359 water quality 1998 course outline

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Undergraduate Calendar Description: 05-359 Water quality W(3-3). This course builds on the students' experience in chemistry, physics and fluid mechanics, and provides an engineering perspective on:

• standard methods of water quality analysis for physical, chemical and biological characteristics of water;
• significance and interpretation of analytical results;
• modelling of water quality in natural systems; and
• introduction to engineered water treatment systems.

Prerequisites: 05-223 Fluid mechanics, and 19-104.

Corequisites: 89-212.

Course objectives: This course is essential for undergraduate studnts in the Water Resources and Environmental Engineering programs. The concepts and principles presented give students the necessary engineering skills to address the water quality problems they will face upon graduation.

For your interest, you can find some general underlying pedagogical principles and required prior and dependent knowledge in the engineering curriculum elsewhere on these pages. For success, you should attend all meetings, complete all assigned reading and labs, and devote an additional 3 hr of study per week. See your instructors as soon as you experience a difficulty or are not clear on any topic.

Instructors: click on name for mug

Meetings:

Consulting hours:

Lectures by GTA's: As part of the University agreement with the graduate students, GTA's may prepare, present and be evaluated for, by the undergraduate students, a lecture within the context of the course. In this course the GTA is responsible for the tutorial sections, managing the quizzes, and grading the exams. Further information will be provided nearer the time.

Class committee: The class committee comprises the instructor, GTA, the technician(s) and two elected students; it meets weekly in room 208 in the Engineering building. Terms of reference include the day-to-day organisation and delivery of the instruction in the course plus any other issues it chooses to discuss.

Textbook:
Tchobanoglous, G. and Schroeder, E.D. 1987 Water quality; AddisonWesley, 768p., 6th Ed.

Other references:
Zytner, R.G. 1997. Water quality laboratory manual. SoE 24p.

Course notes: A set of notes may also be printed and distributed to the class. The cost for this set will be collected in the first class day (otherwise payable to Ms Lewis at the reception counter in the School of Engineering). It is not a requirement that you purchase these notes.

E-mail and listserver: As some of the instruction will be delivered on the computer network, per listserver and the web pages, you are required to have valid email accounts registered on the class account on the SoE computer network. Please see the GTAs, the SoE computer lab assistants, or Ross Cochrane to set up valid accounts.

Evaluation scheme: Your final mark in the course is based upon your (a) literature review, (b) laboratory reports (c) midterm, and (d) final exam, with a weighting given below. Students must attain a combined total of 50% on the examinations to pass the course. If not, that grade will be assigned for the course.

These indicated weights may be modified, in the light of the final grades, such that the class average does not go down, no student's ranked position will change, and no student will have a reduced mark.

Assignments:
Approximately ten assignments will be issued throughout the term. One half GTA will be available during tutorial periods on Thursdays from 14:30 to 16:30 in Eng 124 to assist in solving the problems and to provide solutions on request. Please note that the solutions will not be posted.

Literature review:
Each student will complete a literature review on a water quality issue of choice. The topic does not have to be approved by the instructor. The review should be based on four journal articles and not exceed two pages. I have posted some tips on my home page at the link Reviewing literature. The due date is January 26th at 12:00 hr in the drop off box. No exceptions.

Laboratory and lab reports:
Five water quality lab sessions have been scheduled with students working in pairs (your choice):

• coagulation and flocculation
• biological oxygen demand, BOD
• coliforms
• disinfection
• suspended solids (water resources eng'rg students only)

One written report is required of each pair of students for all of the five labs. Further details are given in the lab manual. Late reports will not be accepted unless a valid formal medical certificate is provided. Note that the reports are only graded by us as evidence that you have completed the lab. No exceptions.

Mid-term exam:
The material covered will include the last tutorial prior to the exam. The exam will be in two parts: Part 1 is closed book, multiple choice; Part 2 is closed book with assignments allowed, and comprises calculation problems. Part 2 cannot be started until Part 1 has been handed in. Failure to attend the exam results in a zero for that exam. No exceptions, unless a valid medical certificate is provided.

Final exam:
The final exam will be comprehensive and in two parts: Part 1 is closed book, multiple choice; Part 2 is closed book with assignments allowed, and comprises calculation problems. Part 2 cannot be started until Part 1 has been handed in. Failure to attend the exam results in a zero for that exam. No exceptions, unless a valid medical certificate is provided.

Important dates:
Planned laboratory schedule posted outside Eng 110 or can be read by clicking here.

1998 calendar dates:

Examinations:

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Questions, or problems? Cite: "James, William. (1998). 05-359 Water quality Design Web site. U. of Guelph, Sch. of Eng'rg. www.eos.uoguelph.ca/ webfiles/james"

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