WQM 130 Water Chemistry
Provides an in-depth study of water chemistry as it applies to the water and wastewater treatment processes where any chemical application is used.
Students are instructed in the use of equivalent weights of elements; available valances and reactive properties of applied chemicals; balancing chemical equations, mixing solutions and determining correct solution strengths and volumes; the uses of acids, bases and salt-based compounds; proper use of chemical treatment applications; and applied chemistry to softening systems, ion exchange, taste and odor, iron and manganese dosing, fluoridation calculations and Lime and Soda Ash chemical dosing for pH control. In addition, the students are exposed to aesthetic chemical operations and chemical handling processes and procedures.