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Water Quality and Hydrological Modelling

Module code: CE7E05 · Semester: Semester 2

Resources​

Questions by Year​

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Topics

  • Modelling approaches: physical, mathematical, analogue LO1–2
  • Aquifer testing, groundwater and surface hydrological models LO2
  • Streeter-Phelps dissolved oxygen model LO3
  • Eutrophication and nitrification models LO4
  • Activated sludge model LO5
  • Karst: landforms, hydrogeology and conduit network models LO6–7
  • Soil water potential and retention curves LO8
  • Steady and unsteady flow in saturated and unsaturated soils; solute transport; evapotranspiration LO9
Learning outcomes (exam covers LO1–9)
  1. Build conceptual models for environmental engineering problems
  2. Know the different approaches to hydrological and hydrogeological modelling
  3. Calculate the dissolved oxygen sag downstream of organic pollution
  4. Build water quality models for eutrophication and nitrification
  5. Build kinetic microbiological models for wastewater treatment
  6. Explain flow paths through karst
  7. Build a numerical pipes-and-tanks model of a lowland karst system
  8. Interpret soil water potential curves
  9. Write numerical equations for steady and transient flow in saturated and unsaturated soils

Summarised from the module descriptor, checked November 2026.