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

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

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
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2007	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