Water Sanitary Engineering
| Numbering Code | G-ENG03 5F234 LB15 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ First semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Lecture | |
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| Language | English | Day/Period | Tue.2 | |
| Instructor name |
ITOH SADAHIKO (Graduate School of Engineering Professor) ECHIGO SHINYA (Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies Professor) NAKANISHI TOMOHIRO (Graduate School of Engineering Assistant Professor) |
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| Outline and Purpose of the Course | The ultimate goal of this course is to understand Sanitary Engineering quantitatively. Students will learn methods to quantify chemical and microbial risk in drinking water and realize concept and methods of risk management and control. | |||
| Course Goals | To quantify chemical and microbial risk in drinking water and to realize methodologies of risk management and control. | |||
| Schedule and Contents |
Environmental risk and quantification (1 time; Itoh) Introduction and goal of the class. Concept of Sanitation. Environmental risk and quantification. Safety of drinking water and acceptable risk level. Quantitative microbial risk assessment and management (5 times; Itoh) Coexistence and competition between human and microbes. Quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA). Comparison of the risk assessment and management methods between chemicals and microbes. Disability adjusted life years (DALYs). Risk assessment and control of hazardous chemicals (3 times; Itoh) Risk assessment of hazardous chemicals. Drinking water quality standards. Derivation of drinking water quality standards. The benchmark dose method. Global burden of disease and its index (2 times; Nakanishi) Disability-adjusted life years and its significance. Perspectives of water treatment technology (3 times; Echigo) Development of advanced water treatment processes. Water supply technology and its prospects. Water reuse and health risk. Access to safe drinking water in developing countries and global burden of disease. Feedback and summary (1 time; All the professors) Feedback of assignments and summary. |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy | Evaluated by assignments. | |||
| Course Requirements | General understanding of water quality and water treatment process | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Instruction will be given by the professors. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Class handouts | ||
| References, etc. | Itoh, S., Echigo, S.: Disinfection By-products in Water, GIHOUDOU SHUPPAN Co., Ltd., 2008 (in Japanese). | |||
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