XJTLU

Department of Civil Engineering

COURSEWORK 1 - BRIEFING SHEET

COURSE MODULE (and code): CEN306 - Water Resources Engineering 2

ASSIGNMENT TITLE: Wastewater treatment design
Lecturer responsible: Dr Xiaonan Tang
Date set: Monday, April 5, 2021
Required date of submission: Friday, May 14, 2021 (see online submission on LM)
Required format of submission: Standard report
Penalty scheme for late submission: Standard university scheme

Aims: To give students experience in the fundamental aspects of designing a wastewater treatment plant
tertiary wastewater treatment using biological and chemical methods.

Outline:
1. Determination of inlet wastewater characteristics required for the design.
2. Designing the volumes of the biological tanks.
3. Selecting the plant layout.
4. Report writing - Present your results, remember to include your calculations and assumptions.

Recommended reading: Lecture notes.

At the end of this assignment a student should be able to:

o Design for biological nitrogen removal
o Design for biological phosphorous removal
o Design for chemical phosphorous removal

1
The following wastewater characteristics have been measured for a small town on 25 different
occasions (see Table below).
Q BOD5 COD TN TP
3
m /day mg/l mg/l mg/l mg/l
13515 161 363 36 17
15728 106 234 22 5
12819 187 406 41 21
9270 228 536 40 23
14839 125 283 27 7
11570 184 382 27 19
8505 225 498 47 22
7438 310 687 54 26
14636 119 255 17 10
12713 177 381 31 10
9476 217 465 54 15
9581 246 548 49 26
12918 189 421 44 10
9127 234 485 50 21
10499 201 425 47 14
15211 142 363 28 13
15929 91 193 21 24
7531 269 600 47 24
6821 321 654 56 23
10291 214 465 38 20
9174 280 635 45 20
14189 137 326 32 8
7479 279 622 62 28
8781 227 504 44 16
6176 365 790 74 25

• Determine the volumes of the biological treatment tanks for a wastewater treatment plant that
can do nitrification, denitrification, and biological/chemical P removal.
• Calculate the amount of Al2(SO4)3 needed for chemical P removal and the oxygen demand for
the aeration tank.
• The minimum temperature for the wastewater is 12oC. Assume a return sludge flow of 1.5 times
the design inflow rate. Effluent standards for the plant are: COD: 60 mg/l, TN: 15 mg/l, TP: 0.5
mg/l.
• Propose a layout for the plant and explain the reasons for your choice of layout.