Courses Handbook 2009

308883 (v.1) Water and Environmental Engineering 362


Area: Department of Civil Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 6.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 5 Hours Weekly
Fieldwork: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 308807 (v.1) Fluid Mechanics 230 or any previous version
Syllabus: Part 1: Introduction to hydrology. Hydrologic data. Rainfall and runoff. Flood estimation and frequency analysis. Rural catchment runoff. Urban catchment runoff. Urban drainage system. Drainage pipeline design. Rural catchment culvert design. Part 2: Introduction to water and wastewater engineering. Sources of water supply. Collection and distribution. Water quality. Microbiology of drinking water. Water treatment processes. Sewerage systems. Wastewater treatment processes.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 030907 Water and Sanitary Engineering
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Supplemental
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2009 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2009 Miri Sarawak Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

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