Water and Sanitation for Low Resource Contexts

1.5 credits · Undergraduate

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.