CEE 356 Public Health Engineering

CEE 356: Public Health Engineering (Required for a BSEnvE degree)

Principals of public health engineering. Includes the study of contaminant interaction with human populations, pathogen, identification and transmission in the environment and design of on-site wastewater treatment systems.

CEE 355W (Environmental Engineering Analysis) or
CEE 350 (Environmental Pollution and Control) Small and Decentralized Wastewater Management Systems, Ron Crites and George Tchobanoglous, WCB/McGraw Hill, 1998

References:

• Environmental Engineering and Sanitation (4th Edition), by Salvato, J.A., Wiley Interscience, 1994.
• Public health Administration and Practice, by Picket, G., and Hanlon, J., Times Mirror/Mosby College Publishing, St. Luis, Missouri, 1990.
• Major Environmental Issues Facing the 21st Century, by Theodore, M.K., and Theodore, L., Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1996.

Students completing this course successfully will be able to

1. become familiar with epidemiological studies and diseases caused because of the lack of proper environmental conditions
2. identify environmental concerns for water, land and water
3. understand the science behind environmental problems and solutions
4. evaluate contributive sources of wastewater and to design alternative wastewater treatment systems
5. conduct basic investigations and subsequent treatment of wastewater
6. evaluate pollution control strategies

1. Roots and basics of public health, the function of public health in the United States. contamination (3 hours)
2. Control of infectious and non-infectious disease, epidemiology (3 hours)
3. Wastewater characteristics and fate of constituents (3 hours)
4. Introduction to process analysis, mass balance calculations (6 hours)
5. Treatment of septic tank effluent and effluent disposal for decentralized wastewater systems, process reliability and coefficient of reliability (5 hours)
6. Biological treatment of wastewater, lagoon treatment systems (6 hours)
7. Wetlands and aquatic treatment (3 hours)
8. Land treatment systems (3 hours)
9. Intermittent and recirculating packed bed filters (3 hours)
10. Effluent reuse (3 hours)
11. Biosolids and septage management (3 hours)
12. Management decentralized systems (3 hours)

One 150-minute lecture session per week. It is offered on Teletechnet or in class on alternating semesters. Optional use of Excel spreadsheet program None College-level mathematics and basic sciences: 0 credits Engineering Topics: 3 credits General education: 0 credits This course will enhance the student's

1. ability to apply knowledge in mathematics, physics, chemistry, probability and statistics, biology, soil science and fluid mechanics,
2. ability to develop design criteria to meet desired needs and to design an environmental engineering system, component, or a process satisfying these criteria,
3. ability to identify and formulate an engineering problem, to collect and analyze relevant data, and to develop a solution,
4. ability to understand professional and ethical responsibility,
5. ability to present ideas and technical material to diverse audiences in writing, visually, and verbally,
6. ability to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a societal and global context,
7. ability to understand and appreciate the importance of professional licensure and commitment to life-long learning,
8. knowledge of current issues and awareness of emerging technologies,
9. knowledge of fundamentals of environmental chemistry, wastewater management, environmental and occupational health,
10. ability to understand the roles and responsibilities of public institutions and private organizations in environmental management.

Mujde Erten-Unal <munal@odu.edu> March 17, 2003