CE 5020 035:  Water Technologies for Emerging Regions: 
Bringing Water and Sanitation to Remote Villages

Spring 2007

I.   Instructor:              Dr. David Sabatini, 301B CEC, 325-4273; sabatini@ou.edu

II.  Textbooks:           Cairncross and Feachem.  Environmental Health Engineering in the Tropics.  2nd Ed, 1993, Wiley, ISBN 0 471 93885 8.

                                    Clarke and King.  The Water Atlas.  2004, The New Press, ISBN 1-56584-907-8.

Suggested Refs:         Davis and Lambert.  Engineering in Emergencies.  2nd Ed., 2002, ITDG Publishing, ISBN 1 85339 521 8.
                                                                               
                                    Taylor-Ide and Taylor.  Just and Lasting Change. 2002, Johns Hopkins Press, ISBN 0 8018 6825 4.
                                   
III.  Objectives:          To gain fundamental skills critical to successfully designing and implementing water technologies in developing countries, including:

• Determine quantity of water necessary for maintaining human health and learn how to identify / develop resources to meet this need in remote villages
• Gain an appreciation of waterborne pathogens and chemical toxicity and how these effect human health in remote villages
• Learn about appropriate technologies for water and waste water treatment and human hygiene in remote villages
• Gain an appreciation for the cultural, socio-political and economic aspects governing water and sanitation in remote villages
• Develop a methodology, treatment scheme, and sustainability plan to address specific scenarios found in remote villages of emerging regions

IV.  Homework:           Homework will be due at the beginning of class on the due date.  Late homework will NOT be accepted!  Homework will include student presentations in class.

V.   RATs:                    RATs (readiness assessment tests) will be given during the course.  The RATs will cover a given reading assignment, and will consist of true/false and multiple choice questions.  The RATs will be taken individually and in groups.
 
VI.  Exams / Final:       A midterm and a final exam will be given – the final exam will be comprehensive.

VII.  Class Topics:       

• The UN Millenium Goals (www.un.org/millenniumgoals/); The situation, the response
• Human Hygiene, Health and Water Quality:  Pathogens and Water Quality
• Water Resource Identification / Characterization and Development
• Water Technologies for Human Health:  Transport and Water Treatment
• Water Technologies for Human Health:  Discharge and Waste Treatment
• Water Transport, Economic and Social-Political Factors, Arsenic Treatment
• Community Involvement / Case Studies
• Organizational responses
• Field Trips (local)
• Project Presentations 

VIII.   Grading              The course grade will be determined according to the scale listed below:
                                   

  
W's, I's, and AU's

Withdrawal deadlines, and deadlines for switching from credit to audit, are listed in the Course Schedule.  No exceptions to these dates will be granted. A grade of incomplete will be issued only if, due to extenuating circumstances, the student has a small amount of work remaining to be completed at the end of the semester. The student must be passing the course at the time the "I" grade is given. Work must then be completed within the specified time frame, but not to exceed one year.

IX.  Disabilities:  Any student in this course who has a disability that my prevent him or her from fully demonstrating his or her abilities should contact us personally as soon as possible so we can discuss accommodations necessary to ensure full participation and facilitate your educational opportunities.

X.  Academic Honesty:  Students are required to abide by the policies set forth in the Student Code; copies of the Code are available from the Office of the Vice-President for Student Affairs. As for this class, any student who cheats on an exam or quiz will receive an "F" for the course. All acts of academic misconduct will be reported to the Dean in accordance with the Faculty Handbook, Section 13.