WATER TREATMENT PLANT DESIGN
Preliminary studies and design of water treatment processes and subordinate plant facilities; project control of design project; unit operations in water treatment; groundwater treatment; preliminary cost estimates; introduction of computer-aided design concept; site visits to water treatment plants.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Senior standing or member of Engineering Guest Students Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Find regulatory requirements for water quality, operation, and design, and incorporate them as constraints when developing design solutions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Develop technically feasible alternative solutions, compare the alternative solutions, and recommend one of the solutions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Create plans and specifications that allow construction of a portion of the recommended solution Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Implement measures to consider risk, reliability, and uncertainty in water treatment plant design Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Apply sustainability principles and/or frameworks to addressing the challenge of drinking water treatment Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenge(s) of drinking water treatment Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Manage a group of undergraduate students through the design process Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Find regulatory requirements for water quality, operation, and design, and incorporate them as constraints when developing design solutions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Develop technically feasible alternative solutions, compare the alternative solutions, and recommend one of the solutions Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Create plans and specifications that allow construction of a portion of the recommended solution Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Implement measures to consider risk, reliability, and uncertainty in water treatment plant design Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Apply sustainability principles and/or frameworks to addressing the challenge of drinking water treatment Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Explain the social, economic, and/or environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenge(s) of drinking water treatment Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 7. Manage a group of undergraduate students through the design process Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027