CEE 371 May 14, 2009

Final Exam

Closed Book, two sheets of notes allowed Please grade the

Please answer questions 3, 6 and 7. In addition, answer either question 1 following questions:
or 2, and answer either question 4 or 5. The total potential number of
points is 100. Show all work. Be neat, and box-in your answer. 1 or 2

4 or 5
1) (15 pts) A 10 inch diameter sanitary sewer is designed such that it
Circle one from
has a flowing full velocity of 3.5 ft/s. A Manning’s roughness each row. You must
coefficient value of 0.013 is assumed. The 10 inch sewer exits sewer answer 3, 6 and 7
manhole (SMH) 1 at an invert out elevation of 98.30 ft.

a) (9 pts) What is the invert elevation of the sewer as it enters SMH 2 which is
located 285 ft downstream of SMH 1?

Use the Manning equation:

1.49 1.49 0.67 0.5
Q= AR 0.67 S 0.5 V= R S
n n
And rearrange to solve for the slope (S):

2.22 .

2.22 .
And for a pipe flowing full, R=Area/circumference = πr2/2πr = r/2:

.
2.22 2
1.135
.
And substituting in the values
1.135 3.5 0.013
. 0.00755
5
12

So the invert drops by this rate over the 285 ft horizontal distance

Invert @ SMH2 = 98.3-285(0.00755) = 96.15 ft

b) (3 pts) Does the sewer have capacity for a design flow of 0.8 MGD? Show
quantitatively.
 Compare Qdesign to Qfull.

.
0.8 10 1.24

10
3.5 2 1.91   1.24 

Since Qdesign < Qfull, the sewer does have the needed capacity

(N.B. could actually go up to 2.2 cfs @ 80% full)

c) (3 pts) What is the desired minimum velocity in the pipe at the design flow?
Why?

It is 2 ft/s. The reason is to avoid settling of material from the sewage that might clog
the pipe

2) (15 pts) Sewer Basics

a) (3 pts) Combined sewers were designed to collect and convey what two types of
flows to a wastewater treatment plant?

Stormwater and sanitary sewage

b) (3 pts) What is a CSO?

Combined sewer overflow; incorporating both types of flows (stormwater and

sanitary sewage) usually discharging directly to a receiving water

c) (3 pts) List 3 different materials that sewers can be made of.

• Vitrified Clay
• Plastic (e.g., PVC)
• Ductile Iron

d) (6 pts) List 3 conditions or situations that require use of a manhole in a sewer

system.

Looking for
• Change in sewer alignment
• Change in sewer slope
 • Change in sewer diameter
• Beginning or ending of sewer line
Will accept
• Repairs & Maintenance
• Leak tests

3) (4 pts) What does the term “I/I” mean with respect to flow in sewers? Explain.

Inflow/Infiltration: undesired groundwater & stormwater entering the sanitary sewer

4) (15 pts) Draw (boxes, lines, arrows) and label (words) a schematic diagram showing
all the typical treatment processes and liquid flow paths in an entire conventional
municipal wastewater treatment plant using complete-mix activated sludge to provide
secondary treatment. Also show and label the residuals produced by certain
processes.

5) Biotreatment Basics and Regulations (15 pts)

a) (5 pts) Activated sludge is an example of a _____Suspended growth________
type of biological wastewater treatment process, while a trickling filter or a
biological tower is an example of a ___Attached growth____ type of biological
WW treatment process.
 b) (4 pts) Name three different types of activated sludge systems and explain how
they are different in just a few words

Answers could include any three of the following:

• Conventional or completely –mixed activated sludge (typically more CSTR than
PRF)
• Tapered Aeration activated sludge (PFR characteristics; most aeration at the
head
• Step feed activated sludge (PFR design; influent is added at various points)
• Pure oxygen activated sludge (use of pure O2; baffled and covered; higher BOD
loading, reduced HRT)

c) (6 pts) In 1972 major federal legislation was enacted that later became known as
the Clean Water Act. That legislation established water quality goals for the
nation’s waters and minimum requirements for secondary wastewater treatment.
i) What is the name of the permit system for controlling wastewater discharges?
ii) What are the quantitative requirements for BOD5 and SS in wastewater
discharges from secondary WWTPs?

