Environmental Engineering Principles (Inglés) (Presentación) Autor Dave Reckhow
Environmental Engineering Principles (Inglés) (Presentación) Autor Dave Reckhow
Environmental Engineering Principles (Inglés) (Presentación) Autor Dave Reckhow
CEE 370
Environmental Engineering
Principles
Lecture #1
Introduction I
Reading: Chapter 1 in Mihelcic & Zimmerman
Introduction to CEE 370
• Syllabus
• Book (Mihelcic & Zimmerman, 2nd edition)
• Website: http://www.ecs.umass.edu/cee/reckhow/courses/370/
• Will also make some use of: Moodle, Gradescope and Piazza
• Labs: 5 in total
• Streamflow is first
• Location: Mill River on west edge of campus (adjacent to WET Center)
• Teaching Assistants:
• Soon‐Mi Kim ([email protected]), Monday & Tuesday labs
• Savannah Wunderlich ([email protected]), Wednesday & Thursday labs
370 Lab
• This is our assigned lab room
(Marston 24) as of this
morning
• We may use an alternative
lab room in Goessmann for
labs #2‐5
Lab #1 – measuring stream flow
• Measure volumetric flow rate (Q)
and mean velocity (v) of a small
stream
• How to do it?
• Floating markers
• Current meters
• Chemical tracer dilution
Electromagnetic Current Meter Method
• Hach meter: Based on stream velocity at a specific point (depth and
width) for a specified time frame (in seconds).
0.6D 0.2D
0.8D
Electromagnetic sensors
• Hach FH950 flow meter
Images: www.hach.com
Mill River Field Site
• Teams of 3
• Use tape measure to
define cross sections
• Metal rod supports
meter and sensor at the
right depth
• Need appropriate
footwear
Lab #1, Stream flow
• Before:
• Attend information sessions held during normal lab periods
• Make groups of 3‐4.
• Read and understand the lab session handout for next week’s lab exercise for all three
methods.
• Day of:
• Expect to step into the stream (knee‐depth at most) so wear appropriate clothing
(flip‐flops, shorts).
• Bring a notebook to record your data and take notes.
• Leave on time to reach WET Center by 2:30 PM
• If you don’t know the directions and/or need a ride, talk to your TA.
• Write‐up
• Prepare a write up (1 per group) as per technical report handout and the lab handout
(last couple of pages)
• Turn in your write‐up as directed by TAs (1‐2 weeks after lab)
How to dispose of Coke?
• To minimize environmental & human impact, I should
A. Pour it into the shrubs in front of Marston Hall during dry weather
B. Wait until there’s a heavy rain and then pour it into the shrubs
C. Pour it down the sink
D. Pour it in the toilet
E. Throw the entire can’s contents into the trash
What’s in it?
• John Stith Pemberton’s original formulation
• Cocoa leaves (37 g/L; including ~ 36 mg/L cocaine)
• Cola nut (with Caffeine)
• Current formulation ‐ largely unknown except:
• Monosaccharides:
• 84 g/L fructose
• 68 g/L glucose
• Caffeine: 89 mg/L (caffeine citrate)
• Phosphoric acid (172 mg‐P/L)
• pH 2.3
A. Land disposal during “dry” weather
• plume
• Catch basin in front of Marston Hall
B. In wet weather – to
the storm drain system
David Reckhow CEE 370 L#1 12
Catch Basins
• UMass design
UMass Amherst
• Stormwater system
UMass Amherst
• Stormwater system
NW segment
• Mill
River
UMass Amherst outfalls
• outfalls
Outfall
• “Dry” weather (3 Sept 2019)
Mill River
• Complete Watershed
• Flows to Connecticut
river
Outfall
C & D: The sink & toilet solution
• Both go into the sanitary sewer system and on to the
Amherst wastewater treatment plant
Typical
building
plumbing
system
• dfas
Amherst WWTP
• Current plant
Amherst WWTP
• layout
E: The trash can solution
• UMass office of waste management (https://www.umass.edu/wastemanagement/ )
• Integrated solid waste management approach
• The path
• OWM trash packer truck to WRTF => transfer trailers to Holyoke transfer
station => via rail to Southbridge MA landfill
Southbridge landfill – the final resting place?
• Capacity and
contamination
problems?
From: Worcester
Telegram, Nov 5,
2015
Landfills and groundwater
• They all leak to some extent, especially unlined landfills
Next
• To next lecture
• Reading for next class:
• M&Z: Chapter 1
• Hardin’s “Tragedy of the Commons” Science, 13 Dec 1968 (pg 1243)
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