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RSNR301 Pollution Management

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus
Online level Level B - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam June
Pre-requisites 96 cp or equivalent; or candidature in postgraduate award in the School of Environmental and Rural Science or School of Science and Technology
Co-requisites None
Restrictions ENVE 433/533, 436/536, RSNR501
Notes None
Combined Units RSNR501 - Pollution Management
Coordinator(s) Rex Glencross-Grant (rglencro@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit provides an introduction to pollution management and examines the sources, effects and means of controlling/avoiding air pollution; noise pollution; water pollution; and land pollution. The legal and administrative aspects of pollution are examined and specific case studies in water treatment; solid waste management; remediation of contaminated sites, etc. are studied. The unit adopts a proactive approach to reducing/avoiding pollution rather than a regressive control approach.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory

Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Introduction to Environmental Engineering
ISBN: 9780072424119
Davis, M.L. and Cornwell, D.A., McGraw-Hill
Recommended Material
Optional
None
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
   

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