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Seat No.: ________ Enrolment No.

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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY


BE - SEMESTER– VI (NEW) EXAMINATION – WINTER 2021
Subject Code:3160611 Date:26/11/2021
Subject Name:Environmental Engineering
Time:10:30 AM TO 01:00 PM Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.
4. Simple and non-programmable scientific calculators are allowed.
MARKS
Q.1 (a) Explain the physical characteristics of water 03
(b) Define BOD. Give the significance of BOD test for wastewater. 04
(c) Draw a neat flow chart of a conventional water treatment plant. Enlist the 07
function of each unit.

Q.2 (a) What is design period? Explain the factors affecting the selection of the 03
design period.
(b) Find BOD(5,20) of a wastewater sample, if BOD(3,27) of the sample is 220 04
mg/lit. Take kD value at 20̊ C as 0.1 day-1
(c) Explain the factors affecting the self purification capacity of the river. 07
OR
(c) Explain the zones of pollution of a polluted stream 07

Q.3 (a) Differentiate between plain sedimentation and sedimentation aided with 03
coagulation
(b) Differentiate between suspended growth and attached growth process. 04
(c) Design a primary sedimentation for treating 8 MLD of water 07
OR
Q.3 (a) Why back washing is required in a rapid sand filter? What is the commonly 03
used rate of back washing?
(b) Explain with neat sketch, working of a flash mixer. 04
(c) Explain different types of traps used in house drainage system. 07

Q.4 (a) Explain how you will find the dry weather flow required for design of 03
sewerage system.
(b) Differentiate between activated sludge unit and trickling filter. 04
(c) Calculate the diameter and discharge of a circular sewer laid at a slope of 1 07
in 450 when it is running half full, and with a velocity of 1.0 m/s. Take
Manning constant as 0.013.
OR
Q.4 (a) Draw a house drainage plan for a 3BHK detached bungalow. 03
(b) Enlist different equipments that can be used to control suspended 04
particulate matter. Explain working of any one of them in detail.
(c) A single stage trickling filter is required to be designed to treat 3 MLD of 07
sewage with BOD of 250 mg/L. Assume organic loading rate as 11000
kg/ha-m/day and recirculation ratio as 1.0. What will be the BOD of the
effluent?
Q.5 (a) Enlist sources of noise pollution. 03
(b) Define EIA. Draw a flow chart showing different steps involved in the EIA 04
process.
(c) Explain sanitary land filling used for solid waste disposal. 07
1
OR
Q.5 (a) Find the head loss due to friction in a rising main using following data: 03
1. Length of rising main= 750m
2. Diameter of the pipe= 0.25m
3. discharge= 1.5 m3/min
4. Coefficient of friction= 0.0075.
(b) Why EIA is required for achieving the goal of sustainable development. 04
(c) Explain the effect of air pollution on human beings 07

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