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CEE 483, Winter 2009
Drinking Water Treatment

Instructor: Professor Mark Benjamin
335 More Hall

543-7645 (v); 685-9185 (f)
markbenj@u.washington.edu

Office Hours: TTh 1:30-2:20

Class Time and Location:
MWF 8:30-9:20 221 More Hall

http://faculty.washington.edu/markbenj/CEE483/index.html

Grading: HW 15%; 2 Midterms @ 25%; Final Exam 35%

Period

Date

Topic

Reading, References, Handouts

1

1/5

Introduction; History of drinking water treatment; Contaminants in drinking water and their regulation

EPA Drinking Water Website; Tolt; Cedar; Seattle; NAS; WaterOnTap: 1-9;
First Day Slides

2

1/7

Overview of water treatment processes; Mass balance review; reaction and advection; Reaction rate expressions

Notes on Mass Balances

3

1/9

Mass balances – flow patterns in reactors; mean hydraulic retention time

Mass Balance Slides

4

1/12

Coagulation

Coagulation booklet; Coag/Floc slides pt 1

5

1/14

 Coagulation Coag/Floc slides pt 2; Chem Eq handout

6

1/16

 Guest Lecture: Drinking water and public health (Dr. Steve Reiber) Reiber Slides; Injection and Mixing of Chemicals

1/19

MLK Day; no class

7

1/21

Flocculation

Coagulant control with changing WQ

8

1/23

 Flocculation Coagulant recycle

9

1/26

 Types I and II sedimentation Sedimentation slides

10

1/28

Filtration: Particle removal & breakthrough curves
1/29 Field trip: Everett WTP; 12:30-5:00pm Filtration slides

11

1/30

Filtration: Headloss, backwashing

 Filter Operation; Filter BW1; Filter BW2

2/2

Filtration: Headloss, backwashing

12

2/4

 Midterm exam #1 Practice problems and solutions

13

2/6

 Membrane filtration: Overview  

14

2/9

Membrane filtration: Operation

Membrane Slides

15

2/11

 Membrane filtration: Modeling flux and rejection MF article 1; MF article 2

16

2/13

 Precipitation: principles

2/16

President’s Day; no class

17

2/18

 Precipitation: softening Precipitation slides; Opflow: Pb&Cu

18

 2/20 Precipitation (cont'd)

19

 2/23 Oxidation: principles; Fe, Mn, and corrosion Oxidation & Disinfection slides;
Mn in reservoirs; Opflow Mn

2/25

Case study on Fe, Mn, and S removal

 Russ Porter slides
2/26 Field trip: Marysville membrane treatment plant

20

2/27

 Disinfection: Chlorine chemistry and disinfection Opflow: Chlorine chemistry;
Opflow: Dechlorination

21

3/2

Midterm exam #2

22

3/4

 Field trip: Tolt WTP

23

3/6

 Disinfection by-products; alternative disinfectants Opflow: DOC & DBPs-1;
Opflow: DOC & DBPs-2

24

3/9

 Adsorption and ion exchange

Opflow: Taste & Odor

25

3/11

 Field trip: Anacortes WTP
3/13 Adsorption and ion exchange Adsorption slides

3/17

Final exam 8:30-10:20

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Last Updated:
01/07/06

Contact the instructor at: markbenj@u.washington.edu