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Cyprus International University
TR

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY I

Course
ENVE201 - ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY I
Department
Institute of Graduate Studies and Research
Course Type
Scientific Preparation
Status
Required
Language
English
Credit
0
ECTS
0
T+P+L
0 + 0 + 0
Course Coordinator(s)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şifa DOĞAN
Prerequisite
-
Keywords

Course Description

This course deals with the chemistry and analysis of water and wastewater quality parameters, organic-inorganic pollutants, basis of treatment methods. Introduction to Water and Wastewater Analysis. Drinking Water Standards – Wastewater Discharge Standards. Fundamentals of Chemistry for Environmental Engineering. Basic Concepts from Quantitative Chemistry Turbidity – Color. Solids. Chloride. Fluoride. Residual Chlorine and Chlorine Demand. Microbiological Quality of Water – Coliform analysis using membrane filtration technique. pH, Acid and Bases. Acidity. Carbonate chemistry, Alkalinity, Hardness, Bar Diagram, Iron and Manganese. This course is one of the basic courses that the student should fully understand the theoretical and practical aspects of parameters significance and analysis methods.

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY I

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Course outcomes

  1. 01 List the physical, chemical and biological constituents of water and wastewaters and express these parameters by concentration
  2. 02 Describe the fundamental water/wastewater parameters: "Turbidity", "Color", "pH", "Solids", "Chloride", "Residual Chlorine and Chlorine Demand", "Acidity", "Alkalinity", "Hardness"
  3. 03 Discuss the sources and nature of fundamental water/wastewater parameters
  4. 04 Explain the theory behind the measurement of these parameters
  5. 05 Analyze the results of laboratory experiments for fundamental water/wastewater parameters

Course Syllabus

Week Topic
Week 1 Water and Wastewater Constituents, Basic Concepts for General Chemistry, Solutions and Their Concentrations
Week 2 Turbidity
Week 3 Color - Quiz 1
Week 4 pH
Week 5 Solids - Quiz 2
Week 6 Midterm Exams
Week 7 Midterm Exams
Week 8 Chloride
Week 9 Residual Chlorine and Chlorine Demand - Quiz 3
Week 10 Acidity
Week 11 Alkalinity
Week 12 Hardness - Quiz 4
Week 13 Final Exams
Week 14 -
Week 15 -

Reference Books & Course Materials

  1. 01 Chemistry for Environmental Engineering and Science, 5th Edition, Sawyer, McCarty and Parkin, McGraw Hill

Learning Outcomes

  1. L01 List the physical, chemical and biological constituents of water and wastewaters and express these parameters by concentration
  2. L02 Describe the fundamental water/wastewater parameters: "Turbidity", "Color", "pH", "Solids", "Chloride", "Residual Chlorine and Chlorine Demand", "Acidity", "Alkalinity", "Hardness"
  3. L03 Discuss the sources and nature of fundamental water/wastewater parameters
  4. L04 Explain the theory behind the measurement of these parameters
  5. L05 Analyze the results of laboratory experiments for fundamental water/wastewater parameters

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