DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Course Units Prerequisite Semester/SY Instructor & Department Head Dean Course Description : : : : : : CE 52- Water Supply and Sewerage 3 CE 45-Hydraulics First Semester, 2000-2001 Engr. Tomas U. Ganiron Jr, MSCE Engr. Jose M. Segovia, MSEE

Sources and quality of water supplies; properties of portable water collection and conveyance structures, miscellaneous water treatment and structures, pumps and pumping stations, pipe network analysis, amount of sewage flow, construction and maintenance of sewerage system. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to do the following: 1. Understand the fundamental concepts based on design of water and wastewater treatment systems, distribution and collection system. 2. Focus on the theoretical and laboratory exercises based on wastewater problems. 3. Know the current state of the technology to reduce organic micro pollutants in water and control disinfections by products.
Course Distribution Week TOPICS

Orientation 1. Introduction to water supply and sewerage . Definition . Sources of Environmental Problems . Interrelationship of Environmental Problems 2. Quality of water and sewerage . Relation of Quantity and Population . Population Estimation . Water use for different purposes . Factors affecting water use . Variations in water use . Fire Demands . Design periods for water supply components . Sources of sewage . Relation for water use . Infiltration in sewage flow . Design periods for sewerage system components 3. Ground water . Sources and Quality . Occurrence of Aquifers . Equilibrium Analysis of Wells . Interference in Aquifers

. Ground water contamination . Renovation of Contaminated Groundwater . Recharge of Aquifers . Well Construction . Well Maintenance 4. Ground water . Sources and Quality . Occurrence of Aquifers . Equilibrium Analysis of Wells . Interference in Aquifers . Ground water contamination . Renovation of Contaminated Groundwater . Recharge of Aquifers . Well Construction . Well Maintenance Prelim Examination 5. Aqueducts and water pipes . Conveyance and distribution . Aqueducts . Stresses in pipes . Pipe Lines . Iron Pipe . Steel Pipe . Concrete Pipe . Asbestos Cement Pipe . Plastic Pipe . Valves and Appurtenances . Effects of Pipe Materials on Water Quality 6. Collection and distribution of water . Intakes . Methods of distribution . Storage . Flow Estimation . Pressure Required . Pipes System . Design of Water Distribution Systems . Construction of Water Distribution System . Distribution on System Maintenance . Protection of Water Quality in Distribution System 7. Quality of water supplies . Water and its Impurities . Waterborne Diseases . Inorganic and Organic Contaminants . Common Constituents of Natural Waters . Water Chemistry . EPA Standards . Liability for Unsafe Water . Characteristics of waterborne Epidemics

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. Watershed and Reservoir Protection . Protection within the Treatment and Distribution System 8. Clarification of water . Purpose of Clarification Processes . Sedimentation of Discrete Particles and Flocculants Suspensions . Hinder Setting . Scour . Coagulation Processes . Chemical Feeding Methods . Sedimentation Basin Design . Mechanical Equipment Selection 9. Filtration of water . Slow Sand Filters . Rapid Filtration . Theory of Filtration in Rapid Filters . Filter Media . Under drain System . Backwash Process Piping in Filtration Plants . Operating Difficulties . Clear Wells and Plant Capacity . Other Filtration Processes Midterm Examination 10. Miscellaneous water treatment techniques . Disinfection . Organic Contaminants . Algae Control . Chemistry of Activated Carbon . Iron and Manganese Removal . Aeration . Water softening . Stabilization . Iron Exchange . Reverse Osmosis . Treatment of Brackish and Saline Waters . Fluoridation and defluorida 11. Sewerage-General contributions . Definitions . General Considerations . Combined and Separate Sewers . Liability for Damaged caused by sewage 12. Sewer materials . Precast Sewers . Strength and bedding of sewers . Other fabricated sewers . Infiltration and Sewer Joints . Built in Place Sewers . Corrosion of Sewers

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13. Sewage disposal . Disposal Techniques . Effects of Stream Discharge . Water Quality Modeling . Application of Analysis Techniques . Lake and Ocean Discharge . Submarine Outfalls . Land Disposal and Treatment . Total Retention System . Selection of a Disposal System Final Examination

Textbook Water Supply and Sewerage (6th ed.) By Terence J.McGhee

References

Water Supply by Twort, Law Crowley etc. (4th ed.) Sewerage and Sewage Treatment by Babbitt and Baumann

Grades Distribution Components Seatworks/Short Quizzes Projects Assignments Attendance Prelim Exam Midterm Exam Final Exam Total % Distribution 10 4 4 2 15 15 50 100