COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NATURAL TREATMENT SYSTEMS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ENV 5034 NATURAL TREATMENT SYSTEMS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ILGI KARAPINAR

Offered to

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
Environmental Engineering
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY

Course Objective

The main objectives of this course is to describe and to compare the physical features , design objectives and treatment capabilities of various types of natural treatment systems like land treatment, wetland systems, and aquatic plant systems and to discuss the expected quality of the treated wastewater from the natural treatment systems

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describe the types of natural treatment systems
2   Design natural wastewater treatment processes
3   State the process performance of different natural treatment systems
4   Differentiate the operation conditions of natural and conventional wastewater treatment systems
5   Select a natural treatment process for the specific characteristics of a wastewater

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Land Treatment of Wastewater
3 Slow-rate Infiltration
4 Rapid Infiltration
5 Overland treatment of wastewaters
6 Midterm exam
7 Wetland Systems
8 Constructed Wetlands
9 Aquatic Plant Systems
10 Floating aquatic plant systems Emergent aquatic plant systems
11 Wastewater stabilization ponds:Anaerobic pond
12 Wastewater stabilization ponds:Facultative ponds and Maturation ponds
13 Land Treatment of Sludge
14 Vermicomposting

Recomended or Required Reading

Process Design Manual for Land Treatment of Municipal Wastewater Treatment. US Environmental Protection Agency Center for Environmental Research Information Cincinnati, Ohio , 1981.

Pescod, M.B. Wastewater Treatment and Use in Agriculture. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1992

Donald, R.R. Handbook of Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse. Lewis Publishers 1995

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Natural Systems for Waste Management and Treatment, Sherwood C.Reed, E.Joe Middlebrooks, Ronald W.Crities, McGraw Hill, 1988, USA.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr Ilgi KAPDAN
Room number: A 219
e-mail: ilgi.karapinar@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Will be announced

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Preparing assignments 1 18 18
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 140

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.5