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Application of principles of physical chemistry to the description and composition of natural waters and engineering treatment of drinking water and wastewater. Studies of acid/base chemistry, complexation, precipitation, and oxidation-reduction potential chemistry.
Course Objective: To learn how to apply the principles of solution chemistry to natural waters and engineered treatment of drinking water and wastewater.
What you will know at the end of the course: You will know how to solve chemical equilibrium problems and understand how inorganic chemicals speciate (behave chemically) when mixed into natural or engineered water systems. You will learn about the chemistry of lakes, oceans, and groundwater through relevant examples. You will learn about the chemical principles underlying many drinking water and wastewater treatment processes. You will have the fundamental concepts to be able to apply your knowledge to other problems.
Subject to approval of the Programme Director
This is a block taught course on the following days:5 March and 28-29 May 2018
Mark Milke
MINTEQ Project: Students will be asked to use the concepts described in this report to analyse a natural water or wastewater system in New Zealand. This could be a groundwater aquifer, a stream, a lake, or another natural water body. It could be the drinking water supply and treatment for a municipality, the stormwater quality of the municipality, or the wastewater treatment process. Students will need a set of water quality measurements to use as the basis of their study. Students will use MINTEQ to analyse the water quality data, and then use course concepts to discuss and interpret the water quality data. The written report (max. 5 pages) will be worth 10% and the oral presentation worth 10%.
Snoeyink, Vernon L. , Jenkins, David; Water chemistry ; Wiley, 1980.
Textbook: Water Chemistry, by Snoeyink and Jenkins, John Wiley, 1980. All students are expected to obtain access to the book and read the assigned sections. We have a limited number of copies I can provide to students. In addition to personal and library copies, copies can be purchased used through abebooks.com, bookfinder.com or other used booksellers.
Domestic fee $1,059.00
International Postgraduate fees
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
This course will not be offered if fewer than 5 people apply to enrol.
For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering .