Environmental Issues and Sustainability in Water and Waste Management

Training Provider: NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Course Reference: TGS-2022016652
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About This Course

This course provides participants with an opportunity to understand current water and waste management issues and practices, to appreciate the importance of developing sustainable environmental practices, and eventually build own overall picture of environmental engineering and science with a better understanding of the contemporary environmental issues and gain an in-depth insight in making a sustainable world.

What You'll Learn

Topics covered:
• Overview of Environmental issues
• Water quality and supply
• Wastewater treatment and reuse
• Emerging contaminants, impact, and adaptation/mitigation solutions
• Sustainable concepts, technologies and practices for water treatment
• Solid Waste management
• Resource conservation and recovery
• Land contamination and remediation
• Environmental health, safety and management

Learning Outcome
• Identify, describe and explain major environmental issues and challenges.
• Identify and discuss current environmental problems and practices of pollution abatement for water and land.
• Describe emerging contaminants, impact, and adaptation/mitigation solutions
• List main sources of waste and their management methods.
• Describe basic concepts and principles in environmental health, safety and management approaches.
• Interpret correctly sustainability concepts and give examples of sustainability practices.
• Provide integrated case studies as examples.

Entry Requirements

No prerequisites are needed.

Course Details

Duration 26 hours
Language English
Training Commitment Not specified
Total Enrolled 28 students
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