National Institute of Technology Meghalaya CURRICULUM
An Institute of National Importance
Programme Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering Year of Regulation 2019-20
Department Civil Engineering Semester IV
Course Credit Structure Marks Distribution
Course Name Pre requisite
Code L T P C INT MID END Total
CE 202 Environmental Engineering – I Nil 3 0 0 3 50 50 100 200
I. To emphasize on the importance of Public water supply Able to Identify environmental problems arising due to
scheme. CO1 engineering and technological activities and the
science behind those problems.
II. To elucidate about Population forecasting and estimation Able to Estimate the population - economic growth,
CO2
of water demand. energy requirement and demand.
Course III. To compute water quality parameters. Course Able to Analyse material balance for different
CO3
Objectives Outcomes environmental systems.
IV. To familiarize students about Water Purification systems. Able to understand the importance of ecosystem and
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biodiversity for maintaining ecological balance.
V. To analysis and design water distribution systems. Able to Identify the major pollutants and abatement
CO5 devices for environmental management and
sustainable development
Mapping with Program Outcomes (POs) Mapping with PSOs
No. COs
PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
1 CO1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2 CO2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
3 CO3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
4 CO4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
5 CO5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
SYLLABUS
No. Content Hours COs
Water Supply System and Sources
CO1, CO2,
I Public water supply system, Planning and Components; Surface and Groundwater; Reservoir; Surface and Sub-surface 06
CO3
sources - types, selection, storage reservoir – yield and capacity estimation.
Distribution System
II Requirements, Classification, Analysis and Design of distribution systems, Detection and Prevention of leakage 05 CO3
Water Demand
III 05 CO3, CO4
Population forecasting, Design period, estimation of water demand for various uses, factors affecting consumption
Water Quality
IV The hydrologic cycle and water quality parameters: physical, chemical and biological; water quality standards for 06 CO4, CO5
chemical, physical and microbiological parameters; Drinking Water quality standards.
Basic microbiology and chemistry
V Microorganisms in natural water systems, development of dissolved oxygen (DO) sag model, introduction to 04 CO2, CO3
environmental chemistry
Water Treatment
Screening, Design and operation of sedimentation and settling tanks, Theory of settling, types of settling (Type – I and Type – II
Settling) and Coagulation and flocculation, Design of flocculation process, Aeration, Disinfection process-theory, Chlorination,
VI 10 CO5
Hardness Removal, Fluoride and Arsenic Removal, Household Water Treatment Systems; Flow-sheets for treatment of surface
and sub-surface waters; Types of filtration, Mechanism of filtration, Design of Considerations, Filter design criteria, operation and
maintenance.
Total Hours 36
Essential Readings
1. Environmental Engineering, Peavy H. S., Rowe D. R. and George Tchobanoglous, McGraw-Hill International, First Edition, 2017
2. Water Supply and Sewerage, McGhee T. J ., McGraw-Hill Inc., Sixth Edition, 2007
3. Sawyer, C.N., McCarty, P.L., Parkin, G.F., Chemistry for Environmental Engineering, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2000.
Supplementary Readings
1. Wastewater Engineering- Treatment and Reuse, Metcalf & Eddy (Revised by G. Tchobanoglous, F. L. Burton and H. D. Stensel), Tata McGraw Hill,
Fourth Edition, 2010
2. Introduction to Environmental Engineering, Davis M. L and Cornwell D. A McGraw-Hill, Inc.,5th Edition, 2012
3. Manual for Sewer and Sewerage, Central Public Health & Environmental Engineering Organization, Ministry of Housing and Urban Development,
Govt. of India, 2013.
4. APHA, Standard Methods Examination of Water and Wastewater, American Public Health Association, Washington DC, 1995, 22nd Edition, 2012
5. Manual for water supply and treatment, Central Public Health & Environmental Engineering Organization, Ministry of Housing and Urban
Development, Govt. of India, 1999.
