CVEN40840

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this module students should have:
1. a familiarity with the challenges facing the water sector (such as tightening regulation or a need for operational efficiencies)
2. the ability to describe several technologies which exist (or are being developed) to address these challenges
3. an understanding of how and where resource recovery can take place within water / wastewater treatment
4. an awareness of the role nature-based solutions can play in site- and catchment-scale management of water resources

Indicative Module Content:

1. Introduction to conventional treatment
2. Evaluation of current challenges in water/wastewater treatment
3. Identifying future need (for technologies, processes and solutions)
4. Low-energy water/wastewater treatment technologies
5. Removal of pollutants of emerging concern (e.g. antibiotics, pharmaceuticals, microplastics, nutrients and heavy metals)
6. Resource recovery (e.g. advanced anaerobic digestion & bioelectrochemical systems for biogas, biohydrogen or biopolymer production)
7. Water recycling and reuse
8. Dual purpose rainwater harvesting
9. Nature-based sustainable drainage systems
10. Catchment-scale NBS

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Assessment Strategy

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback will be provided in an appropriate and timely manner.