(i) NPDES: national pollution discharge elimination system

(ii) BOD5 and TSS in the effluent must be less than or equal to 30
mg/L based on a 30 day average, and ≥85% removal of both must
be achieved
6) (40 pts) You have been selected to design a secondary wastewater treatment plant
(WWTP) for Phishville, a Vermont municipality of 15,000 people which has some
industry (Ben & Jerry’s) that discharges wastewater to the municipal sewer system.
The average daily wastewater flow is 2.1 MGD and the raw sewage entering the
WWTP has an average BOD5 of 240 mg/L and average suspended solids of 260
mg/L.

a) (4 pts) If the average domestic per capita sewage flow is 115 gpcd, what is the
average flow of the industrial wastewater (in MGD)?

Mass balance on the two types of sanitary WW

Qtotal = Qdomestic + Qindustrial
and

15,000 115 1,725,000  1.725

So:
2.1 1.725 .

b) (6 pts) If the average BOD5 load from the domestic sewage is 0.18 lbs/capita-day,
what is the average daily BOD5 loading (in lbs/day) from the industrial
wastewater? What is the population equivalent to this BOD5 loading?

  15,000 0.18 ,

.
  2.1 10 240 .

      4,203 2,700
,

So now the population equivalent is calculated from the per capita domestic loading
1,503
    ,  
0.18

c) (4 pts) The wastewater is treated in two parallel primary sedimentation tanks.

What is the diameter of each tank for a design overflow rate of 600 gpd/ft2 at
average flow?

Two trains, so the flow through each is one-half the total flow or 1.05 MGD

Now since:
Then:
1.05 10
1,750
600

So to get the diameter, we use simple geometry:

2
Rearranging:
1,750
2 2 3.1415 .

Or nominally, 48 ft

d) (6 pts) Primary treatment achieves 65% suspended solids removal and 35% BOD5
removal. What are the average BOD5 and SS concentrations (mg/L) and daily
loadings (1b/day) entering the secondary treatment process?

First for BOD:

1 0.35 240
.
  2.1 10 156 .
,

Next for SS:

1 0.65 260
.
  2.1 10 91 .
,

e) (20 pts) A complete mix activated sludge process is to be used for biological
treatment. Assume average flow conditions and the primary treatment
performance as in part d) above. Assume the following for the activated sludge
process:
• Plant effluent BOD5 of 12 mg/L
• Biomass yield (Y) of 0.54 kg biomass / kg BOD
• Endogenous decay rate (kd) = 0.05 day-1
• Solids Retention Time (θC) = 8 days
• MLVSS concentration in the aeration tank (X) of 2700 mg/L
• Waste and recycle solids concentration (XR) of 12,000 mg/L
Make calculations based on a single train, i.e., total plant flow for the following:
i) Determine the aeration tank volume in cubic meters.
ii) Determine the design hydraulic detention time, in hours.
iii) Determine the mass (dry) and volumetric rates of secondary sludge wasted
(kg/day, m3/day).
 iv) Determine the sludge recycle (return) flow rate in m3/day and the recycle
ratio.
v) Determine the food to microorganism ratio.

Part i
For this use the combined activated sludge model:
1

Convert from MGD to cubic meters per day: (2.1 MGD = 7948.5 m3/d)
1 0.54 7948.5 156 12
0.05
8 2700
Now solve for V
V=1308 m3

Part ii
1308
. .
7948.5

Part iii
         
2.7 1309
     
8
441
      .
12

Part iv
Use mass balance equations to find Qr and R
7948.5 2.7 441
12 2.7
2260
.
7948.5

Part v
7948.5 156 /
  .
2.7 1308
7) (26 pts) More work for your firm! Phishville, the municipality from Problem 6, has
hired you to consider their drinking water supply and treatment needs for the future.
Assume that average industrial water demand is the same now and in the future, and
is equal to the industrial wastewater flow you determined for Problem 6, part a).

a) (4 pts) If the average domestic per capita water demand is 110 gpcd, and the
population is projected to grow by 350 people per year, estimate the average daily
water demand (in MGD) for Phishville in 20 years.

