UNSW Handbook Course - Solid Wastes and Contaminant Transport

Solid Wastes and Contaminant Transport - CVEN3702


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
	Course Outline: http://www.civeng.unsw.edu.au/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
	Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 5
	CSS Contribution Charge:Band 2 (more info)
	Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

An introduction to waste management systems, from generation to treatment and disposal; including waste characterisation, waste minimisation, transfer stations, recycling facilities, composting and landfill design. Contamination of receiving environments from poor waste disposal, including pollutant sources, spreading of contaminants in air and water, transport processes in rivers, estuaries, lakes and coastal waters.

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