Postgraduate

Objectives: 

1.  To equip students with knowledge and skills to recognize and manage environmental health risks pertaining to the water quality.

 2.  To introduce advanced wastewater treatment technologies as a mechanism to remove specific contaminants of concern in order to control water pollution.

3.  To focus on technologies for reclaiming the treated effluent aiming at different reuse applications to control water pollution.

 Learning Outcomes:

 At the end of this module, the student should be able

1.  to differentiate between the chemical, physical and biological characteristics of water in relation to natural water sources, drinking water purification and waste water treatment,

2.  to identify how water chemistry is important for the environment and health,

3.  to identify, assess, control and review water pollution sources and their impact on the environment and human,

4.  to apply and design suitable advanced treatment techniques to treat different constituents found in wastewater, and

5.  to develop appropriate treatment trains to reclaim secondary treated effluent for different applications.