Undergraduate - UnitCIV3264 - Urban water and wastewater systems

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Engineering
Organisational Unit	Department of Civil Engineering
Offered	Clayton First semester 2015 (Day) Malaysia First semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Christoph Rudiger

Synopsis

Overview of the various water and wastewater systems in an urban environment, their functions and modes of operation and influence of climate variability on urban requirements in terms of management and discharge of stormwater and wastewater. Examination of water supply treatment, stormwater management system, sewerage system and the interface between these systems.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

conceptually design and estimate flows of a minor drainage network
design gutters, swales, and pits
make initial designs and calculations of treatment processes
recommend tertiary treatment processes
estimate the design effluent and waste production of a treatment plant
assess water quality and recommend treatment options

Assessment

Continuous assessment: 35%
Examination (3 hours): 65%
Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

Workload requirements

2 hours lecture, 2 hours practice and site visit and 8 hours private study per week.

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Jeffrey Walker

Prerequisites

CIV2207 and CIV2263; except for students enrolled in an Environmental Engineering (single or double) degrees who require CIV2263 only.