https://courseoutline.auckland.ac.nz/dco/course/ENVENG/707/1215

ENVENG 707 : Advanced Water Treatment and Reuse

Engineering

2021 Semester Two (1215) (15 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Advanced water, wastewater, greywater, stormwater treatment technologies including advanced oxidation processes, photochemistry, electrochemistry, membrane treatment, and fundamentals of water reuse, applications, and case studies for potable reuse, industrial reuse, and aquifer recharge. Includes an individual research project.

Course Overview

This postgraduate course has been created as a result of consultation with industry and academics who have expressed the need for engineering students to be educated about the water challenges of the 21st century. All environmental engineering students who wish to be able to perform drinking water, stormwater, and wastewater treatment/management engineering designs in the demanding 21st century should have an understanding of the practice and implementation of advanced water treatment processes, sustainable practices, and wastewater reuse. The course has a broad focus and students from environmental engineering or chemical engineering backgrounds are encouraged to take it.  

Course Requirements

Prerequisite: ENVENG 244, 342

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice
Capability 2: Critical Thinking
Capability 3: Solution Seeking
Capability 4: Communication and Engagement
Capability 5: Independence and Integrity
Capability 6: Social and Environmental Responsibilities
Graduate Profile: Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Analyse contemporary global water issues, including water scarcity, wastewater reuse, best management practices for stormwater and greywater, emerging contaminants, and advanced water treatment processes. (Capability 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 4.3, 5.2 and 6.1)
  2. Evaluate source waters, stormwater, greywater, and wastewater, to identify the best available advanced technologies for reuse. (Capability 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.2, 4.1, 4.3, 5.2 and 6.1)
  3. Evaluate microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, and reverse osmosis in terms of their capabilities and constraints for reuse applications, and demonstrate mastery in their selection for removal of specific contaminants. (Capability 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.2, 4.3, 5.2 and 6.2)
  4. Evaluate and compare photochemical treatment, electrochemical treatment, and various advanced oxidation processes for the removal of target contaminants in various source waters. (Capability 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.2, 6.1 and 6.2)
  5. Develop the state-of-art water treatment and reuse treatment trains for removal of emerging contaminants and wastewater reuse. (Capability 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1 and 6.2)
  6. Create a scientific review and communicate it effectively and succinctly through an oral presentation and a research paper. (Capability 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1 and 6.2)
  7. Evaluate and analyse a range of the current subtopics in advanced water treatments and reuse, in particular, those relevant to the chosen topic of review. (Capability 1.1, 4.3, 6.1 and 6.2)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Project 50% Individual Coursework
Presentation 20% Individual Coursework
Quizzes 30% Individual Coursework
3 types 100%
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Project
Presentation
Quizzes

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 15 point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each 15 point course that they are enrolled in.

For this course, you can expect 3 hours of lectures, 3 hours of reading for weekly quiz preparation based on the course content, and 4 hours of work on the project/presentation.

Delivery Mode

Campus Experience

Lectures will be available as recordings. 
Attendance on campus is required for the weekly quizzes and presentations.
The activities for the course are scheduled as a standard weekly timetable.

Learning Resources

Metcalf & Eddy’s Water Reuse: Issues, Technologies, and Applications, 1st Edition
Membrane Processes for Water Reuse by Wachinski

Health & Safety

Students are expected to adhere to the guidelines outlined in the Health and Safety section of the Engineering Undergraduate Handbook.

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

Other Information

Research paper: This will be a technical paper, written as a journal paper, on a topic of student’s choice, which addresses any of the covered topics in advanced water treatment or wastewater reuse. More information about this is included in a separate file. The expected audience for this paper will be engineers, scientists, and academics, and it should be written as a research review article. Students will also do a review of two papers written by other students. Students will get an opportunity to discuss their papers with their reviewers and revise and resubmit those.
Presentation: Students will also be required to present their paper in front of the class through a 10 minutes presentation, with 2 minutes of Q&A session at the end of the presentation.
Due Dates for Research Paper (assignments): Paper Outline Week 3
Final draft Week 7 (5%)
Peer Reviews Week 9 (10%)
Final submission Week 12 (35%)
Late Submissions: Assignments are due without exception on the due date. Assignments handed in up to 24 hours after the deadline will receive a penalty of 20% mark deduction. Late assignments will not be accepted after 24 hours after the due date unless there are compelling reasons (e.g., medical, compassionate) in which case I'll expect to be contacted in advance before the due date. Please note that final draft submissions not received 24 hours after the due date will also lose peer review grades as the peer reviews depend on the final draft submissions and are assigned automatically by the system after the due date of the final draft.

Digital Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.

Plagiarism Policy: Plagiarism is unacceptable, and any plagiarised work will receive a zero grade. In addition, the concerned student will be reported to the University’s Disciplinary Committee. All submitted coursework will be uploaded on Turnitin by an instructor to check for any plagiarism/academic misconduct. 
Quizzes: All quizzes are closed-book/closed-notes and will be conducted in-class (with access code given), and it is not permitted to share the access code with anyone else or take the quiz outside the classroom. This will be treated as academic misconduct.


Class Representatives

Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Learning Continuity

In the event of an unexpected disruption we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and your assessment is fair, and not compromised. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the University Website for information about how to proceed.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.