Stoichiometry, reaction kinetics, and material balances. Movement of contaminants in the environment. Physical, chemical and biological treatment methods. CVEN 381 This laboratory course is a natural follow-on to CVEN 381. Concepts discussed in CVEN 381 are replicated in the laboratory.
Water quality is measured in terms of physical, chemical, and biological quality.
Additional requirements are given to environmental students. The students apply the models to a variety of hydrologic settings, including lakes, rivers, bays, and estuaries. Loadings of water quality parameters are modeled as steady-state, step functions, and transient loadings. Contaminant fate and transport processes affecting nutrients, bacteria, sediments, and toxics are studied in the course. Guest and faculty speakers focus on problems and situations encountered in professional engineering practice.