To provide students with a detailed background in the processes
used in natural treatment of wastewater and sludge management.
Emphasis will be placed on application of current engineering
design principles and practices associated with water quality
improvement using natural treatment systems. Specific learning
outcomes include:
1. Students will have sufficient understanding of the physical,
chemical, and biological processes occurring in natural treatment
systems to apply the processes for specific treatment objectives.
2. Students will be able to design facultative lagoons to treat
municipal wastewaters to meet specified permit limits.
3. Students will be able to design wetland treatment units to
treat municipal wastewaters to meet specified permit limits.
4. Students will be able to design land application systems to
treat municipal wastewaters to meet specified permit limits.
5. Students will be able to utilize principles of natural
treatment systems to design systems for treatment of other
wastewaters and applications such as domestic on-site systems.
6. Students will be familiar with natural systems for sludge
management and disposal.

I. Review of water quality, water use, wastewater generation
  II. Overview of natural waste treatment systems
 III. Planning, feasibility assessment, and site selection
  IV. Basic processes, responses, and interactions
   V. Wastewater stabilization ponds
  VI. Aquatic treatment systems
 VII. Wetland systems
VIII. Land treatment systems
  IX. On-site wastewater management systems
   X. Sludge management and treatment