2024 Water Environmental Engineering

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Academic unit or major
Undergraduate major in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Instructor(s)
Fujii Manabu  Yoshimura Chihiro 
Class Format
Lecture    (Face-to-face)
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Mon1-2(W5-106)  Thr1-2(W5-106)  
Group
-
Course number
CVE.G310
Credits
2
Academic year
2024
Offered quarter
2Q
Syllabus updated
2024/3/14
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

This lecture gives the fundamentals of water supply and sewer system in urban area, and aquatic environment science and engineering for conservation water environment. In each class students are required to not only listen a lecture but also do exercise to understand the current state of water use and water environment management. In such manner, this lecture provides the basic knowledge necessary to water use and water environment management.

The target of this lecture for students is to understand key approaches in water supply, sewer system, water environmental management required for sustainable water use and aquatic environment. Students can obtain the foundation for achieving sustainable water use in the context of water resources and aquatic ecosystems.

Student learning outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Utilize fundamentals on aquatic chemistry for water quality management.
2) Explain the basics of environmental sanitary engineering related to water supply and sewers.
3) Explain basic aquatic ecology and management techniques of water environment.

Enjoy and appreciate works of art and broaden their artistic experience.
2) Explain the history of 20th century art including from a cultural and social context.
3) Analytically and comprehensively convey their aesthetical impressions to others.4) Grasp multiple meanings of works of art through discussions with others.

Keywords

Fundamentals on aquatic chemistry, Water supply, Sewer system, Water environmental management, Aquatic ecosystem, Sustainability

Competencies that will be developed

Specialist skills Intercultural skills Communication skills Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Topics change every class. Every class contains a lecture for about 80-90 min. and exercise for about 10-20 min. Besides the class and exercise, all students are expected to submit reports. Attendance will be recorded in every class.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Guidance, Water Environment Engineering and Sustainability (1) (Fujii) To understand various issues related to water environment engineering in view of sustainability
Class 2 Aquatic Chemistry 1 (Fujii) - Organic matter, Redox potential, Microbes Basics of Aquatic Chemistry (Organic matter, Redox potential, Microbes)
Class 3 Waste Water Treatment Technology (Fujii) General sewage treatment technology (mainly activated sludge method)
Class 4 Microbes and Waste Water Treatment (Fujii) Basics of microbiology and biological treatment
Class 5 Advanced Water Treatment and Water Reuse (Fujii) Advanced water treatment and water reuse
Class 6 History and Planning of Sewer System and Waste Water Treatment, Water Environment Engineering and Sustainability (3) (Fujii) Important history of the sewer system and outline of the overview and planning of sewer system. Also, discuss the challenges and solutions related to water environment engineering in view of sustainability.
Class 7 Mid-term exam, Water Environment Engineering and Sustainability (3),(Fujii) Check the understanding in the first half of lecture. Also, discuss the challenges and solutions related to water environment engineering in view of sustainability.
Class 8 History and Planning of Water Supply System (Yoshimura) Understanding the outline of the overview and planning steps of the water supply system
Class 9 一般的な水質分析に必要となる分析化学の基礎 Basis of analytical chemistry that is required for general water quality analysis
Class 10 Aquatic Chemistry 2 - pH,Solubility, Alkalinity, Acid-base reaction, etc (Yoshimura) Basics of Aquatic Chemistry (pH,Solubility, Alkalinity, Other related topics)
Class 11 Water Treatment Technology in Water Supply1 (Yoshimura) General water treatment technology in water supply and relation to the water quality standards
Class 12 Water Treatment Technology in Water Supply2 (Yoshimura) Emerging technologies for water treatment
Class 13 Basics of Aquatic Ecosystems (Yoshimura) Basics of aquatic ecosystems such as rivers, lakes and dam lakes
Class 14 Water supply and water environment management, mid-term exam (Yoshimura) Relationship between water supply system and water environment management/basin management

Out-of-Class Study Time (Preparation and Review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.

Textbook(s)

Material will be distributed.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

- Water Environmental Engineering, Matsuo T., Tanaka S, et al., Ohmsha
- Water Quality and Environment, Urase T., Pleiades PUBLISHING
- Environment of Hydrosphere, Arita M., TDU Publication
- Exercise on Sanitary Engineering, Ebie K. and Adachi N., Morikita Publication
- SDGs (Sustainable development goals), Kanie, N, Chukou Shinsho
- Aquatic Environmental Chemistry, Howard A.G., Oxford Univ Press

Assessment criteria and methods

Exercise 15%, Report 25%, Mid-term examination 30%, Final examination 30%
Students are required to attend two third of classes (> 8 classes).
In the case of online classes, the written exams will be possibly replaced with report assignments.

Related courses

  • LAS.C107 : Basic Chemical Thermodynamics
  • LAS.B101 : Fundamental Life Science 1-1
  • CVE.M202 : Basic Mathematics for System Science
  • CVE.B201 : Hydraulics I
  • CVE.B202 : Hydraulics II
  • TSE.A312 : Introduction to global and local ecology
  • CVE.B311 : River Engineering
  • CVE.G401 : Aquatic Environmental Science
  • CVE.G403 : Water Chemistry for Environmental Engineering
  • CVE.G402 : Environmental Statistics

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

Nothing particular, but it is preferable to take the Hydraulics and Environment subject group in advance, as indicated in the study guide.

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