Class Test -1 (Time: 30 min)

CE 2241: Principles of Environmental Engineering

1. The following water samples contain various impurities. Draw the safest yet cheapest (10)
treatment process diagram for each sample and briefly explain the reason behind it.

Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3

Source: Ground water Source: Lake Source: River

TC: 0 N/100mL TC: 100 N/100mL Type: Palatable
Arsenic: 0.008 mg/L Color: 20 TCU TC: 100 N/100mL
Iron: 0.03 mg/L Turbidity: 40 NTU Color: 2 TCU
Turbidity: 10 NTU Contain: 50% settleable Turbidity: 4 NTU
aggregates (size > 2cm),
Contain: 0% colloidal Contain: 100%
and 50% colloidal fine
particles. settleable aggregate,
particles with specific
whose size < 0.5 cm.
gravity < 1.

2. Why gravel layer is used in the Slow Sand Filter (SSF)? Draw a typical Slow sand filter (8)
showing the flow direction and all the components.
3. A settling tank has an internal area of 125 m2. The particles in the tank have a diameter of (12)
10-5 m, Re = 0.4, and specific gravity = 2.61. The water temperature in the tank is 298 K and
the sedimentation period is 218 min. The sludge accumulation zone is 0.5 m and the total depth
(including the sludge accumulation zone) is 2.1 m. Determine the efficiency of the tank.