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Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation

Module code: CE7E07 · Semester: Semester 1

Resources​

Questions by Year​

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Topics

  • Water and sanitation related diseases LO2
  • Planning water schemes: demand, review, community engagement LO4–5
  • Supply technologies: rainwater, springs, wells, galleries, intakes, small dams, simple treatment LO6
  • Groundwater: well design, construction and pumps LO7
  • Sanitation technologies: interfaces, collection, treatment, reuse LO3, LO8
  • Sustainable urban wastewater and resource recovery LO9
  • Sustainable urban drainage systems LO9
Learning outcomes
  1. Build conceptual models for water and sanitation problems in developing countries
  2. Explain how water-related diseases spread and their link to sanitation
  3. Combine sanitation technologies into a logical system
  4. Evaluate health and hygiene education alongside infrastructure
  5. Assess existing schemes and plan new ones, including demand estimates
  6. Evaluate supply options: rainwater, springs, wells, river intakes, small dams
  7. Design wells for different hydrogeological settings
  8. Design soil-based and vegetated passive treatment
  9. Explain sustainable resource management in the urban water cycle

Summarised from the module descriptor, checked November 2026.