• Basic information
• Learning outcomes
• Contents
• Assessment
• Workload

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Obtain the fundamental knowledge about water chemistry.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Environmental Engineering
   2. Formulate, construct and use methods and experiments at advanced level to solve environmental problems and interpret and synthesize their results

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
2. Apply fundamental principles about acid-base chemistry, precipitation, complexation, dissolution, oxidation-reduction reactions in natural systems thoroughly in order to apply them in various experimental and engineering applications correctly.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Environmental Engineering
   2. Formulate, construct and use methods and experiments at advanced level to solve environmental problems and interpret and synthesize their results
   3. Recognize, analyze and solve advanced environmental problems as a result of global developments

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Homework assignment
3. Possess adequate knowledge about biological and chemical reactions which organic materials undergoes in natural systems.

   Contribution to Program Outcomes

   1. Define and manipulate advanced concepts of Environmental Engineering
   2. Formulate, construct and use methods and experiments at advanced level to solve environmental problems and interpret and synthesize their results

   Method of assessment

   1. Written exam
   2. Homework assignment

Contents
Week 1:	Properties and composition of water Chemical Equilibrium
Week 2:	Stoichiometry Acid base chemistry
Week 3:	Mass and charge balance pC-pH diagrams
Week 4:	Distribution diagrams Carbonate chemistry in closed systems
Week 5:	1st Midterm Exam Carbonate chemistry in open systems
Week 6:	Alkalinity in natural waters Coordination chemistry
Week 7:	Complex stability Complexation with humics and NTA
Week 8:	Precipitation and dissolution kinetics Solubility product, Iron oxides
Week 9:	Calcium carbonate, softening process Phosphate chemistry
Week 10:	Oxidation-reduction reactions Electron activity and pE
Week 11:	2nd Midterm Exam pE-pC diagrams
Week 12:	Iron chemistry, Corrosion Chlorine reactions
Week 13:	Ozone reactions Kinetics of oxidation-reduction reactions
Week 14:	Environmental Organic Chemicals Chemical Transformation of Organics
Week 15*:	General Review
Week 16*:	Final Exam
Textbooks and materials:	Water Chemistry, Snoeyink and Jenkins, John Wiley & Sons, 1980
Recommended readings:	Chemistry for Environmental Engineering and Science, Clair Sawyer, Perry McCarty, Gene Parkin, McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 5th Ed., 2002
	* Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.

Assessment
Method of assessment	Week number	Weight (%)
Mid-terms:	5, 11	50
Other in-term studies:		0
Project:		0
Homework:	3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 13	20
Quiz:		0
Final exam:	16	30
	Total weight:	(%)

Workload
Activity	Duration (Hours per week)	Total number of weeks	Total hours in term
Courses (Face-to-face teaching):	3	14
Own studies outside class:	4	14
Practice, Recitation:	0	0
Homework:	6	6
Term project:	0	0
Term project presentation:	0	0
Quiz:	0	0
Own study for mid-term exam:	12	2
Mid-term:	2	2
Personal studies for final exam:	18	1
Final exam:	3	1
		Total workload:
		Total ECTS credits:	*
	* ECTS credit is calculated by dividing total workload by 25. (1 ECTS = 25 work hours)