Water management

• SAQA ID 254063
• SAQA ID 254054
• SAQA ID 11784

After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:

• calculate the required chemical doses required for various chemical water treatment processes
• explain and identify advantages of various advanced oxidation processes
• design advanced oxidation processes for removal of contaminants
• identify technologies for desalination
• explain and compare membrane-based and thermal-based desalination
• explain the basic principles of low-pressure membranes
• explain the basic principles of high-pressure membranes
• select and design a membrane filtration system given specific feed and effluent requirements
• define and explain fouling and cleaning in low pressure membranes
• define and classify fouling and propose mitigation activities to control fouling in high pressure membrane systems
• evaluate need for pre-treatment and for post-treatment in membrane systems
• explain the basic principles of electrodialysis and ion-exchange, and
• evaluate the quality of an effluent water stream using BAT standards.