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Grad calendar descriptions
Course objectives
Course organization
Instructors
Meetings
Consulting hours
Textbook
References
Notes
Computing

Email
Listserver
Your work
Evaluation scheme
web pages
Teamwork
Important dates
Module posting dates
Due dates
Examinations
Modules

05-661 Urban Water Systems Modelling. (3). Continuous stormwater management models and model structure. Catchment discretization and process dissaggregation. Pollutant build-up, washoff and transport. Flow and pollutant routing in complex, looped, partially surcharged pipe/channel networks including pond storage, storage tanks, diversion structures, transverse and side weirs, pump stations, orifices, radial and leaf gates, and transient receiving water conditions (including tides). Pollutant removal in sewer networks, storage facilities and treatment plants.

05-662 Water Pollution control planning. (3).  Methods of developing area-wide pollution control plans and sustainable use plans in Ontario and elsewhere. Quantitative and non-quantitative information is examined in the context of planning, using continuous models such as HSPF. Field trips.   

Course objectives:

In essence, these courses are very practical. All evaluations are based on web pages developed and evaluated by the participants. For the modelling of urban water systems, it facilitates application of prior undergraduate knowledge [previously acquired in (a)  fluid mechanics and hydraulics, (b) hydrology, (c) water quality, and (d) urban water systems]. The object is to become facile at models that analyze and plan urban water systems; in particular, those that estimate flow and pollutant quantities and optimize conveyance, storage and pollutant removal structures required for storm, sanitary and combined sewer collection systems and the management of the impacts of such systems.

For success in each course, you should complete all assigned readings, devote at least 20 hr of study per module and complete all assigned (six for UoG) web assignments and peer-evaluations of colleagues web pages. See your instructors as soon as you experience a difficulty or are not clear on any topic.

Organization:

• Both courses will be presented on the web.
• Both course will run from Jan till end of Apr 2000.
• Students at Techniese Hochschule Darmstadt (THD), Univ of Alabama in Tuscaloosa (UAT), and Univ of Guelph (UoG) will participate.
• Grad credit will be awarded by the home institutes.
• Drs. Pitt (UAT), Ostrowski (THD), Armitage (UCT) and James and Heathcote (UoG) will share the course instructional activities.
• Students may elect to take one or two courses and must first have their selection of modules approved by their local professor.
• The content will include all the material normally in UoG 05-661and 662.
• Students are expected to become facile on the web, internet, and HTML.
• Students are evaluated on individual assignments posted on their web pages.

Instructors: click on name for web page

UAT Meetings:

UoG Meetings:

Consulting hours:

Textbook:- none
Other key references:

Huber, W.C. and Dickinson, R.E., 1988. Storm Water Management Model, Ver. 4. USEPA. 600 pp.
James, R and W. 1995. PCSWMM Getting started. CHI Pubs. ISBN 0-9697422-3-1
James, W. 1995. Hydraulics and Hydrology Vocabulary. CHI Pubs. ISBN 0-9697422-6-6
Davis,V.C., 1952. Handbook of Applied Hydraulics. McGraw-Hill, New York.

Course notes: The lectures in the course will be conducted using the web. The web pages may be printed for your personal use, if you wish.

Computing: Students require familiarity with computing, not taught as a distinct component of this course.

E-mail and listserver: As all of the instruction will be delivered on the computer network, per listserver and the web pages, you are required to have valid email accounts. Please set up valid accounts as soon as possible. Then subscribe to the class listserver (email to the listserv "subscribe SWM-L Your Name").

Your work: You write M individual web pages (denoted A1- A12), all of which must be completed individually by each student (but cooperation among students is encouraged). You are responsible for the material on all your web assignments. If you are excused an assignment, an alternative special assignment involving 20 hr of original work, may be set. Assignments are due - posted on your website - at 24:00 UCT (21:00 EST)  on the due date (a Sunday, 2 weeks after original posting). Try to be brief and plain, the equivalent of 2 white pages, single spaced. No marks are assigned for fancy web trickery. Do not post your assignments earlier than necessary. Since evaluations will be done by participants and grading by instructors, late assignments cannot be accepted.

Evaluation scheme: Your final mark in the course is based upon evaluations by your instructors and  colleagues of your web assignments. Your work is weighted as shown below.

You also evaluate a total of M*(N-1) web pages where M = number of modules required in the course (six for UoG) and N students are participating in that module. All your evaluations (denoted EA1-EA12) are posted on the web. Your evaluations are graded by your local instructor, and the grade that you get is the total.
In this course marks are assigned for brevity; for each web page evaluation, a half-page web report is required, giving in point form the important highlights. These short evaluations are due one week after the assignment was due (also Sunday 24:00UCT) .
All marks are out of 10.

These indicated weights may be modified slightly, in the light of the final grades, such that the class average does not go down, no student's ranked position will change, and no student will have a reduced mark.

Each web assignment (A1-A12) is evaluated for six categories:

1. 10% - Problem statement: clear statement of scope and limitations of the assignment and your assumptions.
2. 10% - Background: clear presentation of previous work or other sources of info relied on, and their significance, and correctly listing and acknowledging all sources of info.
3. 50% - Synthesis: making connections between all your info sources and the problem data, and applying the techniques described in class to draw a correct or reasonable conclusion.
4. 10% - Organization: clarity of the presentation of evidence, deductions and arguments; includes readability (layout, terminology, plots, figures, maps, tables and schematics).
5. 10% - Originality: clear well-supported evidence of your own understanding. Zero for mere repetition of info gleaned from elsewhere.
6. 10% - Brevity: clear concise expression. Zero for largely irrelevant information.

Web pages:
Each module has one assignment, and will be distributed at the beginning of each week and completed individual web pages are due at the end of the following week (Sundays at 24:00 UCT).
Format for the web site is:

1. Personal home page. State clearly your name and co-ordinates.
2. Assignment problem identification: In your own words, state the problem concisely.
3. Method: Provide a summary of methods, sources, principles, generalizations, theories, relationships and equations used.
4. Record: Present the work done.
5. Summary, recommendations and conclusions: in your own words, state your conclusions and reasons.
6. A week later, add evaluations (EA1-EA12) of your colleague's web pages.

For an example of a previous (non-native-english speaker) student's webpages please visit Bruno Veiga's home page at: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/3843/0661.html

Teamwork:
It is often useful to work together in a team: to recognize teamwork, the grade may reflect the willingness of the individual to acknowledge co-workers and help.

Important dates:
Module posting schedule planned modules are color-coded Course 661 Course 662 (subject to change):

Due dates for assignments and evaluations (subject to change): Planned modules are color-coded Course 661 Course 662; A denotes assignments; EA denotes evaluations of assignments; and R denotes rebuttals or responses to evaluations.

Examinations: none scheduled

Modules scheduled:
Planned modules are color-coded Course 661 Course 662(subject to change):
Modules - click on the left hand button