EV305/311 WATER AND WASTEWATER ENGINEERING

TEST 2 (JAN-APRIL 2019)

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Date: 25 March 2020 (5.00 pm)

Instruction

Part 1:
Answer ALL questions.
Part 1 consists of 3 pages excluding cover page. Answers are to be written in the answer
sheets provided. You need to answer the questions during the online class. The answer must
be submitted by the end of the class (25/3/2020 at 6.30pm)

Part 2:
Take Home Test
Please answer the questions and submit online by 27/3/2020

Warning: Failure to submit by the stated time will result in deduction of marks.

Test 2 – EV305/311 Water and Wastewater Engineering

Part 1: to be submitted by end of the online class today (25/3/2020 - 6.30pm)

Q1 (a) Explain the main similarities and differences between:

(i) Primary clarifier and secondary clarifier

Primary Secondary
Similarities

Differences

(ii) Suspended growth system and attached growth system

Primary Secondary
Similarities

Differences

(8 marks)

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Q2. A new sewage treatment plant will be constructed in the upland of Taman Flora. Data
on the existing building and infrastructure at Taman Flora are provided below.

Premise Unit/Area Others

Residential House 750 -
Flora Primary School 1 unit (10000 m2) 700 students
Flora Secondary School 1 unit (13500 m2) 650 students
Mosque 1 unit 50% of residential population
Restaurant 1 unit (500 m2) 10 staff
Flora Polyclinic 1 unit (500 m2) 25 beds

(6 marks)

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Q3 Differentiate between Aerobic and Anaerobic process in terms of:

• Oxygen
• Air circulation
• Biogas
• Energy efficiency
(4 marks)

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Part 2:
Take Home Test – to be submitted by Friday (27/3/2020)

Q1. A completely mixed activated sludge is designed to treat sewage from a community
of 37500 PE. The influent BOD is 230 mg/L. The design effluent BOD is 20 mg/L.
Recommended design parameters are a sludge age of 10 days, MLSS of 3300 mg/L
and an underflow concentration of 10,000 mg/L. The kinetic constants from a bench-
scale treatability study are Y = 0.6 kg/kg and k d = 0.06 per day. Based on the above
information, determine:
(i) Volume of the reactor
(ii) The dimensions of the aeration tank. Use width-to-length ratio of 1:2 and
water depth of 3.6 m.
(iii) Food to microorganism ratio
(iv) The flow rate of sludge wastage
(v) Recycle ratio (show mass balance around final clarifier)
(12 marks)

Q2. Draw and label a flow diagram of sludge treatment system. Explain the function of
each process.
(4 marks)

Q3 (i) Installation of manhole is essential in sewer system. Elucidate the purpose of

manhole. (2 marks)
(ii) Give THREE (3) locations where manhole should be installed in a sewer
system. (3 marks)

Q4 Grit chamber is installed after screening to remove grit particles. The depth of
chamber is 1.2 m, and assuming settling velocity, vs is 1.25 x 10-5 m/s, density, s is
2.6 g/cm3 and dynamic viscosity,  is 10-3 kg/m.s, calculate:

i. The size of particle that could be entirely removed. (3 marks)

ii. Detention time, td. (2 marks)

Q5 Sketch, label and explain the process of:

i. Activated sludge system

ii. Trickling filter system
iii. Rotating biological contactor (RBC)

(9 marks)

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Q6 Two sedimentation tanks operate in parallel. The combined flow to the two tanks is
360 m3/hr. Given that,
i. The volume of each tank is 750 m3. What is the detention time of each
tank? (3 marks)

ii. The depth of each tank is 2.2 m and each has a detention time of 4 hours.
What is the surface area of each tank and what is the overflow rate of each
tank in m3/d.m2? (4 marks)

Test 2 – EV305/311 Water and Wastewater Engineering