Water and Wastewater Treatment

Course aim

The aim of this course is to provide fundamental knowledge of water and wastewater treatment technologies and processes. This includes relevant water & colloid chemistry; water quality parameters and wastewater quality characteristics; conventional and advanced water treatment processes for safe drinking water supply; primary, secondary & tertiary wastewater treatment processes for organic carbon and nutrients removal; sludge treatment and disposal; and wastewater recycling and reuse. On completion of this course, students are expected to have solid knowledge and understanding of all these processes applied in water and wastewater industry. Also, students will be able to perform a preliminary process design of a water or wastewater treatment plant.

Course content

• Chemistry concepts
• Chemical factors that affect water quality
• Water/wastewater treatment processing
• Chemicals and bio-chemicals in water and wastewater treatment
• Natural and man-made pollutants that affect water quality
• Purposes, benefits and disadvantages of key chemical and biochemical processes used in water/wastewater treatment
• Parameters and assessment of water and wastewater quality
  
  

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

This course requires that students have basic knowledge of chemistry previously studied at secondary or tertiary level.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture	2 hours x 13 weeks
Tutorial	1 hour x 13 weeks
Practical (laboratory and field)	3 hours x 5 weeks

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

Assessment

Case study, Report, Test/Quiz

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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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.