CEV 418E - Industrial Wastewater Management

Course Objectives

1. Ability to assess and evaluate important collective pollution parameters that characterize industrial wastewater
2. Abilitiy to evaluate industrial process and pollutant profiles; assessment of segregated industrial waste streams
3. Abilitiy to analyze biological end-of-pipe treatment methods featuring a multi-component modeling approach
4. Knowledge about principles and applications of physical industrial wastewater treatment methods
5. Knowledge about principles and applications of chemical and photochemical industrial wastewater treatment methods

Course Description

Major issues of industrial wastewater management. Categorization of pollutants in industrial wastewater. Significant parameters and wastewater categorization. Refractory, hazardous and toxic industrial pollutants, rational basis of effluent standards. Treatability assessment based on wastewater characterization. The concept of process and pollutants profiles. Case studies for major industrial wastes: pulp and paper, textile and food industry. Principles and applications of physicochemical treatment processes: flotation, coagulation-flocculation, membrane filtration, ozonation, photolysis and advanced chemical oxidation processes. Principles and applications of biological processes. Waste minimization, recycling and reuse. Solid waste and sludge management.