Credits: 3 (3-0-0)
Description
Wastewater quality parameters, Biological processes; Microbial growth kinetics; Modeling of suspended growth systems; concepts and principles of carbon oxidation, nitrification, denitrification, methanogenasis. Biological nutrient removal; Anaerobic treatment; Attached growth reactors; decentralised wastewater treatment systems; constructed wetlands; Design of pretreatment, secondary treatment, and tertiary disposal systems. Sludge stabilization, treatment, sludge thickening, sludge drying, aerobic and anaerobic digestion of sludges; reliability and cost effectiveness of wastewater systems; Emerging contaminants in wastewater-treatment issues.