CE 371 Water and Wastewater Treatment 

Course Description:

This course includes engineering design of water and wastewater treatment facilities, and it emphasizes quantitative problem solving. Numerous examples pertain to contemporary water and wastewater treatment facility designs. This course will nurture the ability to use the techniques, skills and state-of-the-art engineering tools so as to prepare students for water and wastewater treatment engineering practice.

Water treatment-related topics include: water quality criteria for potable water, reactor characteristics, reaction rates in water and wastewater treatment, mixing and flocculation sedimentation, rapid sand filtration, chlorination and alternative disinfection. Wastewater pretreatment, biological principles for treatment of wastewater, suspended growth bio-systems, attached film bio-systems, nutrient removal processes, and de-watering and treatment processes for sludges is also included.

IMPORTANT: This course is offered over the summer as Independent Learning with no fixed daily time schedule or meeting location. But it does run with scheduled start and due dates according to a fixed Course Schedule. Individual class lectures are provided by recorded On-Demand Streaming Video and supported instructional activities that includes:

Please refer to the Course Syllabus for more detail.

Course Offering Schedule via C&DE:

Semester: Summer 2013

Start Date: May 13, 2013

End Date: August 9, 2013

Course Instructor:

PSU Course Catalog Description:

CE 371 Water and Wastewater Treatment (3) Water treatment; water storage; design of water distribution and wastewater systems; pumping stations. Prerequisite: CE 360, CE 370
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Required Course Textbook

Water Supply and Pollution Control, 8th Edition

by Viessman & Hammer

Prentice Hall; 8 edition (June 19, 2008)

The enrollment process is:

1. Contact the the Office of Continuing and Distance Education for admission into the course at 814-865-7643.

2. Complete and submit the Registration Form via mail, fax, or in person. See the Registration Page.

Office for Disability Services
Penn State welcomes students with disabilities into the University’s educational programs. If you have a disability‐related need for reasonable academic adjustments in this course, contact the Office for Disability Services (ODS) at 814‐863‐1807 (V/TTY). For further information regarding ODS, please visit the Office of Disability Services website at http://equity.psu.edu/ods

In order to receive consideration for course accommodations, you must contact ODS and provide documentation (see the documentation guidelines at http://equity.psu.edu/ods/guidelines. If the documentation supports the need for academics adjustments, ODS will provide a letter identifying appropriate academics adjustments. Please share this letter and discuss the adjustments with your instructor as early in the course as possible. You must contact ODS and request academic adjustment letters at the beginning of each semester.