Prerequisites for Module
Successful completion of Stage 1 Module AS1153
Corequisite Modules
Refer to Definitive Course Document.
Precluded Modules
Refer to Definitive Course Document.
Aims of Module
To provide the student with the ability to recognise the complex processes found in the aquatic environment.
Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
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Assess the impact of water pollution on aquatic ecosystems.
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Discuss how potable water is produced.
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Discuss how wastewater is managed and treated.
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Evaluate the role of water and disease.
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Indicative Module Content
Water Pollution - ecological perspectives; water quality standards and parameters; assessment of water quality; aquatic pollutants; water quality in rivers and lakes - physicochemical processes; parameters of organic content in water quality; dissolved oxygen and biochemical oxygen demand in streams; transformation processes in water bodies; oxygen transfer by interphase transfer in water bodies; water treatment; amount of water required; water quality standards; water sources and their quality; water treatment processes; pre treatment of water; sedimentation; coagulation, flocculation; filtration; disinfection; fluoridation; advanced water treatment processes; wastewater treatment; wastewater flow and characteristics; design of wastewater network; wastewater treatment processes; wastewater pre-treatment; primary treatment; secondary treatment; activated sludge systems; attached growth systems; secondary clarification; advanced treatement processes; wastewater disinfection; water and disease.
| Indicative Student Workload
Contact Hours
| Full Time | Lectures
| 11 | Tutorials/Seminars
| 22 | Supervised Assessments
| 2 | Field Trip
| 7 |
Directed Study
| | Directed Study
| 40 |
Private Study
| | Private Study
| 68 |
Mode of Delivery
This course is based on a distance-learning format with a limited number of lectures. The bulk of the contact is tutorials to support the distance learning material and an integral part of the course is the fieldtrip element.
Assessment Plan
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Learning Outcomes Assessed
| | Coursework | 1
| | Examination | 1,2,3,4
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The Examination will consist of extended response questions. The Class Test will involve problem solving.
Indicative Bibliography
| 1. | Environmental Engineering. G Keily (1998) McGraw-Hill
| | 2. | Open University Course T237 texts Units 1-7.
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