ENCN281-11S2 (C) Semester Two 2011

Environmental Engineering

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 11 July 2011
End Date: Sunday, 13 November 2011
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 24 July 2011
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 9 October 2011

Description

Water quality parameters; mass balances; kinetics; surface water quality modelling; ecological systems; treatment of water, wastewater, solid and hazardous wastes; air pollution.

Learning Outcomes

  • To introduce students to …

  • Environmental engineering particularly as it relates to water and wastewater quality;
  • Fundamental environmental engineering concepts such as environmental kinetics, mass balances and contaminant behaviour in the environment (reactor hydraulics);
  • Systems theory, ecosystem structure, dynamics and ecohydrology;
  • Process concepts of Water and Wastewater Treatment;
  • Solid and Hazardous Waste Management; and
  • Principles of Air Pollution Management and Control.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Dean of Engineering and Forestry

Restrictions

ENNR203, ENCI383

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

David Wareham

Lecturers

Aisling O'Sullivan and Daniel Tsang

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
final test 40%
Report 10% Coagulation/flocculation lab report
Assignment 01 Aug 2011 10% Environmental Water Quality Parameters Assignment
Test 1 01 Aug 2011 20%
Assignment 2 19 Aug 2011 10% Mass Balance/Hydraulics of Reactors/Surface Water Quality Assignment
Assignment 30 Sep 2011 10% Ecosystem Writing Assignment

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Heather Silyn-Roberts; Writing for science : a practical handbook for science, engineering and technology students ; 2nd ed; Prentice Hall,, 2002.

Recommended Reading

Tchobanoglous, George. , Schroeder, Edward D; Water quality : characteristics, modeling, modification ; Addison-Wesley, 1985.

A Course Reader is available containing the power point slides and course notes that accompany the lectures for David Wareham and Shantha Parthan. Students can purchase it from the Course Mart room, Level 1, Central Library from 11th July to 22nd July, 2011. After those dates, it is available from the Copy Centre. Copies are initially made for at least 80 % of the students enrolled; however extras are made up as needed. Students must have a 2011 Canterbury Card to purchase Course Readers. Drs. O’Sullivan’s and Tsang’s notes will be posted on Learn and can be downloaded before each lecture.

In addition, the Bookstore sells a photocopied version of Water Water Quality Characteristics: Modeling and Modification by George Tchobanoglous and Edward D. Schoeder, both of the University of California, Davis. This book is very useful for ENCN281.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $747.00

International fee $3,975.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering .

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