315037 (v.1) Drinking Water Treatment 500
| Area: | Department of Chemistry |
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| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 2.5 |
| TUITION PATTERNS: | The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline. |
| Lecture: | 2 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Workshop: | 1 x 1 Hours Fortnightly |
| UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: | The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline. |
| Syllabus: | This unit will introduce the fundamentals of drinking water treatment processes. How the type of treatments used is influenced by the quality and variability of the water source and cost of treatment will be discussed. Water treatment processes, including clarification, filtration and disinfection, and the factors affecting the choice of treatment regime will be addressed. Detailed chemistry of the common oxidative disinfection treatment process, chlorination, chloamination and ozonation, will be discussed with emphasis on disinfection by-products. |
| Field of Education: | 010599 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified |
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