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E./B.TECh. DEGR,EE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER

Sixth.semester

Civil Engineerihg
CE 2354ICF

64ILOTTL CE 605

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

- II

(Regulation 2008/20 10)

Environmental Engineering - II for

(common to 10111 cE 605
2010)
B.E. art-Time) sixth semester - civil Engrneering - Regulation
Maximum : 100 marks
Time : Three hours
Answer ALL questions.

PARTA-(10 x2=20 marks)

'?n4F-'

Whtt is the effect of oxygen demanding-fr"ast'e on water bodies?

Enumerate the sources of wastewater'
What do you nlean by small bore system?

under what circumstances pumping is required forsewerage system?

Distinguishbetweenunitoperationsandunitprocesses.
What is meant by grey water harvestihg?

Distinguish between aerobic pond and'inaerobic pond'

What is the significance of sludge volume

'

dex?

having a
A town discharges 50 msis of secondary treated sewage into a stream
DO in
rate of flow 1000 m3/s. The DO content of sewage is 0'5 mg/L'and
upstream sid.e of river is 8.5 mg/L' Find the DO of mix'
'l

10.

Enumerate various methods of slud'ge dewatering'.

PARTB-(5x 16=80marks)

11. (a) Briefly d.escribe the various physico-chemical

characteristics of sewage

and state their environmental significance.

Or

12.

(b)

Give a detailed procedure to quantify sanitary sewage flow and storm

water runoff with reference to an urban area.

(a)

Explain various systems of sanitary plumbing for building and write

down the main characteristics.

Or

&)

Briefly explain the various factors to be considered in the design of

sewerage system. Design a sanitary sewer to a population of
6000 receiving water at a rate of 90 Lpcd. Minimum self cleansing
velocity at design flow is 0.8 m/s, maximum depth of flow is 0.5 D.
Assume other design criteria as applic4ble.

(a)

Assuming suitable criteria d.esign a grit chamber and primary settling

tank for a proposed STP expected to trlat 28 ML/d maximum flow.

(b)

Design a septic tank for a poplulation of 120 people in a housing colony.

Desludging period is one year. What would be the size of the dispersion
trench, if the effluent from the septic tank is to be discharged in it?

L4. (a)

-Explain the working principle of an Activated sludge process with a neat

13.

sketch.

Or

(b) (r)

Explain the algal- bacterial symbiosis with respect to aerobic pond..

(6)

(il)

15. (a)

Design a high rate trickling filter for treating sewage of 5-5 ML/d
with a raw sewage BODs @ 27"C of 280 {ngll,. Assume a
recirculation ratio of 1.6 and efficiency of the filt6r as B4%. Use
(10)
NRC equation.

What do you_mean b5r "SeIf purification" of stream! Draw a neat sketch of

and. explain the salient featurds
an o*yg"n

""g..rro"

&)

Draw a neat sketch of a high rate two-stage anaerobic sludge digester

apd explain its salient features.

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