Description
Consider that you are an environmental engineer who is working for Muscat Municipality. In 2018 you are asked to submit a report related to pollution control of Wilayat (AS SEEB) for Muscat municipality considering public health issues.
(AS SEEB in located in the Muscat the capital of Sultanate of Oman)
Task/Study: 1
You have to prepare a conceptual design for a wastewater treatment system for the selected Wilayat based on the following aspects
1. Types of pollutants produced, treatment units and processes (flowchart)
2. The water quality that would result from the system in term of quality, national and international standard, social and cultural acceptance, and ecological impact.
3. Controlling sources of pollution: Pollution prevention approaches to reduce, eliminate, or prevent pollution at its source, should be considered. Examples are to use less toxic raw materials or fuels, use a less-polluting industrial process, and to improve the efficiency of the process such as the use of sustainable manufacturing
Task/Study: 2
You have to prepare control strategies for managing air quality from land transportation to achieve air pollution reduction.
1. Controlling emissions related to transportation can include emission controls on vehicles as well as use of cleaner fuels.
2. Discuss stakeholder engagement and public participation and make sure that your design or strategy benefited both the environment and society
The Report should contain the following sections:
- Abstract
The abstract must be brief, but it has to tell the following:
The main objective.
Methodology; write about the main sections involved in the report.
Core results obtained; preferably not more than 2 sentences.
Conclusion; one or two sentences are recommended.
- Introduction
The introduction is very important as it sets the context for the report.
Summarize the brief, briefly outline the case and focus on its significance (problem statement), state the report's aim (objective), and describe how the report is organized (methodology).
It is not usual to detail findings or recommendations in the introduction.
- Report body
The previous sections (abstract & introduction) are preliminary sections. Case study's body section is organized as follows:
Headings should be informative and descriptive providing a clue to the contents of the section.
Describe the context of the case. Present the central issue you will be analyzing, what decisions have already been made, what communication processes are occurring in the situation. Focus on the facts.
Explain your methodology. Identify problems that are demonstrated in the case.
Present summaries of your findings and indicate how you decide for your design, and what is acceptable/not acceptable as a solution with justification.
Present an action plan for the recommendations. Recommendations in a case study report should be fairly detailed.
- Conclusions
Every report should include a concluding statement/s on the subject of the report. Restate the aim of the report and state how you have achieved it. Present the main findings and key recommendations in a summarized. You should also restate the limitations of the report.
- References
This is a list of all the sources of information you have referred to in the report (CU Harvard References Format); minimum 5 references.
- Appendix
Any additional figures, tables, and photos if required
** Total Word Count = As Long you cover All the requirements.
Explanation & Answer
Attached.
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING REPORT1
Environmental Engineering Report: Al-Seeb, Oman
Student’s Name:
Instructor’s Name:
Course:
Date:
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING REPORT2
Abstract
During the past five decades, Sultanate of Oman, in general, has experienced a rapid
increase in agriculture, heavy industrial growth and industrial housing as well as population
growth which is the main cause of all these. In as far as the Wilayat of Al-Seeb is concerned, the
increase in all these factors and elements has led to an increase in pollution (Awad, 1990). These
include water, air, and land pollution. Considering this, this report, therefore, tries to find the
major sources of water as well as land pollution and how they can be managed, controlled and
prevented for good with the main objective of preventing and controlling water and air pollution.
The conceptual design for water waste management is the major method of treating effluents
from sewerage water to make good quality drinking water which has been discussed in this
report. The report introduces the problem statement and its major objective and how it will
achieve it. Then it discusses the conceptual design for the wastewater treatment system including
all its process and units. Then it analyses the nature of water from the treatment system in terms
of quality, international standards, ecosystem and social and cultural acceptance. It then
discusses major ways of reducing land and air pollution before discussing the stakeholder
engagement and public participation and later discussing the major findings and limitations of
the report and a conclusion. The report found out that there were no major ways of dealing with
wastewater and therefore the design served as the ultimate solution.
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING REPORT3
Introduction
In Al-Seeb, the major problem facing all aspects of life is the low rainfall and water
shortage. Considering the rapid industrial growth due to the rise in population, human activities
have therefore caused an increase in environmental deterioration and underground water
pollution. This is because since Al-Seeb is a dry place, humans depend on underground water
from boreholes and deep wells (Awad, 1990). This, in turn, causes an imbalance between the
excessive use of underground water and recycling. With the increasing amount of sewage
produced, when it is dumped onto land and reaches the underground water whose amount is
steadily dropping, water pollution, therefore, becomes inevitable. A good water waste
management system has to be devised in order to reduce the number of effluents polluting the
underground water and increase the amount of clean water for usage in both domestic and
industrial use. Better ways to control land pollution as well as another step in reducing water
pollution. The main aim of this report, therefore, is to reduce the rate of water pollution and
increase the amount of fresh water as explained above.
The report introduces the problem statement and its major objective and how it will
achieve it. Then it discusses the conceptual design for the wastewater treatment system including
all its process and units. Then it analyses the nature of water from the treatment system in terms
of quality, international standards, ecosystem and social and cultural acceptance. It then
discusses major ways of reducing land and air pollution before discussing the stakeholder
engagement and public participation and later discussing the major findings and limitations of
the report and a conclusion.
Conceptual Design for a Wastewater Treatment System for Al-Seeb
Types of Wastewater
According to a report released by Al-Bahry (2014) based on a case study he had done on
2013 with a couple of other researchers, he found out that the major types of wastewater in AlSeeb include cooling water, stormwater, and sanitary sewage water as well as the process water
and steam which is heavily polluted since they majorly come from industries.
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING REPORT4
Types of Water Pollutants Produced
As mentioned earlier, the major pollutants in Al-Seeb are as a result of increased
population and hence increased industrial activities which have caused an increased water
pollution for the last five decades. Based on the above types of wastewater, some of the major
pollutants involved include liquid hydrocarbons, dissolved solids, suspended solids, phenols,
amines, cyanides, and hydro-fluoride among others.
Treatment Processes and Units
Wastewater or rather sewerage mostly come from the water we use for domestic purposes
including washing clothes, flushing toilets, sinks, general cleaning, and bathing. All these water
are usually collected using a pipe and joins the larger sewerage system before being disposed
into either land or water and pollution starts here considering the fac...
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