COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WATER QUALITY CONTROL

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEV 3017 WATER QUALITY CONTROL COMPULSORY 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Environmental Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ORHAN GÜNDÜZ

Offered to

Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering

Course Objective

To teach physical, chemical and biological parameters for understanding water quality in surface and subsurface water resources and to assess the fate of these parameters in natural environment; to explain the measures that can be taken for sustaining water and to describe legislation related to water quality issues.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows surface and subsurface waters; understands their role in hydrologic cycle and their interactions.
2   Understands fundamental water quality parameters and classes.
3   Understands the concept of mass balance.
4   Interprets the changes in water quality in natural and engineered systems.
5   Has a grasp of water quality legislation.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and hydrologic cycle
2 Suspended solids and colloidal matter
3 Mass balance
4 Thermal pollution
5 Inorganic parameters-1
6 Inorganic parameters-2
7 Midterm exam-1
8 Organic parameters-1
9 Organic parameters-2
10 Nitrogen parameters-1
11 Nitrogen parameters-2
12 Midterm exam-2
13 Water quality standards and legislation
14 Water management

Recomended or Required Reading

Su Kirliliği Kontrolu
O. Uslu ve A. Türkman
Basbakanlık Çevre Genel Müdürlüğü Yayınları Eğitim Dizisi, Ankara, 1987.

Water Quality
G. Tchobanoglous, E.D. Schroeder
Addison Wesley Publishing Company, 1985.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture presentations, homeworks, tehcnical visit

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 QUZ QUIZ
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + QUZ * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 * 0.20 + MTE 2 * 0.20 + QUZ * 0.10 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

3 homeworks will be given.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to lectures is a must. Homeworks will be turned in before the lecture.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst. Prof. Dr. Orhan GÜNDÜZ
Department of Environmental Engineering
Room No: A-115
Phone: 3017141
Fax: 4531143
E-mail: orhan.gunduz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 3-4

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 2 5,5 11
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 0,5 6
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 3 3 9
Field study 1 10 10
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 2 2,5 5
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 88

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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