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ENVENG 740 : Water and Wastewater Engineering

Postgraduate course

Project description

Do you know that environmental engineers have saved more lives than medical doctors ever have or ever will? It is because centralised drinking water treatment and sanitation systems have significantly lowered the incidence of water and human excreta-related diseases, such as cholera and typhoid. Recently, water has been recognized by the United Nations as essential for dignity and peace, along with life, health, and prosperity. As prospective environmental engineers, developing sustainable water management technologies to provide adequate clean water to our society is both an in-demand and remarkable career. The content of this course is divided into three major parts. The first two parts are constructed based on conventional, biological wastewater treatment practices. In contrast, the third part is more focused on emerging issues and new technologies that fall within the realm of sustainable water management. Upon completing this course, students will have a thorough understanding of various physical, chemical, and biological processes currently applied in municipal wastewater treatment processes. Students will also be able to conduct an open engineering design based on process fundamentals. Furthermore, students shall be familiar with emerging technologies and approaches in the sustainable water management area.

Year 2022

Location New Zealand

Organization University of Auckland

Project aims

Project outcome

By the end of this course, students will be able to: Comprehend the major objectives of domestic wastewater treatment processes and capable of identifying appropriate unit operations and processes necessary to meet secondary/tertiary wastewater treatment standards (Capability 3.1, 5.2 and 6.2) Develop, design and justify conventional unit operations and processes for treating domestic wastewater, particularly capable of designing biological wastewater treatment processes (Capability 1.1, 2.2, 3.2, 4.2 and 6.1) Capable of of balancing simple mass and energy flows in the conventional wastewater treatment processes (Capability 1.1, 3.1 and 4.1) Understand, explain, and design biological nutrient removal (BNR) processes used to remove nutrient from wastewater (Capability 3.2 and 6.2) Demonstrate an awareness of emerging issues, new approaches, and emerging concepts in wastewater treatment and reuse (Capability 2.1, 2.2, 4.2 and 6.1)