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 M. Tech – I Year – I Sem. (Env. Engg.)