Study Guide

Objective

The student understand principles of water resource engineering including surface and groundwater resources. The student understands the meaning of water resources for societies, energy production and agriculture. The student understands the basics of water protection. The student understands concepts of water resource management.

Content

-Surface water and groundwater
-Sustainable management of water resources
-Water management in cultivation, floods and drought
-Water quality
-Water contamination and control
-Waste water recycling
-Desalination of seawater

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student is able define or describe the subject matter related to the concepts and phenomena qualitatively and calculate the associated basic quantitative comparisons and calculations.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student is able to apply, calculate, change and choose the concepts related to the matter and phenomena qualitatively and calculate the basic quantitative calculations as well as to complete and produce the necessary information for the calculations.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The students is able to categorize, collect, combine and generalize the concepts related to the matter and phenomena qualitatively and calculate the basic quantitative calculations as well as derive and rearrange given basic information.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student is able define or describe the subject matter related to the concepts and phenomena qualitatively and calculate the associated basic quantitative comparisons and calculations.

Prerequisites

The student understands the basics of environmental chemistry related to water treatment. The student recognises selected environmental engineering processes and equipment as part of the process.