Drinking Water Supply and Treatment detailed syllabus for Computer Science & Design (CSD) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the CSD students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Computer Science & Design 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit CSD 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Open Elective-III scheme and its subjects refer to CSD Open Elective-III syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of drinking water supply and treatment is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
SOURCES OF WATER Public water supply system – Planning, Objectives, Design period, Population forecasting; Water demand – Sources of water and their characteristics, Surface and Groundwater – Impounding Reservoir – Development and selection of source – Source Water quality – Characterization -Significance – Drinking Water quality standards.
Unit II
CONVEYANCE FROM THE SOURCE Water supply – intake structures – Functions; Pipes and conduits for water – Pipe materials -Hydraulics of flow in pipes – Transmission main design – Laying, jointing and testing of pipes -appurtenances – Types and capacity of pumps – Selection of pumps and pipe materials.
Unit III
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Unit IV
ADVANCED WATER TREATMENT Water softening – Desalination- R.O. Plant – demineralization – Adsorption – Ion exchangeMembrane Systems – Iron and Manganese removal – Defluoridation – Construction and Operation and Maintenance aspects
Unit V
WATER DISTRIBUTION AND SUPPLY Requirements of water distribution – Components – Selection of pipe material – Service reservoirs -Functions – Network design – Economics – Computer applications – Appurtenances – Leak detection – Principles of design of water supply in buildings – House service connection -Fixtures and fittings, systems of plumbing and types of plumbing.
Course Outcomes:
- an understanding of water quality criteria and standards, and their relation to public health
- the ability to design the water conveyance system
- the knowledge in various unit operations and processes in water treatment
- an ability to understand the various systems for advanced water treatment
- an insight into the structure of drinking water distribution system
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Fair. G.M., Geyer.J.C., “Water Supply and Wastewater Disposal”, John Wiley and Sons, 1954.
- Babbit.H.E, and Donald.J.J, “Water Supply Engineering” , McGraw Hill book Co, 1984.
- Steel. E.W.et al., “Water Supply Engineering” , Mc Graw Hill International book Co, 1984.
- Duggal. K.N., “Elememts of public Health Engineering”, S.Chand and Company Ltd, New Delhi, 1998.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Computer Science & Design 7th Sem, visit CSD 7th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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