CE 6503 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING I

UNIT-III
WATER TRAETMENT
PREVIOUS ANNA UNIVERSITY QUESTIONS (2010-2015)
Part A
1. Differentiate between unit operations and unit process in context of water treatment? (NOVDEC 2010)
2.

What is the significance of velocity gradient in flash mixer? (NOVDEC 2010)

3. State stokes equation for finding settling velocity of particles? (APRMAY 2011)
4. On what factors does the dose of coagulants depend? (APRMAY 2011)
5. Give the design criteria for flash mixer and state its use in water supply scheme? (NOVDEC 2011)
6. What are the factors influencing the settling of a particle? (NOVDEC 2011)
7. What is the significance of velocity gradient in flash mixer? (MAYJUN 2012)
8. Differentiate between sterilisation and disinfection? (MAYJUN 2012)
9. What are the differences between unit operations and unit process? (NOVDEC 2012)
10. What are the advantages of chlorine as disinfectant? (NOVDEC 2012)
11. Define: Detention time and surface over flow rate for a sedimentation tank? (MAYJUN 2013)
12. What are the tests to be done to find the residual chlorine in water? (MAYJUN 2013)
13. How to manage the residue in water treatment plant? (NOVDEC 2013)
14. List out advantages of rapid sand filter? (NOVDEC 2013)
15. What is the significance of velocity gradient in flash mixer? (MAYJUN 2014)
16. What is break point chlorination? (MAYJUN 2014)
17. What is the significance of velocity gradient in flocculator design? (NOVDEC 2014)
18. What do you mean by break point chlorination? (NOVDEC 2014)
19. Enumerate the mechanism of disinfection process? (MAYJUN 2015)
20. What are the factors influencing settling of discrete particles? (MAYJUN 2015)
Part B
1. Draw the vertical cross section of circular sedimentation tank and explain working principle of it. Prove that
in sedimentation tank settling velocity of particle is independent of depth of the tank? (NOVDEC 2010)
2. (i) With neat sketch explain working mechanism of rapid sand filter? (12) (NOVDEC 2010)
(ii) Briefly discuss the concept behind break point chlorination? (4) (NOVDEC 2010)
3. (i) Explain the sedimentation process used in water treatment plant? (8) (APRMAY 2011)
(ii) Sketch and explain break point chlorination? (8) (APRMAY 2011)
4. Find the area of rapid sand filter required for a town having a population of 80,000 with an average rate of
demand 180 lpcd. Assume suitable data for design. Draw the cross section of the designed filter. (APRMAY
2011)
5. (i) Discuss the sedimentation by coagulation process using alum and state the merits and demerits of using
alum (8) (NOVDEC 2011)
(ii) What are the methods of disinfection and state the quality requirements of a disinfectant? (8) (NOVDEC
2011)
6. (i) Find the settling velocity of a particle of 0.06 mm diameter having specific gravity of 2.65 in temperature
-6 2
of 20C. The kinematic viscosity of = 1.007 x 10 m / sec. (8) (NOVDEC 2011)

(ii) Design a slow sand filer for a town of population 60000 persons, provided water supply rate 160 lpcd.
2
Take filtration rate as 2.5 litres per minute, m , L/B ratio as 2, maximum demand as 1.8 times average
demand? (8) (NOVDEC 2011)
7. With neat sketch explain working principle of a rapid sand filter? (MAYJUN 2012)
8. Explain conventional method used to disinfect water? (MAYJUN 2012)
9. Design a sedimentation tank for water treatment plant to treat 8MLD of water. Assume a surface loading rate
3 2
of 30m /m /day. Check the adequacy of detention time. Draw the plan of water treatment plant? (NOVDEC
2012)
10. With the help of the diagram explain the process of rapid sand filter? (NOVDEC 2012)
11. (i) Draw the longitudinal section of a sedimentation tank indicating the various zones (8) (MAYJUN 2013)
(ii) The following data are corresponding to a clariflocculator find the volume of the flocculator and its
diameter.
Detention time: 30m, Depth 3m, outer diameter of the inlet shaft = 0.9 m, water to be treated = 10 MLD (8)
(MAYJUN 2013)
12. With a neat sketch of cross section explain the working of a rapid sand filter? (MAYJUN 2013)
13. Design a rectangular sedimentation tank for 5MLD flow? (NOVDEC 2013)
14. What is disinfection? what are the factors affecting disinfection? Explain the chlorination process? (NOVDEC
2013)
15. (i) Calculate the average chlorine required per day to treat 150 MLD of water. Also calculate the storage
required for 60 days. Assume an average chlorine dosage of 5mg/l. (4) (MAYJUN 2014)
(ii) Explain the various unit operations and unit processes involved in water treatment (12) (MAYJUN 2014)
16. A new township is having a population of 50000 and 90 lpcd of water supply. Design a rapid sand filter unit
with details of under drainage and water washing including gutter arrangement. Limit the maximum spent
back wash water as 3.5%? (MAYJUN 2014)
17. Design a clariflocculator for a proposed water treatment plan with a capacity of 80 MLD and draw a
neat sketch of it? (NOVDEC 2014)
18. A new township is having a population of 50000 and 90 lpcd of water supply. Design a rapid sand filter unit
with details of under drainage and water washing including gutter arrangement. Limit the maximum spent
back wash water as 3.5%? (NOVDEC 2014)
19. (i) Design a flash mixer for the proposed water treatment plant with a capacity of 25 MLD and draw a neat
sketch of the unit? (8) (APRMAY 2015)
(ii) Estimate the alum and quick lime requirements with reactions involved to treat 2 MLD of water with raw
water alkalinity of 9 mg/L as caco3 if the alum dosage adopted was 40 mg/L. (purity of quick lime is 80%) (8)
(APRMAY 2015)
20. Briefly explain the mechanism of sand filtration. Draw a neat sketch of rapid sand filtration unit and explain
the working principle? (MAYJUN 2015)