Petone , New Zealand | Public University | Visit University
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Improving and protecting water quality is a global issue, in this programme students will explore theories and conceptual design of systems to make drinking water and dispose of water treatment waste. Students will learn to design, specify and plan the implementation of water and waste systems, learn how to treat surface and ground-water sources to make drinking water, understand disposal of water treatment plant wastes in an environmentally friendly manner, gain skills to treat community and industrial wastewater and stormwater, consider social, political and environmental impacts and learn about physical, chemical and biological processes in engineering – including aeration, sedimentation, filtration, biological treatment, disinfection and wastewater processing.