ENVE 4005
Wastewater Treatment Principles and Design
Theoretical aspects of unit operations and processes for wastewater treatment with design applications. Topics include wastewater characteristics, flow rates, primary treatment, chemical unit processes, biological treatment processes, advanced wastewater treatment, disinfection, biosolids treatment and disposal. Laboratory procedures: activated sludge, anaerobic growth, chemical precipitation, disinfection.
2026
Topics
- biological treatment processes, advanced wastewater treatment, disinfection, and biosolids treatment
- alternate weeks.
- ) Precluded courses
- ) Prerequisites and recommended knowledge
- ENVE 3001
- ) Learning Outcomes
- Learn the fundamentals and science of wastewater treatment
- Learn and design physical treatment processes
- Learn and design chemical treatment processes
- Learn and design biological treatment processes
- Learn and design advanced treatment processes
- Learn and design biosolids treatment processes
- Learn and design on-site treatment processes
- Assess water reuse options
- making
- Learn and compare wastewater regulations in Canada and other countries
- Write engineering reports to a client
- ) Graduate Attributes
- The Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) requires graduates of undergraduate engineering
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): ENVE 3001 . Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as ENVE 5008 , for which additional credit is precluded. Lectures three hours a week, problem analysis one hour a week, laboratory three hours alternate weeks.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Download Now ↗2026