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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS ÇEV 4045 WATER QUALITY MODELS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Environmental Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALPER ELÇI

Offered to

Environmental Engineering

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to provide fundamental knowledge required for the practice of surface water quality modeling.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain general principles and theories on contaminant transport processes in aquatic environments 2   To be able to apply simple analytical water quality models to different discharge scenarios 3   To be able to list water quality models that are used in practice 4   To be able to run the QUAL2E water quality model 5   To be able to calculate substance mass balance 6   To be able to determine for any kind of contaminant transport problem the appropriate transport equation from a list of equations 7   To be able to use Excel for water quality modeling studies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introduction of water quality modeling 2 Principles of modeling, model types, application areas, processes affecting water quality 3 Physical charcteristics of the surface water environment 4 Modeling of organik matter and dissolved oxygen 5 Modelinf of nitrogen, phosphorus and eutrophication 6 Data structure and data processing for water quality models 7 WASP model application 8 WASP model application 9 QUAL2k model application 10 Mid-term exam 11 QUAL2k model application 12 Presentation of student group studies 13 AQUATOX model application 14 AQUATOX model application

Recomended or Required Reading

Recommended textooks: Yüzeysel Su Kalitesi Modelleme, S.Chapra, 2015, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık Environmental Modeling, J.L. Schnoor, 1996, Wiley & Sons

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Performing in-class applications Giving homeworks and their solutions Assigning teamwork on water quality models used in practice

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 PRJ PROJECT 3 ASG ASSIGNMENT 4 FIN FINAL EXAM 5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + PRJ * 0.25 + ASG * 0.15 + FIN * 0.40 6 RST RESIT 7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + PRJ * 0.25 + ASG * 0.15 + RST * 0.40 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Department of Environmental Engineering, Room A223 Tel: (0232) 301 7112, E-mail: alper.elci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 13 3 39 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 0,4 5 Preparation for midterm exam 1 5,53 6 Preparation for final exam 1 6,43 6 Preparing assignments 3 2,47 7 Reading 1 8,5 9 Midterm 1 2 2 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 PO.15 PO.16 PO.17 PO.18 PO.19 PO.20 LO.1 5 LO.2 5 5 5 LO.3 5 4 LO.4 5 5 5 LO.5 4 5 5 4 LO.6 5 5 5 LO.7 5 5 5