Course description

The Water Supply and Sanitation course provides students with engineering principles and tools for designing and operating water and sanitation systems in developing country contexts. Key topics include water quality parameters; groundwater and surface water treatment; water treatment process technologies; nutrient removal; key principles of Ecological Sanitation; simplified sewerage; decentralised water and sanitation systems; biosolids management; and operation and maintenance of water supply and sanitation infrastructure. Due attention is also given to non-engineering aspects of water and sanitation systems, including tools for demand creation and management and cost-benefit analysis of options. A parallel Integrated Water Management project will run through the semester which will develop skills that complement the content delivered in the 4 co-requisite courses. (On-campus students, including international students, are required to enrol in the internal offering. Part-time domestic students may enrol in the internal offering. Part-time domestic students may enrol in WATR7100 & WATR7400 in 2nd semester 2009. These require attendance in intensive mode comprising a 3 days block of classes (9am-5pm) followed immediately by a 10 day field trip. The remainder of the course will be taught externally on-line.)

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