20 15,000 20 350 22,000

22,000 110 0.375 2.42 0.375 

.  

b) (12 pts) The drinking water source for Phishville is a reservoir and the water is
treated by conventional processes. The water surface elevation in the clear well at
the end of the treatment plant is 160 ft. In order to supply adequate pressure for
the municipality, the hydraulic grade line (HGL) of the water system must be at
elevation 330 ft. Treated water is pumped through 2 miles of 16 inch diameter
ductile iron pipe (CHW = 120) to the water distribution system. If the ratio of
maximum day demand to average day demand is 1.5, what is the required pump
power (in horsepower) to supply Qmax day in the future (20 years from now)?

In this case, you’re pumping from a clearwell with a free water surface elevation (i.e.
at atmospheric pressure) at 160ft to the system (2 miles away) with the goal of
achieving an HGL of 330 ft. This might mean that there is elevated storage in the
system with a free surface elevation of 330 ft, or it might mean that there is no storage
and the pressure at the end of the main is equivalent to a static head of a column of
water rising to 330 ft above sea level.

So considering the peaking factor:

Q = 1.5 * 2.8MGD = 4.2 MGD

Or it may be convenient to calculate the future max day flow in cfs.

.
1.5 2.8 10 6.5

Ignoring minor losses:

Hpump = Hstatic + hf

And the static head is just the HGL change:

Hstatic = 330-160 = 170 ft
 For the hf, use the Hazen Williams equation

0.54
⎛ hf ⎞
Q = 0.432CD 2.63
⎜⎜ ⎟⎟
⎝ L ⎠
[
h f = L Q / (0.432CD 2.63 ) ]
1.85

( )
1.85
= 2 x5280 ft ⎡6.5cfs / ⎛⎜ 0.432(120) 16 ⎞⎤
2.63

⎢⎣ ⎝ 12 ⎟⎠⎥⎦
= 56 ft
Or if you prefer to work in MGD:
.
.
0.279
.
. .
/ 0.279 10.6 . .
.
4.2 10,560
10.6 . 55.7
120 . 16
12

Now, we can get Hpump:

Hpump = 170 ft + 56ft = 226 ft

Assuming an efficiency of 85%:

6.5 62.4 226

  107,500  /
550 550 0.85

c) (4 pts) A developer wants to build homes in an undeveloped area of Phishville

adjacent to the existing distribution system. The ground elevations are 300 to 310
ft in this area. Can the current water system provide adequate pressure for this
development? Show quantitatively.

Since the system HGL is at 330 ft (elevation of storage tank)

Max Static Pressure = HGL-z = 330ft – 300 ft = 30 ft

30 62.4  

This is not really adequate as general criteria call for at least 35 psi.
 d) (6 pts) What component of the Phishville drinking water system is designed to
provide water in the event of a short-term, or emergency, loss of the water source?
What two other types of water demands are considered in the design of this
component of the water system?

Distribution Storage
• Fire fighting demand: fire volume
• Peak hourly demands: equalizing storage volume
Good stuff to know
Conversions
7.48 gallon = 1.0 ft3 1 gal = 3.7854x10-3 m3
1 MGD = 694 gal/min = 1.547 ft3/s = 43.8 L/s
1 ft3/s = 449 gal/min
g = 32 ft/s2
W=γ = 62.4 lb/ft3 = 9.8 N/L
1 hp = 550 ft-lbs/s = 0.75 kW
1 mile = 5280 feet 1 ft = 0.3048 m
1 watt = 1 N-m/s
1 psi pressure = 2.3 vertical feet of water (head)
At 60 ºF, ν = 1.217 x 10-5 ft2/s

Water Properties:
At 60 ºF, ν = 1.217 x 10-5 ft2/s , μ= 2.359 x 10-5 lb-sec/ft2 , γ = 62.4 lb/ft3
At 10 ºC, ν = 1.306 x 10-6 m2/s , μ= 1.307 x 10-3 kg/m-s , ρ = 999.7 kg/m3