Environmental Health and Water Supply
Environmental Protection and Control
Vocational School of Izmit
Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
| Course Unit Title | Course Unit Code | Type of Course Unit | Level of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | ECTS Credits |
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| Environmental Health and Water Supply | CKP227 | Elective | Associate degree | 2 | Fall | 3 |
Name of Lecturer(s)
Lecturer Gülsün ÖZGÜL
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1) List the properties of the healthy drinkable water.
2) Define the illnesses caused by the pathogen microorganisms and chemicals in water.
3) Interpret the drinking water standards (TS-266)
4) List the basic processes which are used in potable water treatment.
5) List the chemical substance properties which are used for coagulation.
6) Compare the advantages and disadvantages of chlorination and ozonation.
7) List the chemicals and their characteristics to be used to control the odour and flavour to remove the manganese and iron.
8) Define the disadvantages of hardness in drinking water, chemicals which are used for removing hardness.
Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation
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| 1 | Middle | Low | Middle | No relation | Low | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | Low | No relation | No relation | Low | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 2 | Middle | Low | Middle | No relation | Low | No relation | Middle | No relation | No relation | No relation | Low | No relation | No relation | Low | Low | No relation | No relation | |
| 3 | Low | Low | Middle | No relation | Low | No relation | Middle | No relation | No relation | No relation | Low | No relation | No relation | Low | Low | No relation | No relation | |
| 4 | Low | Low | Middle | No relation | Low | No relation | Low | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 5 | Low | No relation | Middle | No relation | Low | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 6 | Middle | Low | Middle | No relation | Low | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | Low | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 7 | Middle | Low | Middle | No relation | Low | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | Low | No relation | No relation | Low | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
| 8 | Middle | Low | Middle | No relation | Low | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | No relation | Low | No relation | No relation | Low | No relation | No relation | No relation | |
Mode of Delivery
Face to Face
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Water Pollution Control
Course Contents
This course includes properties of the drinking water.Collecting tanks, Aeration, Coagulation and flocculation, Settling, Filtration, Disinfection, Odour and taste control, Iron and manganese removal, Hardness removal, Ion exchange,Properties of hard water.
Weekly Schedule
1) Properties of the drinking water2) Microbial contamination of drinking water and diseases, chemicals contamination of drinking water
3) Water quality standards, treatment objectives.
4) Aeration unit, aerator types
5) Coagulation and flocculation ,coagulant chemicals.
6) Coagulation and flocculation ,coagulant chemicals.
7) Settling basin, clarifier types.
8) Midterm examination/Assessment
9) Filtration and mechanism of filtration
10) Removal methods of pathogenic microorganisms in drinking water
11) Odour and taste control, chemicals properties which are used for this purpose
12) Iron and manganese removal , chemicals which are used for removal of iron and manganese
13) Hardness forming substancess, water hardness removal methods and chemicals which are used for this purpose
14) Mechanism of ion exchange
15) Exploring Yuvacık Dam drinking water treatment plant
16) Final examination
Recommended or Required Reading
1- Su Tasfiyesi, Prof. Dr. Veysel Eroğlu 6.Basım Ankara 2008
2- Su Arıtımında Temel İşlemler, Metin Duran – Göksel N. Demirer TMMOB Çevre Mühendisleri Odası Ankara, 1997
3- Çevre Mikrobiyolojisi Ders Notu, Yrd. Doç. Dr. Cemil Örgev , Gözden Geçirilmiş 2. Baskı,Değişim yayınları
4- İzlence ve seçilmiş yazılar Dergilerden alınan makaleler Arıtma tesisine teknik gezi
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5- Articles on the web, videos, technical trip to treatment plant
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Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion
4) Drill and Practice
5) Demonstration
6) Self Study
7) Problem Solving
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Contribution of Semester Studies to Course Grade |
40% |
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Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade |
60% |
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Total | 100% | |||||||||||
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Not Required