A PROCESS ENGINEERING APPROACH TO WATER AND WASTE-WATER TREATMENT EDUCATION

Development of more stringent water quality standards has been met wit h development of more sophisticated processing. It is argued that the skills and knowledge of the process engineer are now required to desig n, operate and manage treatment plants of today. The postgraduate degr ee courses run by the School of Water Sciences adopt a process enginee ring approach, giving students a fundamental understanding of unit ope rations before applying them in the context of the flowsheet. This is achieved by having three parts to a course: a taught element for funda mental skills and knowledge; group design projects for applications of unit operations in flowsheets; and a practical thesis project for app lication of novel unit operations. Industrial lecturers, groupwork and oral presentation of work helps develop skills relevant to future car eers in water and wastewater treatment. Copyright (C) 1996 IAWQ.