| Semester 1, 2023 Toowoomba On-campus | |
| Units : | 1 |
| School or Department : | School of Agriculture and Environmental Science |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Staffing
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: ENV2105 or Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: PDEV or GCEN or METC or MEPR or GCNS or GDNS or MENS
Overview
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to evaluate and design treatment options for pollution aspects ranging from solid wastes, air and noise pollution, brackish waters and seawater, membrane technologies for wastewater and desalination, industrial wastes and soil degradation by mining activities.
This course is designed to allow students to design and evaluate the technologies available to solid waste management, advanced water treatment using membrane, industrial wastewater treatment, air and noise pollution mitigation and evaluate the range of soil treatments available for mine sites.
Course learning outcomes
On completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Define the objectives of solid waste management, the sources of municipal solid wastes, the composition and quantity of solid waste generated and treatment options.
- Design an effective solid waste collection system, landfill systems and leachate treatment.
- Design membrane systems for advanced water purification and desalination.
- Evaluate treatment options for air pollution and noise and design them.
- Analyse the factors governing the occurrence of acid sulphate soils, acid mine drainage and evaluate the range of soil treatments available for mine site rehabilitation.
- Evaluate the industrial wastewater treatment options by case studies.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Solid waste management including characterization, legislation, collection, transfer, disposal and treatment. | 10.00 |
| 2. | Solid waste treatment technologies including incineration, pyrolysis, refused derived fuel and landfill. | 10.00 |
| 3. | Design of landfill, leachate collection and treatment options. | 10.00 |
| 4. | Introduction to membrane technologies: theory and design of systems. | 10.00 |
| 5. | Application of membrane technologies to treat unconventional water sources such as seawater/wastewater effluent. | 10.00 |
| 6. | Industrial wastewater treatment: case studies. | 10.00 |
| 7. | Mining waste management including acid mine drainage, acid sulphate soils. | 10.00 |
| 8. | Soil remediation and rehabilitation of mine sites. | 10.00 |
| 9. | Air pollution treatment and mitigation. | 10.00 |
| 10. | Noise pollution mitigation techniques. | 10.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Problem Solving 1 | No | 25 | 1,2 |
| Problem Solving 2 | No | 25 | 3,6 |
| Time limited online examinatn | No | 50 | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |