CHM3168 Fundamentals of Waste Management

The course aims to equip the learners with basic principles in waste management for both wastewater and solid waste. The course lays emphasis on types and amounts of solid waste and wastewater, the handling of wastes and by-products, environmental effects, hierarchy of waste management, design and construction of sanitary landfill. It covers biological, chemical and physical of wastewaters analysis and the wastewater treatment processes such as screening, flocculation, sedimentation and natural wastewater treatment.