EN8491 Water Supply Engineering Syllabus:
EN8491 Water Supply Engineering Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2017
OBJECTIVES:
- To equip the students with the principles and design of water treatment units and distribution system.
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.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Garg, S.K. Environmental Engineering, Vol.IKhanna Publishers, New Delhi, 2010.
2. Modi, P.N., Water Supply Engineering, Vol.I Standard Book House, New Delhi, 2010.
3. Punmia, B.C.,Ashok Jain and Arun Jain, Water Supply Engineering, Laxmi Publications (P) Ltd., New Delhi, 2014.
REFERENCES:
1. Manual on Water Supply and Treatment, CPHEEO, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, New Delhi, 1999.
2. Syed R. Qasim and Edward M. Motley Guang Zhu, Water Works Engineering Planning, Design and Operation, Prentice Hall of India Learning Private Limited, New Delhi, 2009.