JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

UNIT - I

Wastewater quality parameters, Biological processes; Microbial growth kinetics;Modeling of suspended growth systems;

UNIT - II

concepts and principles of carbon oxidation, nitrification, denitrification, methanogenasis. Biological nutrient removal;

UNIT - III

Anaerobic treatment; Attached growth reactors;decentralized wastewater treatment systems; constructed wetlands;

UNIT - IV

Design of pretreatment,secondary treatment, and tertiary disposal systems. Sludge stabilization, treatment, sludge thickening, sludge drying,aerobic and anaerobic digestion of sludges

UNIT - V

reliability and cost effectiveness of wastewater systems;Emerging contaminants in wastewater- treatment issues

REFERENCES:

• 1. Tchobanoglous,G. and Burton, F.L. Wastewater Engineering:Treatment, Disposal and Reuse.McGraw-Hill Publishing Company.2002.
• 2. Maier, R.M., Pepper, I.L., and Gerba, C.P. Environmental Microbiology, Academic Press.2000.
• 3. Pelczar, M.J.Michael, Chan, E.C.S., and Krieg, N.R. Microbiology. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc..2001.
• 4. Ahluwalia, P. and Nema, A.K. Water and wastewater systems: Source, treatment, conveyance and disposal. S.K. Kataria & Sons. 2011 R19 M.TECH ENVIRONMENTAL ENGG. M. Tech – I Year – I Sem. (Env. Engg.)