University of Kufa

College of Engineering
Civil Engineering Department
4th stage
2011 - 2012
Subject : Sanitary Engineering
Lecturer : Dr. Hassan Mahdi Mohammed Al-Khateeb
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1-Syllabus
1st semester (Water Treatment and distribution)
- Fundamental concepts about environment & sanitary engineering
- Population prediction
- Water demand (domestic and fire demands)
- Water intake
- Coagulation process
- Flocculation process
- Sedimentation process (theory and hydraulic design)
- Filtration process (filter types and back wash)
- Disinfection process
- Systems of water distribution
- Hardy cross method for closed water distribution networks
- Types of pipes, valves, and fittings
- Pumps

2nd Semester (Storm water and wastewater collection and treatment)

- Intensity and frequency of rainfall
- Factors effecting run-off water
- Methods of estimating run- off water (Rational method)
- Wastewater characteristics
- Types of wastewater collection systems
- Basic hydraulic design criteria of wastewater networks
- Screens
- Grit chambers
- Primary and secondary sedimentation tanks
- Biological treatment( activated sludge process and trickling filters)
- An introduction to river pollution
 2- References

Chin David A. (1999), “Water Resources Engineering”, Prentice Hall.

Frank R. Spellman,(2003),''Handbook of water & wastewater treatment plant

operations'', CRC Press LLC

Hammer, J. Mark. & Hammer, J. Mark, Jr. (1996) “Water and wastewater
Technology”, 3rd Edition, Prentice-Hall, inc., New Jersey.

Lee C.C. (2000), ''Handbook of environmental engineering calculations'',

McGraw-Hill

Lin, Shun D. & Lee, C. C. (2001), “Water and Wastewater Calculations

Manual”, McGraw-Hill Professional.

P. J. de Moel, J. Q. J. C. Verberk, and J. C. van Dijk, (2006),''Drinking water;

principles and practices'', World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Steel, E. W. & Mcghee, Terence J. (1979), “Water Supply and Sewerage”, 5th
Edition, McGraw-Hill Inc.
 Fundamental concepts about environment & sanitary engineering

Environment Water, air, and land and the interrelationship that exists among
and between water, air, and land and all living things.

Environmental impact statement A detailed written report which identifies

and analyzes the environmental impact of a proposed action.

Environmental indicator A measurement, statistic, or value that provides a

proximate gauge or evidence of the effects of environmental
management programs or the state or condition of the environment.

Sanitary engineering is the application of scientific or mathematical principles

with to the field of sanitation, especially in regards to its effect on public
health. The term sanitary engineering is sometimes viewed as an obsolete term
for environmental engineering. It is, however, more limited in its scope and is
not concerned with environmental factors that do not have an immediate and
clearly understood effect on public health. Areas outside the purview of
sanitary engineering include traffic management, concerns about noise
pollution or light pollution, aesthetic concerns such as landscaping, traffic
management, and environmental conservation as it pertains to plants and
animals.

Flow: volumetric rate of a fluid passing through a position in a period of time.

It is measured by (volume / time) like (m3/ hr) or (m3/ day).

Loading rate: rate of mass of a substance passes through a position in a period

of time. It is measured by (mass/time) like (Kg/hr).

Concentration: is the mass of a substance existing in a unit volume of other

substance, like the presence of sugar in water that can be expressed
as (g/ litter) or (mg/litter).
For measuring concentrations of dissolved or suspended matters in
liquids (solvents, solutions,…), the unit (part per million part)
(expressed as ppm) usually used, which means a concentration of a
substance (in mass units) exists in another (as dissolved, or
suspended) that expressing the number of mass units of the
dissolved (or suspended) matter as per million of the same mass
units of the liquid.