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College of Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering

EnvE 555 Course in Graduate Environmental Engineering

Natural Water Pollution Control
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    Course Description: Estimation of point and distributed waste loads; analysis of natural processes in receiving waters; development of models for analyzing and predicting the spatial and temporal distribution of bacteria, dissolved oxygen, nutrients and toxicants in lakes, reservoirs, streams, rivers, estuaries and bays. (3 cr.)

    Required Text: Need new textbook!

    Notebook: Copies of all the slides could be purchased in advance.

    Prerequisites: Graduate standing in engineering; differential equations; hydraulics, spreadsheet programming.

    Course Objectives: Development of modeling framework for the analysis and prediction of the effects of waste disposal practices and pollutants on the ecology of surface waters and their impacts on natural water quality.

    Topics:

  • Introduction
  • Water quality considerations:
    Bacteriological, Dissolved oxygen, Nutrients, Toxicants
  • Waste load considerations:
    Steady, non-steady, varied loads, point loads and, distributed loads.
  • Hydrological considerations:
    Rivers and streams, Estuaries and bays, Lakes and reservoirs
  • Modeling considerations:
    Bacteria- in rivers, lakes and estuaries, DO- in rivers, lakes and estuaries, Nutrients- in rivers, lakes and estuaries.
  • Analysis of laboratory data