Course Outline
ENG412 Design of Wastewater Treatment Systems
Course Coordinator:Peter Schwammberger (pschwamm@usc.edu.au) School:School of Science, Technology and Engineering
2024Semester 2
UniSC Sunshine Coast |
Blended learning | Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online. |
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teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.
What is this course about?
Description
This course teaches the important concepts and fundamental principles of wastewater systems (including wastewater contaminants, characteristics, estimation of wastewater flows, collection systems, simple design of sewers, and preliminary and primary treatment systems), biological and other treatment processes, and treatment and disposal of bio-solids. After completing this course, you will be able to design, construct, operate and manage wastewater collection systems and wastewater treatment plants
How will this course be delivered?
| Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
| Blended learning | |||
| Learning materials – Asynchronous learning material | 1hr | Week 1 | 13 times |
| Tutorial/Workshop 1 – Online workshop | 1hr | Week 1 | 13 times |
| Tutorial/Workshop 2 – On campus tutorial | 2hrs | Week 1 | 13 times |
Course Topics
Wastewater Treatment Systems, Characteristics of Wastewater
Wastewater Systems
Wastewater Collection Systems
Preliminary Treatment of Wastewater
Primary Treatment of Wastewater
Secondary Treatment of Wastewater – Treatment Ponds, Trickling Filters, Rotating Biological Contactors
Secondary Treatment of Wastewater – Activated Sludge
Anaerobic Treatment
Tertiary Treatment of Wastewater (Advanced Treatment),
Disinfection
Sludge Treatment and Disposal
Natural Treatment of Wastewater, Process Control
What level is this course?
400 Level (Graduate)
What is the unit value of this course?
12 units
How does this course contribute to my learning?
| Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Mapping Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | Professional Standard Mapping * Engineers Australia Stage 1 Professional Engineer Competency Standards | |
| 1 | Research and access relevant engineering resources and recent developments in managing and treating wastewater. | Knowledgeable |
1.4
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| 2 | Evaluate information regarding managing and treating wastewater sustainability. | Sustainability-focussed |
1.2, 2.1 |
| 3 | Explain and understand the technological processes used to manage and treat wastewater and the socio-economic factors that influence it. |
Knowledgeable Sustainability-focussed |
1.1, 1.2 |
| 4 | Discuss the implications of and outcomes from inappropriate application of engineering principles in managing and treating waste water. | Empowered |
1.1, 1.2, 2.4 |
| 5 | Design a possible solution to a waste water management and treatment problem or illustrate how engineering may be causing the problem. |
Empowered Sustainability-focussed |
2.1, 2.2 |
* Competencies by Professional Body
| CODE | COMPETENCY |
| Engineers Australia Stage 1 Professional Engineer Competency Standards | |
| 1.1 | Knowledge and Skill Base: Comprehensive, theory based understanding of the underpinning natural and physical sciences and the engineering fundamentals applicable to the engineering discipline. |
| 1.2 | Knowledge and Skill Base: Conceptual understanding of the mathematics, numerical analysis, statistics, and computer and information sciences which underpin the engineering discipline. |
| 1.4 | Knowledge and Skill Base: Discernment of knowledge development and research directions within the engineering discipline. |
| 2.1 | Engineering Application Ability: Application of established engineering methods to complex engineering problem solving. |
| 2.2 | Engineering Application Ability: Fluent application of engineering techniques, tools and resources. |
| 2.4 | Engineering Application Ability: Application of systematic approaches to the conduct and management of engineering projects. |
Am I eligible to enrol in this course?
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
Pre-requisites
ENG202
Co-requisites
Not applicable
Anti-requisites
Not applicable
Specific assumed prior knowledge and skills (where applicable)
It is assumed that students have appropriate knowledge regarding the engineering design process.
How am I going to be assessed?
Grading Scale
Standard Grading (GRD)
| High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL). |
Details of early feedback on progress
Each week throughout semester, students will be able to complete questions before and in tutorials which are similar to the questions they will have in the exam. Solutions to these questions will be discussed in the tutorials are will be available in Canvas. This gives students constant formative feedback on their understanding of the course material and progress during semester.
Assessment tasks
| Delivery mode | Task No. | Assessment Product | Individual or Group | Weighting % | What is the duration / length? | When should I submit? | Where should I submit it? |
| All | 1 | Report | Individual | 20% | 1500 words |
Week 5 | Online Submission |
| All | 2 | Report | Individual | 30% | 2000 words |
Week 11 | Online Submission |
| All | 3 | Examination - Centrally Scheduled | Individual | 50% | 2 hours |
Exam Period | Exam Venue |
| All - Assessment Task 1:Wastewater Collection Systems assignment 1 | |
| Goal: | This task is designed to model how a preliminary overview design is prepared for a wastewater collection system. You will produce an overview design (i.e. to flowchart detail only) of a wastewater collection system for a small country town in rural Queensland. This design brief will then feed into Task 2. |
| Product: | Report |
| Format: | Individual submission, brief report format in doc. or .docx file, submitted via Canvas including: a description of your wastewater collection system design proposal, including appropriate diagrams, anticipated components and design capacity. consideration and discussion of wastewater contaminants and flow variations other relevant issues It will be necessary to make assumptions and these should be clearly stated |
| Criteria: |
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| All - Assessment Task 2:Wastewater Treatment Assignment 2 | |
| Goal: | You are to use the data from Task 1 and provide detailed designs of a wastewater treatment system to process the flows generated by the small country town in rural Queensland. You should include preliminary costings in your report. |
| Product: | Report |
| Format: | Individual submission, brief engineering report in .doc or .docx file, submitted via Canvas. |
| Criteria: |
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| All - Assessment Task 3:End of semester exam | |
| Goal: | You will be required to complete a 2 hour examination based on information covered in the learning materials, and you will be required to demonstrate your understanding of various issues relating to the topics presented. This will include your analysis of information provided. |
| Product: | Examination - Centrally Scheduled |
| Format: | Five examination questions which will require short essay responses (diagrams and calculations may be required |
| Criteria: |
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Directed study hours
A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.
What resources do I need to undertake this course?
Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.
Prescribed text(s) or course reader
Specific requirements
Not applicable
How are risks managed in this course?
What administrative information is relevant to this course?
Assessment: Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation. It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline. This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.
Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person. You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.
In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.
Assessment: Additional Requirements
Eligibility for Supplementary Assessment Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying: The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4% The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale You have not failed an assessment task in the course due to academic misconduct
Assessment: Submission penalties
Late submission of assessment tasks may be penalised at the following maximum rate: - 5% (of the assessment task's identified value) per day for the first two days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. - 10% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the third day - 20% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the fourth day and subsequent days up to and including seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. - A result of zero is awarded for an assessment task submitted after seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. Weekdays and weekends are included in the calculation of days late. To request an extension you must contact your course coordinator to negotiate an outcome.
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