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CIVE444 - Water and Sanitation for Low Resource Contexts

Description

Principles of public health engineering for low-resource contexts. Appropriate technologies related to water supply/treatment and sanitation that are commonly utilized in development and humanitarian emergency contexts. Applied water and wastewater treatment to resource limited contexts. Overview of water- and excreta-related diseases, notions and techniques of water and sanitation (and related issues), introductory notions to hygiene, and an introduction to scientific literature.

* Indicates a 3-hour laboratory taken by students on alternate weeks.

Units

1.5

Hours: lecture-lab-tutorial

3-1.5*-0

Cross-listed courses

CIVE544 - Water and Sanitation for Low Resource Contexts

Note(s)

  • Credit will be granted for only one of CIVE 444, CIVE 480B (if taken in the same topic), CIVE 544.
  • May be offered as a joint undergraduate and graduate class.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of:
    • CIVE310 - Environmental Engineering (1.5)

Course offered by

Department of Civil Engineering

Course schedules

Summer timetable available: February 15. Fall and Spring timetables available: May 15.

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