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CIVE.5780 Biological Wastewater Treatment (Formerly 14.578)

Id: 003066 Credits Min: 3 Credits Max: 3

Description

Course covers the theoretical and practical aspects of biological wastewater treatment operations. Topics include kinetics of biological growth and substrate utilization, materials balance in chemostats and plug flow reactors, activated sludge process analysis and design, sedimentation and thickening, nitrification and denitrification, phosphorus removal, fixed-film processes analysis and design, anaerobic processes analysis and design, aerated lagoons and stabilization ponds, and natural treatment systems.

Prerequisites

Students with a CSCE or UGRD career need permission to take Graduate Level Courses.

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