CE 327.

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Sanitary and Environmental Engineering I
Department of Civil, Geological and Environmental
Engineering
Winter 2016-2017

Instructor: Kerry McPhedran

ENG 2B40
Phone: 966-7871
Email: kerry.mcphedran@usask.ca

Office Hours: MWF 9:30-10:30am (or by appointment)

Lectures: MWF 8:30-9:20am ENG 2C02

Laboratory: Thursday 2:30- 5:20pm ENG 2C02

Website: Blackboard course tools (https://bblearn.usask.ca/) will be used for posting

messages, notes, assignments, etc.

Course Notes Course notes to be posted on class Blackboard site. It is the students
responsibility to print these notes prior to the appropriate lecture.

Textbook: There is no assigned textbook

Reference Water Supply & Pollution Control, (8th. Ed.), Viessman, Hammer, Perez and
Textbooks: Chadik. Pearson Prentice Hall. 2009
Environmental Engineering, Peavy, Rowe and Tchobanoglous. McGraw-Hill.
1985
Wastewater Engineering: Collection and Pumping, Metcalf and Eddy, Inc.
McGraw-Hill. 1981
Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Reuse, (4th. Ed.), Metcalf and Eddy,
Inc. McGraw-Hill. 2003
Water and Wastewater Engineering (Vol.1): Water Supply and Wastewater
Removal, Fair, Geyer and Okun. John Wiley & Sons. 1966
Water Supply and Sewerage, (6th. Ed.), McGhee. McGraw-Hill. 1991

Assessment: Assignments 10%

Laboratories 20%
Midterm 20%
Final Exam 50%

Prerequisites or Corequisites: CHEM 114 and CE 315 (taken)

Description: Fundamental topics in the discipline of sanitary/environmental engineering are

introduced. Topics covered include the design of municipal water distribution systems, design
of wastewater and stormwater collection systems; an introduction to water quality assessment;
and design of basic physical water and wastewater treatment processes.

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Course Outline:

1. Introduction
Overview of the scope and role of sanitary engineering
2. Municipal water distribution systems
Water demand, variations in demand, design criteria
Fire flows, design criteria
Overall system design flows
System layout and appurtenances
Hazen Williams equation, equivalent pipe analysis
Method of sections for preliminary pipe sizing
Hardy Cross method for network analysis, network analysis programs
Water reservoirs, equalization storage
3. Municipal wastewater and stormwater collection systems
Wastewater design flows, system appurtenances
Hydraulics of sewers, design criteria
Sanitary system layout and design (sewer grade calculations)
Stormwater system layout and design (rational method)
4. Pumps and Lift Stations
Lift station design
Pump curves, pumps in parallel and series
5. Water quality assessment
Physical, chemical, microbiological water quality parameters
Water quality criteria, guidelines, objectives, regulations
6. Introduction to physical chemical treatment of water and wastewater
Water treatment plant and wastewater treatment plant layout
Sedimentation and primary clarifier design
Coagulation, mixing and flocculation
Filtration
Disinfection

Assignments:

There will be up to 10 assignments that must be submitted by the due date to the CE327
labeled box outside of ENG 1B71. Late assignments will not be accepted unless arranged in
advance with the instructor. In accordance with good engineering practice, assignments must
be legible and neat with each page initialed and numbered. Problems will be representative of
typical exam questions. Solutions will be available on the course website.

Labs:

Each design laboratory provides an opportunity to apply the engineering theory and design
principles presented in class. Students may will work in groups of three and submit a group

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design report. Late labs will not be accepted unless arranged in advance with the instructor. All
assigned laboratory work is mandatory. Failure to attend or to submit any of the labs will
result in a final grade of less than 50% for the course unless alternate arrangements are
specifically approved by the instructor. A student that has previously taken the course may be
granted a laboratory exemption if he or she achieved an average of 75% or greater in the
laboratory and attended and submitted reports for all labs.

All materials required for the laboratories will be posted on the course website. The student
should ensure he or she downloads the materials associated with the relevant lab from the
course website and brings these materials to the laboratory session.

Safety:

Safety is of paramount importance in the College of Engineering. Students are expected to

work in a safe and responsible manner, follow all safety instructions, and use any personal
protective equipment that is required for the activity being undertaken. Students failing to
behave in a safe manner will be asked to leave.

Practicum Laboratory Topics & Dates:

Description Date
Population Projections (Individual assignment) January 19
Water Distribution System Design Flow and Preliminary Pipe Sizing February 2
Water Distribution System February 16
Sanitary Sewage Collection System March 9
Storm Water Collection System Design March 23
Tour of the Saskatoon Water Treatment Plant (tentative) April 6

Exams:

Midterm Exam:
Scheduled for Thursday evening, February 16 from 5:30 7:30 PM in ENG 2C01 and 2C02.
Students should inform the instructor of any legitimate time conflict with the midterm date and
time before January 15.

Final Exam:
The final exam will be a written, 3 h, closed-book exam. The university sets the final exam
time. Any final exam rescheduling (application for deferred exams) must be undertaken
through the College of Engineering Student Services. For the final exam, part marks will be
given in most cases where the final answer is incorrect.

Examination Policies:
You must receive a grade of 50% or higher in at least one of the midterm or final
exams in order to achieve a passing grade in this course. If both examinations are
failed the final grade will be 49% or the overall mark, whichever is lower.

