B.C, A. Jain and A. Jain. Wastewater Engineering, Laxmi Publications, New Delhi, 1998.( new reprints
are available)

T3. Moondra H.S. and R. Gupta, Laboratory manual for Civil Engineering, CBS Publishers & Distributors,

Delhi, 1992.

3. Reference Books:
R1. Peavy H.S., D. R. Rowe and G. Tchobanoglous. Environmental Engineering, McGraw Hill Education (India)
Private Limited, 2013.
R2. Garg S.K. ,Water Supply Engineering, Khanna Publishers, Delhi, 2008.
R3. Garg S.K., Sewage Disposal & Air Pollution Engineering, Khanna Publishers, Delhi, 2010.
R4. Relevant IS codes, National and International Journals pertaining to the subject.

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5. Course Plan:
Module No. Lecture Session Reference Learning outcomes

1. Introduction to Introduction; Estimation of WS & Ch.1 of T1 & Understanding the basic

basics of Water WW; Characteristics (1-5) T2; Ch. 5 of T1; concepts of water and
Supply (WS) and Ch. 6 of T1; Ch. wastewater characteristics
wastewater (WW) 8 of T2
Engineering

2. Natural methods Self-purification of rivers, Ch. 7 of T1; Idea about the self-
for water and Dilution method, Gas transfer(6-8) Ch.9 of T2 purification capacity of
wastewater streams and natural
treatment methods of treatment

3. Unit operations for Preliminary treatment, Ch 8-11 of T1 Different steps in water

water treatment Sedimentation, Filtration, treatment
Disinfection(9-19)

4. Unit operations for Preliminary treatment, Primary Ch. 10-15 of T2 Students will get idea
wastewater treatment, Secondary treatment about the different
treatment methodologies of
(20-33) wastewater treatment

5. Treatment and Dewatering, Digestion and Ch. 16 of T2 Remedies of solid waste

disposal of sludge disposal(34-36) disposal

6. Advanced methods Ion exchange, Reverse Osmosis, Ch-18 of T2; Idea about the latest
of treatment for Adsorption, Water softening, Ch. 11 ,12,13of techniques of water and
water and WW Desalination (37-38) T1 wastewater treatment

7. Application of Hydraulic design of sewers, WS Ch. 4 of T2; Ch. Understanding the design
Hydraulics distribution networks and Field 16 of T1 of sewers and water
case studies (39-40) distribution system

8. Application of Design of Pipe Line (EPANET) EPANET and Application of software in

software and Water Quality WASP design and quality analysis
Analysis(WASP) Program(41-42)

9. Description of case Examples and field application of Field examples Working and design of
studies Water and Wastewater Treatment by experiences treatment plants with field
Plants(43-44) case studies

6. List of Experiments
1 Determination of acidity and alkalinity in water. 1 Turn

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2 Determination of Dissolved Oxygen (DO) in water 1 Turn

3 Determination of iron and residual chlorine in water 1 Turn

4 Determination of Chloride content in water 1 Turn

5 Determination of Hardness content in water 1 Turn

6 Determination of Calcium content in water 1 Turn

7 Determination of pH, turbidity and suspended solids of water 1 Turn

8 Determination of sulfate in water 1 Turn

9 Determination of Fluoride in water 1 Turn

10 Usage of multiparameter sonde to measure water quality parameters and treatment of storm 1 Turn
water runoff in urban setting.

11 Demonstration to determine the Optimum dose of a coagulant, COD and BOD 1 Turn

12 Water quality monitoring and real time monitoring of river Ganges using remote sensing. 1 Turn

7. Evaluation Scheme:
Component Duration Weightage Date & Time Nature of component
(%) (Close Book/ Open Book)
Mid-Semester Test 90 Min. 30 11/03/2024 OB
Comprehensive 3h 40 08/05/2024 CB
Examination
Tutorials 50 min 10% Continuous CB/OB
(5T)

Lab activity 110 10% Regular lab class timings OB

minutes

30 5% To be announced in the CB
minutes class
Lab quiz

Assignment - 5% To be announced in the OB

class

8. Chamber Consultation Hour: 4 to 5 PM every Monday.

9. Notices: Notices concerning the course will be announced in the class or Notice Board of Environmental
Engineering Laboratory.
10. Make-up Policy:
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AUGS/ AGSR Division

a. Make-up will be granted only on genuine reasons. However, prior permission is must.
b. For medical cases, a certificate from the concerned physician of the Medical Centre must be produced.
c. No make-up will be granted for lab quiz.

11. Note (if any): Academic honesty and academic integrity are to be maintained by all the students throughout the
semester and no type of academic dishonesty is acceptable.

Instructor-in-charge
Course No. CE F342