GEG3343

Public health engineering

(ENG)

L Soste

4 points + 26 lecture hours, 26 tutorial hours and 3 hours laboratory work, 10 hours field trips + Second semester + Gippsland/distance + Prerequisite: GEG2743

Synopsis: Historical development of water supply practice in Victoria. Development of the resource at the headworks. Water resources planning. Gravity pipeline: hydraulic design and installation. Pumped system: pump selection, pump and pipe system economics, waterhammer. Balancing storage. Water quality and treatment. Distribution systems. Asset/maintenance management. Water supply for irrigation systems. Historical development of wastewater collection systems. Constituents of wastewater. Hydraulic design of sewer reticulation systems.

Assessment: Examination: 50% + Assignments: 50%