Upon successful completion of the course, students are able to:
- Understand the key role of drinking water and sanitation in society;
- Understand and apply the principle concepts for design and maintenance of drinking water provision and sanitation (abstraction, treatment and disposal);
- Understand origin, fate and risk of contaminations in the water cycle;
- Understand the functioning of water infrastructure;
- Identify the sustainability of drinking water supply and sanitation techniques and practices.
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Safe water supply and sanitation are essential contributors to public health. In this course students learn the principle concepts for design of drinking water provision and sanitation and how to manage waterborne health risks through these concepts. These risks includes both the traditional issues such as arsenic, pesticides and pathogenic micro-organisms and new risks such as pharmaceuticals, nano-particles, anti-biotic resistance and emerging pathogens. The current water supply and sanitation systems in both developed and developing countries are explained, but also recent developments and future challenges which may lead to new, innovative concepts. Students will learn basic design calculations and decisions to enable them to participate in projects involving water supply and sanitation in the broader context of water science and management.
Academic skills: Academic reasoning, conceptual thinking, analysing a problem, asking critical questions, thinking from different perspectives. Effective teamwork, oral presentation skills, writing skills.
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