BYG226 Water and Wastewater Engineering

Teaching language

Norwegian

Recommended prerequisites

BYG127 Technical design BYG126 Construction management BYG125 Building materials ING101 Technology, environment and sustainability or equivalent

Course contents

• water quality and water pollution

• fluid mechanics

• transport and treatment of drinking water

• transport and management of wastewater and stormwater

• impacts and adaption to extreme weather in the water and sanitation sector

• operation and maintenance of water and sanitation infrastructure

• legislation and guidelines in the water and sanitation sector

Learning outcomes

After completed examination, the student should have basic knowledge and skills in the following topics:

• water chemistry and fluid mechanics

• water quality and water pollution

• drinking water: sources, quality, demand, treatment and transport

• wastewater and stormwater: collection and transport, pipeline systems and technology, management and treatment, discharge and impacts on receiving waters

• reuse of energy and nutrients in wastewater

• impacts of climate change and extreme precipitation in water and sanitation sector, measures to prevent urban flooding and local stormwater management

• operation and maintenance of water and sanitation infrastructure

• legislation and guidelines of importance in the water and sanitation sector

Examination requirements

- Approved theoretical assignments, 5 out of 6 should be approved

 

- Approved laboratory assignments, 2 should be approve

Teaching methods

- Lectures

 

- Compulsory theoretical assignments

 

- Laboratory assignments

Evaluation

The person responsible for the course decides, in cooperation with student representative, the form of student evaluation and whether the course is to have a midway or end of course evaluation in accordance with the quality system for education, chapter 4.1.”

Offered as Single Standing Module

Yes, if sufficient capacity

Admission Requirement if given as Single Standing Module

Higher Education Entrance Qualification including mathematics R1 and R2 and physics 1, or a pass in the preliminary course examination for engineers (which is also offered at University of Agder).

Assessment methods and criteria

Individual written exam 4 hours, graded assessment

Reduction of Credits

This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:

Course	Reduction of Credits
BYG124 – Water and Wastewater Treatment	7.5
BYG108 – Sanitary Engineering	5
BYG109 – Water and Wastewater Engineering	5