Advanced Water Technology Center
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3 Credit Hours
Water supply availability and quality. Theory and design of conventional potable water treatment unit processes. Design of distribution systems. Also includes regulatory analysis under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). Prerequisite:CEEN 301.
3 Credit Hours
This course provides an overview of unit operations and processes used for physical, chemical, and biological treatment of water and wastewater. Coverage will include treatment objectives, process theory and introduction to practice. Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor.
4 Credit Hours
Introduction to bench- and pilot-scale experimental methods used in environmental engineering. Emphasis is on unit operations associated with water and wastewater treatment for a real-world treatment problem. Investigations typically carried out during the semester include: Process assessment; design of bench- and pilot-scale experiments; establishment of analytical methods for process control; bench- and pilot-scale experiments; data assessment; up-scaling and cost estimation; project report writing. Includes 6 hours per week in the laboratory, part of it in the CSM/City of Golden Water Treatment Pilot Plant Laboratory. Prerequisites:CEEN 550 and CEEN 570 or consent of the instructor.
3 Credit Hours
This course presents issues relating to theory, design, and operation of advanced water and wastewater treatment unit processes and water reuse systems. Topics include granular activated carbon (GAC), advanced oxidation processes (O3/H2O2), UV disinfection, pressure-driven and current-driven membranes (MF, UF, NF, RO, and electrodialysis), and natural systems such as riverbank filtration (RBF) and soil-aquifer treatment (SAT). The course includes hands-on experience using bench- and pilot-scale unit operations. Prerequisite: CEEN 570, or CEEN 470, or consent of the instructor.
1 Credit Hour
This course provides hands-on experience using bench- and pilotscale unit operations and computer exercises using state-ofthe-art software packages to design advanced water treatment unit processes. Topics include adsorption processes onto
powdered and granular activated carbon, advanced disinfection and oxidation processes (low- and medium pressure UV
radiation; O3/H2O2), low-pressure membrane processes (microfiltration, ultrafiltration), and high-pressure and currentdriven
membrane processes (nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, and electrodialysis).
3 Credit Hour
The environmental module is intended to introduce students to laboratory and field analytical skills used in the analysis of an environmental engineering problem. Students will receive instruction on the measurement of water quality parameters (chemical, physical, and biological) in the laboratory and field. The student will use these skills to collect field data and analyze a given environmental engineering problem. Prerequisites: CEEN 301, EPIC 251, MATH 323. Three weeks in summer field session.
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