Ecologically Engineered Systems

Resources required for agriculture, horticulture, aquaculture. Best management practices for stormwater and agricultural runoff. Engineered wetlands. Ecological economics and restoration.

15 points

EMTH210, ENCI199, ENCN201, ENCN205, ENCN213, ENCN221, ENCN231, ENCN242, ENCN253, ENCN281

Design of Drinking Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems

Project-based design for water and wastewater treatment. Water quality, design flows and loadings, physical primary treatment, biological secondary treatment, disinfection. Drinking water laboratories.

15 points

Subject to approval of the Director of Studies

ENCN481

Fluid Mechanics of Environmental Systems

Navier-Stokes equations. Scale and dimensional analysis. Description and modelling of turbulence. Dispersion in rivers. Dynamics of jets and plumes and applications to building ventilation.

15 points

EMTH210, ENCI199, ENCN201, ENCN205, ENCN213, ENCN221, ENCN231, ENCN242, ENCN253, ENCN281, ENCN342

ENCN445

Surface Water, Groundwater, and Coastal Engineering

Dynamics and management of surface water and groundwater systems including modelling of surface processes, recharge, abstraction and integration of water infrastructure. Coastal engineering including surface waves and the impacts of climate change.

15 points

ENCI199, EMTH210, ENCN281, ENCN253, ENCN242, ENCN231, ENCN221, ENCN213, ENCN205, ENCN201, ENCN342

Water supply design

Design of water supply systems including: Pipeline hydraulics, unsteady flow analysis, hydraulic design principles, numerical tools.

15 points

ENCN342, ENCI199, ENCN281, ENCN253, ENCN242, ENCN231, ENCN221, ENCN213, ENCN205, ENCN201, EMTH210

ENCN444

Site Assessment and Remediation

Soil and groundwater contamination; aqueous and non-aqueous contaminant fate and transport; containment methods; remediation options; New Zealand regulation and risk applications.

15 points

ENCN281

ENCN481