Introduction to Urban Water Management
Goal
Some students joining the MSc program in Environmental Engineering at ETH Zurich have to take additional courses from our BSc program. The decision of what courses to take is done at the time of admission at ETH.
For the advanced courses in urban water management we expect the students to have a broad knowledge about water supply, wastewater handling and water source protection in cities. This knowledge is taught in the course “Grundzüge der Siedlungswasserwirtschaft” (Introduction to Urban Water Management) and is offered only in German. Students who can speak and understand German must take the course and get a passing grade. For students that do not have sufficient German language skills we offer this alternative self-study course.
Content
The students are expected to acquire the same basic understanding about the urban water system on their own. In this exam we will test the ability to understand the elements of a typical urban water system and their interaction and to be able to perform some fundamental calculations.
This is the required literature for the course:
- Viessmann, W., Hammer, M.J. and Perez, E.M. (2009): Water Supply and Pollution Control. 8th ed (Pearson International Edition), Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.
The table of contents of this book is available under this external pagelink. In this self-study course the students must work through and understand selected sections from the above mentioned literature. In principle, all chapters of the book are content of the course. Exceptions are listed below:
- Read and have a basic overview but no detailed knowledge: Chapters 11.15 - 11.30, 14.15 - 14.24
- Not part of the required reading: Chapters 2, 3.1 - 3.9, 3.12, 3.13, 3.19, 3.20, 4.5, 4.6, 12.23 - 12.26, 12.31, 12.32 and 12.34.
General information
- Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Max Maurer, Prof. Dr. Eberhard Morgenroth
- Teaching Coordinators: Contact
- Lecture program and important information: Visit the course description, or by request from the teaching coordinators.