EN8491 – NOTES & QP
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EN8491 – SYLLABUS
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 WATER TREATMENT
Objectives — Unit operations and processes — Principles, functions, and design of water treatment plant units, aerators of flash mixers, Coagulation and flocculation –Clarifloccuator-Plate and tube settlers — Pulsator clarifier — sand filters — Disinfection — Residue Management –Construction, Operation and Maintenance aspects.
UNIT IV ADVANCED WATER TREATMENT
Water softening — Desalination- R.O. Plant — demineralization — Adsorption — Ion exchange–
Membrane Systems — RO Reject Management — Iron and Manganese removal — Defluoridation — Construction and Operation & Maintenance aspects — Recent advances — MBR process
UNIT V WATER DISTRIBUTION AND SUPPLY
Requirements of water distribution — Components — Selection of pipe material — Service reservoirs — Functions — Network design — Economics — Analysis of distribution networks -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.