Small and Onsite Water Treatment Systems

Course Description

Create, specify in detail (in writing and/or in drawings), and justify the specific design of an onsite water supply system and an onsite water treatment system based on, and consistent with, the conditions and constraints of a given site, the advantages, disadvantages, and functions of alternative system components, and water quality conditions and requirements.

Course Objectives

• Create, specify in detail (in writing and/or in drawings), and justify the specific design of an onsite water supply system and an onsite water treatment system based on, and consistent with, the conditions and constraints of a given site, the advantages, disadvantages, and functions of alternative system components, and water quality conditions and requirements.
• Identify important site characteristics and assess their impacts on both onsite water supply and treatment system options.
• Identify key water quality parameters and evaluate how they affect water supply and treatment system options.
• Identify key water supply and water treatment systems components and combine them to create a complete, functional system.
• Recognize components typical to onsite water supply and water treatment systems and describe their purposes, functions, advantages.
• List water quality parameters that may adversely affect human health and/or the environment and explain why they may be important.
• Recall site characteristics that may affect design of onsite water/wastewater systems and describe why/how they may be important.