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All exams will be closed-book exams. No texts, notes or review sheets will be
permitted. A formula sheet will be provided with the exam.
If the class average of the final grades does not meet the department guidelines, the
final grades may be adjusted to fall within acceptable grades targets.
The use of electronic devices, including calculators, tablets, media players, netbooks
etc., with document storage (in text or graphics form) and/or communication capabilities
is prohibited during examinations.
Alternate times to write midterm examinations will not be considered except in the case
of illness or a conflict with other university related activities. In the case of illness, the
instructor must be notified within three days of the scheduled exam date. Students
writing the midterm exam at an alternate time will be required to sign an affidavit stating
that they have not discussed the exam with anyone else.
Alternate times to write final examinations cannot be accommodated. If a student
misses a final exam, application must be made to the Engineering Student Centre to
write a deferred exam.
Students planning on registering with the office for Disability Services for Students
(DSS) must do so in accordance with DSS procedures and deadlines.

Academic Dishonesty and Academic Appeals:

Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated in this class. Work on all assignments, labs and
exams must be independent and follow the guidelines set out in this syllabus or agreed to
within class. Any confirmed misconduct will result in an assigned grade of 0 for the item
being considered and a possible academic misconduct action being filed. For more information
on what constitutes academic misconduct please consult the University Council document on
academic misconduct (www.usask.ca/honesty).

For information regarding appeals of a final grade or other academic matters, please consult
the University Council document on academic appeals (www.usask.ca/honesty).

Important Dates:

Wednesday, Jan. 4 First CE327 class

Tuesday, Jan. 17 Last day for making changes in registration for second-term courses
Thurs., Feb. 16 MIDTERM EXAM (5:30-7:30PM)
Mon., Feb. 20 Family Day University closed
Feb. 20 to Feb 24 Second term Break Week No classes
Wed, Mar. 15 Last day to drop second-term courses without academic penalty
Wed., Apr. 5 Last CE327 class

Recording of Lectures/Laboratory Demonstrations

Students are not allowed to record lectures or laboratory demonstrations in this class without
expressed permission of the instructor unless allowed to do so by DSS. Copyright of class
materials is held by the instructor.

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Learning Outcomes:

After successfully completing the course students should:

1. Have a broad understanding of the scope and multidisciplinary nature of sanitary and
environmental engineering, and understand the importance of sanitary engineering in
the protection of public health.
2. Know how to access census data and do simple population projections.
3. Know how to estimate water distribution system design flow requirements considering
water demand for residential commercial and industrial landuse activities and fire
protection.
4. Know how to layout a water distribution system and locate hydrants and valves
according to engineering and fire protection design principles.
5. Understand water distribution system hydraulic design criteria and know how to conduct
water distribution system hydraulic calculations.
6. Know how to select pipes diameters in water distribution systems to meet velocity and
pressure criteria at design flow using approximate and iterative methods.
7. Know how to estimate sanitary wastewater design flows considering wastewater
discharge in residential, commercial and industrial landuse areas.
8. Know how to layout a sanitary wastewater collection system and locate maintenance
holes according to engineering design principles.
9. Have a broad understanding of dangers of and appropriate operating procedures for
confined space entry and working in utility open trench excavations.
10. Understand sanitary wastewater collection system hydraulic design criteria and know
how to conduct sanitary wastewater collection system hydraulic calculations.
11. Know how to select pipe diameters, pipe slope and depth of cover in sanitary
wastewater collection system to meet design criteria and how to document design
calculations in a sewer gradesheet.
12. Know how to estimate stormwater design flows considering precipitation intensity-
duration-frequency curves and landuse characteristics utilizing the Rational Method.
13. Know how to layout a stormwater collection system and locate maintenance holes
according to engineering design principles.
14. Understand stormwater collection system hydraulic design criteria and know how to
conduct stormwater collection system hydraulic calculations.
15. Know how to select pipe diameters, pipe slope and depth of cover in stormwater
collection system to meet design criteria and how to document design calculations in a
sewer gradesheet.
16. Understand the basic principles of lift station design and know how to size the wet well
for a lift station.
17. Understand the principles of pumps in parallel and pumps in series operation and know
how to conduction pump station and pump operating point calculations.
18. Have an overview understanding of water quality assessment and guidelines based
upon physical, chemical and microbiological parameters.
19. Have an introductory understanding of water and wastewater treatment plant general
design considerations and flowsheets.
20. Know how to design a primary sedimentation systems, mixing/coagulation/flocculation
systems, filtration systems and chlorine disinfection systems.

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Attribute Mapping:

Attribute
A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12
Level of
Performance IDA A DA DA DA DA DA N/A I I N/A I
Code

Attributes: Levels of Performance:

A1 A knowledge base for engineering N/A = not applicable
A2 Problem analysis I = introduced
A3 Investigation D = developed
A4 Design A = applied
A5 Use of engineering tools ID introduced and developed
A6 Individual and team work IA = introduced and applied
A7 Communication skills DA = developed and applied
A8 Professionalism IDA = introduced, developed and applied
A9 Impact of engineering on society
and the environment
A10 Ethics and equity
A11 Economics and project
management
A12 Life-long learning

Accreditation Unit (AU) Mapping: (% of total class AU)

Complementary Engineering Engineering

Math Natural Science Studies Science Design
- - - 40% 60%

Assessment Mapping:

Component Weighting Methods of Feedback* Learning Outcomes

Evaluated
Assignments 10% S 2,3,5,6,7,
10,11,13,14,15,16,19,20
Design Laboratories 20% F, S 3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,12,13,14,15
Midterm 20% F, S 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10
Final 50% S 2 to 8, 10 to 20
*Methods of Feedback: F formative (written comments and/or oral discussions)
S summative (number grades)

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