Fall 2013

CE 310

INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Instructor: Bruce DeVantier

Office: ENGR B 38

Phone: 453-7819 (office) or 203-0638 (cell)

E-mail: bdevanti@siu.edu

Homepage: http://engr.siu.edu/ce3/

Office Hours: 9:00-10:45 Monday through Friday

Required Text: Principles of Environmental Engineering and Science, Third Edition, Mackenzie Davis

and Susan Masten, 2014, McGraw-Hill Publishers ISBN 9780073397900.

References: Environmental Engineering, Bill T. Ray, 1995, PWS Publishing Company.

Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science, Second Edition, Gilbert M.

Masters, 1998, Prentice-Hall Publishers.

Water Supply and Pollution Control, Warren Viessman Jr. and Mark Hammer,

Seventh Edition, 2004, Prentice-Hall Publishers.

Multimedia Laboratory Manual in pdf format:

http://civil.engr.siu.edu/cheval/ce310/environmentalLabManual.pdf

Course objectives

The objectives are to (1) familiarize students with application of basic concepts in chemistry, biology, and

physics to description of environmental phenomena and engineered systems; and (2) develop an

understanding of current technologies for pollution control and regulatory standards in effect in the

United States.

Course Organization:

Homework: Assigned in sets, due as stated in class, 25 % of overall grade

Lab, 15 % of overall grade

Exams: 3 in-term exams-30% total of overall grade, final exam-30 % of overall grade

Grading Policy:

*Grading scale will be relative, but any grade below 50% should be considered failing.

*Late homework will not be accepted, a valid excuse will be grounds to have the zero

grade dropped.

*It is the student's responsibility to make sure that all material to be graded is included in

any assignment papers or exam papers at the appropriate turn-in time, i.e. "It somehow got left

out," will not be an acceptable excuse for added materials at a later time.

*There will be no make-up exams. A valid excuse will be grounds to have an in-term exam grade

dropped.

*Any complaints concerning grading of an exam must be lodged immediately after the class

meeting at which the exam is returned. Leaving class with the exam in hand will be assumed to

be tacit acceptance of the grade.

*Attendance will be monitored, although it is required only on the days of exams.

Students having three or fewer absences will be allowed to drop the lowest in-term exam.

*The student is reminded that any academic misconduct such as turning in work not that of the

student, or any sort of cheating on tests can result in a failing grade for the course, conduct board

penalties, or both.

TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE

Date Topic Related Reading

8/19 Introduction 1-1 thru 1-6

8/21 Legislation and regulations 1-7 and 1-8

8/23 Basic chemistry 2-1 and 2-2

8/26 Reaction rates and equilibrium 2-2

8/28 Water chemistry 2-4

8/30 Organic chemistry 2-3

9/2 ************** Labor Day Holiday *************

9/4 Soil and air chemistry, Materials balances 2-5 and 2-6, 4-1 thru 4-3

9/6 Reactor analysis 4-3

9/9 Ecosystems 5-1 thru 5-3

9/11 Ecosystem nutrient cycling 5-4

9/13 Population dynamics, Review for Exam I 5-5

9/16 In-class Exam I Chs. 1,2 & 4

9/18 Review of Exam I, Limnology 5-6

9/20 Environmental risk 6-1 and 6-2

9/23 Toxicity dose and risk 6-3

9/25 Risk characterization & management 6-3 and 6-4

9/27 Hydrologic cycle and hydrographs 7-1 and 7-2

9/30 Rational equation Surface hydrology supplement

10/2 Groundwater hydrology 7-3 and 7-4

10/4 Water quality 9-1 and 9-2

10/7 Oxygen demand 9-3

10/9 Dissolved oxygen sag 9-3

10/11 Water supply quality 10-1

10/14 **************** Fall Break *******************

10/16 Water treatment systems 10-1

10/18 Review for Exam II

10/21 In-class Exam II Chs. 5 thru 7 & 9

10/23 Water mixing, flocculation, and coagulation 10-2

10/25 Water settling and softening 10-3 and 10-4

TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE (CONTINUED)

Date Topic Related Reading

10/28 Water filtration and disinfection 10-5 and 10-6

10/30 Wastewater characterization 11-1 thru 11-3

11/1 Wastewater pretreatment technology 11-5 and 11-6

11/4 Wastewater primary treatment technology 11-7

11/6 Wastewater secondary treatment technology 11-8

11/8 Wastewater disinfection and sludge handling 11-9 and 11-10

11/11 ************* Veterans Day Holiday **************

11/13 Air pollutant standards & effects of air pollution 12-1 thru 12-5

11/15 Meteorology & pollution 12-6 and 12-7

11/18 Atmospheric dispersion modeling 12-8

11/20 Indoor air pollution 12-9

11/22 Air pollution control technology & review for Exam III 12-10

11/25 In-class Exam III Chs. 10, 11 & 12

11/27-29 ************* Thanksgiving Day Holiday ****************

12/2 Noise pollution 15-1 thru 15-4

12/4 Noise pollution propagation 15-5

12/6 Semester review

Final Exam: Friday, December 13 12:50-2:50 p.m.