COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEV 4761 WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 4 0 0 4

Offered By

Environmental Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR AYŞE FILIBELI

Offered to

Environmental Engineering

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to give methods for protecting water quality by taking into account the basic principles of wastewater treatment. It includes determining the qualitative and quantitative properties of wastewater and giving the basic principles and basic design principles of physical, biological and advanced treatment processes applied in wastewater treatment. The general principles of wastewater management practices for the recovery and reuse of treated wastewater are given.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to describe the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of wastewater
2   Definability of preliminary design and operation of the wastewater treatment unit operations
3   The ability of designing of wastewater treatment processes: physical, biological, and advanced units
4   Ability to define and interpret the relationship between processes used in wastewater management

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Environmental sustainability, engineering ethics, environmental health and safety, legislation
2 Quality and quantity of domestic and municipal wastewater
3 Physical treatment units- Screen and sieve
4 Physical treatment units-Grit chambers
5 Physical treatment units-Primary sedimentation
6 Biological treatment - Basic principles and theory
7 Biological treatment - Activated sludge processes and modifications
8 Biological treatment - Trickling filters
9 Biological treatment - Biodisk systems
10 Biological treatment - Oxidation ponds
11 Biological treatment - Stabilization ponds
12 Advanced biological processes - Nitrification and denitrification processes
13 Disinfection
14 General evaluation of design applications

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Wastewater Engineering : Treatment, Disposal, Reuse,G. Tchobanoglous,L. Burton, McGraw Hill,0-07-041690-7, Singapore,2014.
2. Atıksu Arıtma Sistemlerinin Tasarım Esasları, Cilt-1, Hikmet Toprak, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Mühendislik Fakültesi , Izmir, 2000
3. Atıksu Arıtma Sistemlerinin Tasarım Esasları, Cilt-2, Hikmet Toprak, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Mühendislik Fakültesi , Izmir, 2000
4. Su ve Atıksu Mühendisliği-Tasarım Esasları ve Uygulamaları, Mackenzie L. Davis, Çeviri Editörü. Ismail Toröz, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, ISBN 978-605-320-058-1, Mart 2015.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, design examples, quiz, technical trips

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 QUZ QUIZ
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + QUZ * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + QUZ * 0.20 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Evaluation of the course is done considering midterm exam grade, student performances during active participation to the lecture and final exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr. Ayşe Filibeli
DEÜ Mühendislik Fakültesi, Çevre Mühendisliği Bölümü, Tınaztepe Yerleşkesi, 35390 BucaIzmir
Tel : 0.232.3017117
Faks :0.232.4531143
e-posta: ayse.filibeli@deu.edu.tr

Prof.Dr. Nurdan Büyükkamacı
DEÜ Mühendislik Fakültesi, Çevre Mühendisliği Bölümü, Tınaztepe Yerleşkesi, 35390 BucaIzmir
Tel : 0.232.3017106
Faks :0.232.4531143
e-posta: nurdan.buyukkamaci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 5-6
Wednesday 7-8

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparation for quiz etc. 4 1 4
Reading 2 3 6
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Quiz etc. 4 0,5 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.154
LO.254333
LO.35543
LO.45