Undergraduate Course: Water Supply and Sanitation in International Development 4 (CIVE10019)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This is a course that will demonstrate to students how engineers can make a difference in developing countries. This is an area where engineers have much to contribute through the potential to save lives by technology design and implementation. Given the complex socio-cultural as well as socio-economic diversity issues in this field, required approaches differ significantly from conventional engineering. This reflects strongly in the currently low success rate of solutions offered in developing countries or any other unusual conditions such as international conflicts and the increasing occurrence of natural disasters. The design and selection of appropriate technology is a core focus of this subject.
The course material is innovative and applied, and gives the students a very good start in a career in international development.
The variety of topics covered in the course brings together a number of approaches from the policy (operation and foundation principles of aid organisations), financing (world bank and charities/foundations), technology, socio-cultural issues, environmental and technological sustainability, and risk management and is hence an ideal course to address numerous graduate attributes.
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| Course description |
Lectures: Titles & Content
L1&2 Introduction
L1 Course outline & assessment; reading; discussion of project requirements and tutorial structure.
L2 Introduction to general issues in water supply and sanitation in international development
L3&4 Water supply and Sanitation
L3 Global Issues: Water quantity
L4 Global Issues: Water quality
L5&6 Governance and Financing
L5 Governance Issues: risk management, guidelines, legal framework, governing bodies and non-government organisations; cultural issues of water
L6 Financial Issues: The role and objectives of World bank and charities; financing and debt management; economic issues of water provision and availability
L7&8 International Development Needs
Class Test 1
L7 Decentralised vs centralised treatment; infrastructure issues; sizing
L8 Urban vs rural and remote locations; systems maintenance; failure scenarios, energy supplies; water distribution; sewage collection
L9&10 Sanitation in Developing countries
L9 Sewage collection
L10 Sewage treatment options
L11&12 Water Supplies in Developing Countries I
L11 Water Distribution
L12 Low Tech water supply technologies
L13&14 Water Supplies in Developing Countries II
Class Test 2
L13 Advanced Water Supply Technologies
L14 Industry Guest Lecture Aquacube
L15&16 Technologies for Disaster Relief and International Conflicts and Implementation Challenges
L15 Guest Lecture Oxfam
L16 Guest Lecture MOD
L17&18 Case Studies
Class Test 3
L17 Project Presentations
L18 Project Presentations
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None, however students will need basic understanding of water and wastewater systems such as that provided by Water and Wastewater Systems 3 |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None, however students will need basic understanding of water and wastewater systems such as that provided by Water and Wastewater Systems 3 (U03194) |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
At the conclusion of this subject students will be able to:
- Understand the governance of international development
- Be familiar with the differences in system design and operation of water and sanitation technologies in remote and poor locations
- Appreciate how appropriate technology can be evaluated both for sanitation and water supplies
- Interact with various aid organisations to provide engineering support to relevant projects
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Reading List
| 1. Water a Shared responsibility, The United Nations World Water Development Report 2, 2006, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Berghahn Books, ISBN 92-3-104006-5. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Water Supply, International Development, Appropriate Technology, Environmental and Technological Sus |
Contacts
| Course organiser | |
Course secretary | Mr Craig Hovell
Tel: (0131 6)51 7080
Email: c.hovell@ed.ac.uk |
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