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Core Module Information
Module title: Sustainable Water Resources Management
SCQF level: 11:
SCQF credit value: 20.00
ECTS credit value: 10
Module code: BSV11126
Module leader: Chrysoula Pantsi
School School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment
Subject area group: Built Environment
Prerequisites

None
Description of module content:

Channel & pipe flow revision.
Sustainability: past and present perceptions related to water resources.
Sustainability in water resources engineering: channel morphology, erosion control, coastal erosion, sea defences, indicators and indices for sustainable water resources development.
Concept of whole-life costing and its application to water and waste water systems management.
Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS): techniques, policy, mechanisms of pollutant removal in SUDS, and design of SUDS.
Learning Outcomes for module:

On completion of this module you will be able to:
LO1: classify the concepts involved in the sustainable management of water resources.

LO2: explain the main concepts in environmental pollution problems.

LO3: apply engineering principles to the life-cycle costing to water and waste water systems.

LO4: compare the essential elements of sustainable urban drainage systems.
Full Details of Teaching and Assessment
2023/4, Trimester 2, Face-to-Face, Edinburgh Napier University
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Occurrence: 001
Primary mode of delivery: Face-to-Face
Location of delivery: MERCHISTON
Partner: Edinburgh Napier University
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: Chrysoula Pantsi
Module Organiser:


Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH))
Mode of activityLearning & Teaching ActivityNESH (Study Hours)
Face To Face Lecture 36
Face To Face Tutorial 36
Independent Learning Guided independent study 115
Face To Face Centrally Time Tabled Examination 3
Other Work based learning 10
Total Study Hours200
Expected Total Study Hours for Module200


Assessment
Type of Assessment Weighting % LOs covered Week due Length in Hours/Words
Report 50 1-4 4-8 HOURS= 0, WORDS= 0
Centrally Time Tabled Examination 50 1-4 14/15 HOURS= 3, WORDS= 0
Component 1 subtotal: 50
Component 2 subtotal: 50
Module subtotal: 100

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