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Question Paper Code :

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Fifth Semester
Civil Engineering

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B.E./B.Tech. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2011.

CE 2304 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING I

(Regulation 2008)
Time : Three hours

Maximum : 100 marks

Answer ALL questions.

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PART A (10 2 = 20 marks)

What is design period? List any two factors influencing it.

2.

State the purposes of carrying out water quality characterisation.

3.

What are the advantages expected in using pressure conduits instead of

gravity conduits?

1.

4.

What is meant by pipe appurtenances and mention their role.

5.

Give the design criteria for a flash mixer and state is use in water supply
scheme.
What are the factors influencing the settling of a particle?

7.

List the pollutants get removed in an aerator.

9.

6.

10.

What do you mean by sanitary fitting?

Name the methods of defluoridation.

List out the components of a service connection pipe.

8.

PART B (5 16 = 80 marks)

11.

(a)

(i)

Discuss the factors that affect the rate of water demand.

(8)

(ii)

Explain about five demand its characteristics and the method

of estimating it.
(8)
Or

12.

(a)

Present and past populations 20 years and 40 years back for a

town are 292000, 172000 and 30000 respectively. Estimate the
population expected after 40 years using logistic curve method.(8)

(ii)

Discuss the physical characteristics of water and their influence

on water quality.
(8)

(i)

What are the basic requirements of a pipe joint? Explain the various
pipe joints with neat sketches.
Or

13.

(a)

(i)

Explain the functioning of a jet pump with a neat sketch.

(8)

(ii)

Discuss the factors influencing the selection of a pump.

(8)

(i)

Discuss the sedimentation by coagulation process using alum

and state the merits and demerits of using alum.
(8)

(ii)

What are the methods of disinfection and state the quality

requirements of a good disinfectant?
(8)

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(b)

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(b)

Or

(a)

Find the settling velocity of a particle of 0.06 mm diameter

having specific gravity of 2.65 in water at a temperature of 20
C. Take kinematic viscosity = 1 .007 10 6 m 2 / sec .
(8)

(ii)

Design a slow sand filter for a town of population 60000

persons, provided water supply at the rate of 160
litres/head/day. Take the filtration rate as 2.5 litres/minute.
m2, L/B ratio as 2, maximum demand as 1.8 times average
demand.
(8)

(i)

What are the effects and sources of Iron and Manganese present
in water? Explain the methods of removing them.
(8)

(ii)

Explain the activated carbon treatments and the pollutants

removed and advantages of the process.
(8)

14.

(i)

(b)

Explain the following water treatments.

(i)

Softening by lime - soda process

(8)

(ii)

Reverse osmosis and the reject management.

(8)

(b)

15.

(a)

Or

A town having 1,00,000 population and need provide water supply at

the rate of 200 lpcd. Following is the variation in demand.
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6 am to 9 am = 40% of demand
9 am to 3 pm = 10% of demand
3 pm to 6 pm = 15% of demand
6 pm to 9 pm = 20% of demand

9 pm to 6 am = 5% of demand

Or

Analyse the pipe network shown below and tabulate the flow values
in each of pipe.

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(b)

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Determine the capacity of service reservoir if the pumping of water to

the reservoir is to be made during the hours of 6 am to 9 am and 3
pm
to
9 pm at constant rate.

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