Official Course Description:  MCCCD Approval:  6-22-2010
WWM203  2010 Fall – 2010 Fall	LEC  3.0 Credit(s)  3.0 Period(s)  3.0 Load  Occ
Chemical and Biochemical Processes in Water/Wastewater Treatment
The chemical and biochemical processes used for the treatment of water and wastewater. Prerequisites: Permission of Department or Division.

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
WWM203  2010 Fall – 2010 Fall	Chemical and Biochemical Processes in Water/Wastewater Treatment

 

1.         Describe the objectives of chemical and biochemical process treatment of water and wastewater. (I)

2.         Define terminology associated with chemical and biochemical treatment processes. (I)

3.         Describe the layout of chemical and biochemical process facilities in water and wastewater treatment plants. (I)

4.         List and describe the chemicals, equipment, process schemes, monitoring and maintenance needed for chemical precipitation and softening processes. (II)

5.         List and describe the chemicals and materials, equipment, process schemes, monitoring and maintenance needed for three types of molecular adsorption and ionic exchange processes. (III)

6.         List and describe the chemicals or microbial mechanisms, equipment, process schemes, monitoring and maintenance needed for chemical and biochemical flocculation processes. (IV)

7.         Describe the population dynamics and metabolism process of microbial organisms used in water and wastewater treatment. (V)

8.         List and describe the microbial organisms, equipment, process schemes, monitoring and maintenance needed in aerobic and anaerobic systems, and complex microbial systems. (VI, VII)

9.         Describe the causes, mechanisms, and monitoring of, and solutions and standards for eutrophication and pollution. (VIII)

 

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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
WWM203  2010 Fall – 2010 Fall	Chemical and Biochemical Processes in Water/Wastewater Treatment

 

I.          Chemical and Biochemical Processes

            A.     Process objectives

            B.     Concepts

            C.     Terminology

            D.     Plant layouts

            E.      Results

II.        Chemical Precipitation and Softening

            A.     Chemicals and types of reactions

            B.     Equipment

            C.     Process schemes

            D.     Monitoring

            E.      Maintenance

III.       Molecular Adsorption and Ionic Exchange

            A.     Carbon

                     1.      Materials

                     2.      Equipment

                     3.      Process schemes

                     4.      Monitoring

                     5.      Maintenance

            B.     Activated Alumina

                     1.      Chemicals and Types of Reactions

                     2.      Equipment

                     3.      Process schemes

                     4.      Monitoring

                     5.      Maintenance

            C.     Ion Exchange Softening and Demineralization

                     1.      Materials and types of reactions

                     2.      Equipment

                     3.      Process schemes

                     4.      Monitoring

                     5.      Maintenance

IV.       Flocculation

            A.     Chemical

                     1.      Chemicals and types of reactions

                     2.      Equipment

                     3.      Process schemes

                     4.      Monitoring

                     5.      Maintenance

            B.     Biochemical

                     1.      Microbial mechanisms

                     2.      Equipment

                     3.      Process schemes

                     4.      Monitoring

                     5.      Maintenance

V.        Microbial Metabolism and Population Dynamics

            A.     Growth

            B.     Assimilation

            C.     Predation

            D.     Flocculation

VI.       Aerobic and Anaerobic Systems

            A.     Microbial Mechanisms

            B.     Process Schemes

            C.     Equipment

            D.     Monitoring

            E.      Maintenance

VII.     Complex Microbial Systems

            A.     Types

            B.     Commensalism

                     1.      Microbial mechanisms

                     2.      Process schemes

                     3.      Equipment

                     4.      Monitoring

                     5.      Maintenance

            C.     Natural Organism Succession

                     1.      Microbial mechanisms

                     2.      Process schemes

                     3.      Equipment

                     4.      Monitoring

                     5.      Maintenance

            D.     Lagoons

                     1.      Microbial mechanisms

                     2.      Process schemes

                     3.      Equipment

                     4.      Monitoring

                     5.      Maintenance

VIII.    Eutrophication and Pollution

            A.     Causes

            B.     Mechanisms

            C.     Solutions

            D.     Monitoring

            E.      Standards