COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
COMMUNITY WATER TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR (SCI 152)
Crédits: 1 - 6
Students will learn how to examine the characteristics of water supplies available to communities, and how to provide, pump, store and purify water economically. Some topics are: water management, water catchment, water holding and sanitation, water purification and non-electrical pumping systems. The seminar is mostly hands-on, and includes the construction of water tanks, sand filters, washbasins and toilets, hand pumps, and hydraulic pump systems.