2024 Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Undergraduate major in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Water Environmental Engineering
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Manabu Fujii / Chihiro Yoshimura
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Mon / 1-2 Thu
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- CVE.G310
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This lecture gives the fundamentals of water supply and sewer system in urban area, and aquatic environment science and engineering for conservation water environment. In each class students are required to not only listen a lecture but also do exercise to understand the current state of water use and water environment management. In such manner, this lecture provides the basic knowledge necessary to water use and water environment management.
The target of this lecture for students is to understand key approaches in water supply, sewer system, water environmental management required for sustainable water use and aquatic environment. Students can obtain the foundation for achieving sustainable water use in the context of water resources and aquatic ecosystems.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Utilize fundamentals on aquatic chemistry for water quality management.
2) Explain the basics of environmental sanitary engineering related to water supply and sewers.
3) Explain basic aquatic ecology and management techniques of water environment.
Enjoy and appreciate works of art and broaden their artistic experience.
2) Explain the history of 20th century art including from a cultural and social context.
3) Analytically and comprehensively convey their aesthetical impressions to others.4) Grasp multiple meanings of works of art through discussions with others.
Keywords
Fundamentals on aquatic chemistry, Water supply, Sewer system, Water environmental management, Aquatic ecosystem, Sustainability
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Topics change every class. Every class contains a lecture for about 80-90 min. and exercise for about 10-20 min. Besides the class and exercise, all students are expected to submit reports. Attendance will be recorded in every class.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Guidance, Water Environment Engineering and Sustainability (1) (Fujii) | To understand various issues related to water environment engineering in view of sustainability |
| Class 2 | Aquatic Chemistry 1 (Fujii) - Organic matter, Redox potential, Microbes | Basics of Aquatic Chemistry (Organic matter, Redox potential, Microbes) |
| Class 3 | Waste Water Treatment Technology (Fujii) | General sewage treatment technology (mainly activated sludge method) |
| Class 4 | Microbes and Waste Water Treatment (Fujii) | Basics of microbiology and biological treatment |
| Class 5 | Advanced Water Treatment and Water Reuse (Fujii) | Advanced water treatment and water reuse |
| Class 6 | History and Planning of Sewer System and Waste Water Treatment, Water Environment Engineering and Sustainability (3) (Fujii) | Important history of the sewer system and outline of the overview and planning of sewer system. Also, discuss the challenges and solutions related to water environment engineering in view of sustainability. |
| Class 7 | Mid-term exam, Water Environment Engineering and Sustainability (3),(Fujii) | Check the understanding in the first half of lecture. Also, discuss the challenges and solutions related to water environment engineering in view of sustainability. |
| Class 8 | History and Planning of Water Supply System (Yoshimura) | Understanding the outline of the overview and planning steps of the water supply system |
| Class 9 | 一般的な水質分析に必要となる分析化学の基礎 | Basis of analytical chemistry that is required for general water quality analysis |
| Class 10 | Aquatic Chemistry 2 - pH，Solubility, Alkalinity, Acid-base reaction, etc (Yoshimura) | Basics of Aquatic Chemistry (pH，Solubility, Alkalinity, Other related topics) |
| Class 11 | Water Treatment Technology in Water Supply1 (Yoshimura) | General water treatment technology in water supply and relation to the water quality standards |
| Class 12 | Water Treatment Technology in Water Supply2 (Yoshimura) | Emerging technologies for water treatment |
| Class 13 | Basics of Aquatic Ecosystems (Yoshimura) | Basics of aquatic ecosystems such as rivers, lakes and dam lakes |
| Class 14 | Water supply and water environment management, mid-term exam (Yoshimura) | Relationship between water supply system and water environment management/basin management |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Material will be distributed.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
- Water Environmental Engineering, Matsuo T., Tanaka S, et al., Ohmsha
- Water Quality and Environment, Urase T., Pleiades PUBLISHING
- Environment of Hydrosphere, Arita M., TDU Publication
- Exercise on Sanitary Engineering, Ebie K. and Adachi N., Morikita Publication
- SDGs (Sustainable development goals), Kanie, N, Chukou Shinsho
- Aquatic Environmental Chemistry, Howard A.G., Oxford Univ Press
Evaluation methods and criteria
Exercise 15%, Report 25%, Mid-term examination 30%, Final examination 30%
Students are required to attend two third of classes (> 8 classes).
In the case of online classes, the written exams will be possibly replaced with report assignments.
Related courses
- LAS.C107 ： Basic Chemical Thermodynamics
- LAS.B101 ： Fundamental Life Science 1-1
- CVE.M202 ： Basic Mathematics for System Science
- CVE.B201 ： Hydraulics I
- CVE.B202 ： Hydraulics II
- TSE.A312 ： Introduction to global and local ecology
- CVE.B311 ： River Engineering
- CVE.G401 ： Aquatic Environmental Science
- CVE.G403 ： Water Chemistry for Environmental Engineering
- CVE.G402 ： Environmental Statistics
Prerequisites
Nothing particular, but it is preferable to take the Hydraulics and Environment subject group in advance, as indicated in the study guide.