Water Quality Modelling

Course aim

To enable students to model and interpret impact of various effluent sources on water quality of water resources systems and fate of pollutants over the time.

Course content

Modelling of stream water quality with point and non-point sources of conservative and non-conservative pollutants. Continuous simulation modelling of urban and rural catchment. Assessment of efficiency of WSUD for improving water quality of urban catchment runoff by using MUSIC software. Modelling of pollution generation and wash-off processes in a rural catchment by using SWMM. Transport of contaminants in groundwater and how it interacts with the flow and thereby complicates the modelling process. Modelling drinking water treatment processes.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture	1.5 hours x 10 weeks
Tutorial	1.5 hours x 10 weeks
Computer Practical	1.5 hours x 10 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment 1: in class activities, Assignment 2: Catchment Modelling Project, Assignment 3: Take home study tasks

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.