UNSW Handbook Course - Natural and Artificial Wetlands

Natural and Artificial Wetlands - CVEN7812


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
	Course Outline: http://www.civeng.unsw.edu.au/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Postgraduate
	Units of Credit: 3
	EFTSL: 0.062 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 21
	Excluded: CVEN9863
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

The objective of this course is to extend the student s knowledge of physical and biochemical processes which occur in wetlands and how to measure, model and predict those processes. Wetland classification and components. Wetland hydrodynamics and forcing. Water balance. Pollutant characterisation. Biochemical processes. Biofilms. Macrophytes. Nutrient and pathogen removal. Wetland design, modification and maintenance. Data collection.

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