Description

Students earning a certificate in Water and Wastewater Treatment will:

1. Understand the function and be able to design physical and chemical separation processes in water and wastewater treatment; and
2. Understand the principles that control the design and operation of biological unit process municipal wastewater treatment and be able to design processes for organics removal and nitrogen and phosphorus reduction, and biosolids stabilization.

Requirements

To obtain a certificate, students must complete the required courses with a 3.0 grade point average or higher.

Three of the following:

• CIVL 601 Sustainable Water Quality and Resources 3 semester hours
• CIVL 617 Water Treatment Processes 3 semester hours
• CIVL 618 Water Reuse and Desalination 3 semester hours
• CIVL 619 Advanced Integrated Water Treatment Systems 3 semester hours