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MURDOCH-S1-INT-2018-2024

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Learning outcomes

1.
Explore the definition of sustainability and its application to urban water systems and critically evaluate different perspectives;
2.
Identify elements of urban water systems in the context of Sustainable Cities that achieve integration with buildings, energy systems and local food production;
3.
Explain the relationship between human settlements and different water resources and the fit-for-purpose hierarchy;
4.
Relate principles of water auditing, conservation, ecology and pollution control to identify and analyse problems involving centralised and decentralised water systems;
5.
Apply a problem solving approach to the design of engineered water systems for urban and rural villages;
6.
Design a sustainable urban water system for climate resilience and Biophilic Cities;
7.
Describe appropriate governance arrangements for sustainable water services.

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Additional information

Unit content:1. Sustainable Water Systems 2. Governance of Water Services 3. Urban Hydrology, Hydraulics & Sizing Water Systems 4. Rainwater Harvesting 5. Stormwater 6. Groundwater 7. Wastewater Recycling 8. Greywater 9. Nutrient Cycling 10. Irrigation 11. Operation & Maintenance 12. Integration During the unit students will: a) Apply an existing computer modelling tool for sizing a water supply system; b) Design a wastewater recycling system with effective nutrient management; c) Calculate a water balance and fit-for-purpose hierarchy with water quality considerations for a settlement, graphically represent this with a flow chart schematic and present orally in a critical review studio; d) Write a complete, technically correct, Integrated Urban Water Management Plan for a sustainable water service in a housing development.