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Module

CEG8103 : Water Supply and Treatment

  • Offered for Year: 2024/25
  • Module Leader(s): Dr Lucia Rodriguez Freire
  • Lecturer: Professor Jaime Amezaga, Professor Russell Davenport
  • Owning School: Engineering
  • Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters

Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.

Semester 1 Credit Value: 10
ECTS Credits: 5.0
European Credit Transfer System

Aims

This module is designed to provide a conceptual understanding of the legal, health and technical aspects of treating water for drinking and industrial purposes, and to introduce the principles involved in the design and selection of unit processes for a water treatment plant.

Outline Of Syllabus

Introduction to water quality and health Water demand and supply
Raw water quality and pretreatment Groundwater quality
Water treatment processes
• Coagulation and flocculation
• Clarification
• Filtration (incl. Biological treatment processes)
• Membrane processes
• Activated Carbon
• Pathogen removal
• Disinfection chemistry and kinetics
• Chemical disinfection and oxidative processes
• Fluoridation
Water Stability
Water treatment plant design

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities
Category Activity Number Length Student Hours Comment
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesLecture161:0016:00lectures
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesLecture11:001:001 hour module introduction.
Guided Independent StudyAssessment preparation and completion115:0015:00assessed lab report
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesPractical23:006:002x3hr practical lab sessions.
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesSmall group teaching51:005:00Question and Answer sessions and Design Tutorials.
Scheduled Learning And Teaching ActivitiesFieldwork13:003:00Field trip to water treatment site or independent study
Guided Independent StudyIndependent study154:0054:00Includes background reading and reading lecture notes for a full understanding of material, and preparation practicing example design problems/questions for tutorials.
Total100:00
Teaching Rationale And Relationship

Knowledge and understanding are acquired primarily through lecture classes. However, students are expected to add to this by directed reading of technical journal papers, text books and selective use of web sites. Laboratory (practical) classes provide deeper understanding of practical aspects of unit processes and they also provide skills and experience that support the design coursework in module CEG8113. Data analysis and tutorials help to formulate numeracy and design skills. The field trip is included to provide practical context for lecture materials.

Assessment Methods

The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners

Exams
Description Length Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Written Examination1202A502 hour exam on class content
Other Assessment
Description Semester When Set Percentage Comment
Poster1M50Poster presentation summarizing laboratory main results
Assessment Rationale And Relationship

This module will mainly be assessed with an exam focused on the main principles on water treatment units and water supply and demand. The written exam will assess both the Knowledge Outcomes and 4/5 Skills Outcomes by providing students with technical questions about water treatment unit processes. This assessment is complemented with a poster presentation summarizing the experimental findings of the two laboratory practicals. With this presentation, the student will prepare a poster with emphasis in data visualization, and , and the lab practicals evaluated with a poster presentation to ensure our MSc cohort is prepared for quick poster presentation and data visualization and to explain fundamental assumptions behind the water treatment process.

Reading Lists

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