CIV4288 Water treatment
Faculty of Engineering
CIV4288 Water treatment is a level 4, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering, offered in 2025 in Semester 2 at Clayton and Malaysia. It needs CIV2263 and CIV3285.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 2
- Clayton, Malaysia
- Assessment
- Exam 50%
- and 3 other tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before CIV4288
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After CIV4288
No unit lists CIV4288 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Overview
This unit provides an overview of water and wastewater systems in urban environments. The overview focuses on these systems' functions regarding the provision of drinking water and wastewater treatment and their modes of operation. Specific topics include water supply, water use and consumption, drinking water treatment and distribution, wastewater characterisation and secondary treatment, sludge handling, resource recovery and nature-based solutions for wastewater treatment. Treatment process theory and design are covered in this unit for both drinking water and wastewater treatment systems.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
| Second semester | Malaysia | On campus |
Assessment
- Individual assignmentWrittenThreshold hurdle5%
- QuizzesQuiz / TestThreshold hurdle20%
- Group design projectProjectThreshold hurdle25%
- Final assessmentExaminationThreshold hurdle50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Discern components of the water treatment chain and explain the chemical processes for water hardness removal.
- 2
Design the various components of active and passive wastewater treatment plants.
- 3
Determine potential quantities of recycled wastewater and recovered biosolids based on designs of secondary wastewater treatment plant.
- 4
Discern the components of advanced secondary wastewater treatment and energy recovery processes and explain the biological processes for the anaerobic treatment of sludge.
- 5
Decide between various wastewater treatment systems for differing problems given space, economic, and environmental constraints.
Workload and teaching
- Workshops24 hours
- Laboratories1 hours
- Practical activities24 hours
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
- Teaching approachOnline learning
- Teaching approachActive learning
The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of 3-6 hours of scheduled learning activities and 6-9 hours of independent study per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher-directed learning, peer-directed learning and online engagement. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities.
During the practicals, you will work on problem sets related to the week's topic. You will be guided through problem-solving after having the opportunity to explore different approaches on your own or in a group.
You will be provided online learning resources in advance of each workshop. The pre-recorded learning modules should be viewed ahead of the weekly workshop. Additional online resources will be provided.
Workshop, practical and laboratory activities offer opportunities for active learning. During the workshops and practicals, you will be given feedback through live polling, interactions with teaching assistants and guided solutions to problem sets. The laboratory activity enables you to conduct water quality analyses to evaluate the treatment performance of a pilot plant.
Learning resources
Recommended resources
There are no prescribed texts for this unit. Students will be informed of readings from a recommended text. Those recommended readings will be indicated on the Unit Moodle site.
Where it fits
CIV4288 is part of 3 areas of study in the 2025 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Chow MingFai
- Dr Brandon Winfrey
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Brandon Winfrey
Common questions
When is CIV4288 offered?
In 2025, CIV4288 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton and Malaysia.
How much work is CIV4288?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does CIV4288 have an exam?
Yes. The exam is worth 50% of the final mark, alongside 3 other tasks.
Which majors and minors include CIV4288?
CIV4288 is part of Civil engineering and Environmental engineering.