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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

308883 (v.2) Water and Environmental Engineering 362

Note

Tutition Patterns

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Unit references, texts and outcomes

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Area: Department of Civil Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 6.0
Lecture: 1 x 5 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 2 x 2 Hours Quarterly
Prerequisite(s): 308807 (v.1) Fluid Mechanics 230 or any previous version
Syllabus: Part 1- Hydrology: Surface Water Hydrology: Hydrologic cycle and processes. Hydrologic data and measurement. Streamflow hydrograph. Concept of catchment water balance. Flood estimation, intensity, duration and frequency (IDF) analysis. Return periods of floods and droughts. Reservoir design. Urban hydrology. Ground Water Hydrology: Occurrence of ground water. Recharge. Ground water flow. Pumping test. Well hydraulics and design. Ground water contamination. Part 2- Environmental Engineering: Introduction to environmental engineering: water, waste water, solid waste, and air pollution. Water Quality: Physical, Chemical, and Microbiological. Water Quality and Health. Raw water sources, water treatment, and distribution. Wastewater collection, wastewater treatment, and disposal. Sustainable Practices: Recycling, reuse, and demand management. Solid waste management. Air quality & health.
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
2011 Bentley 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