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EP0201: Environmental Systems and Management: Water and wastewater treatment

This module provides students with basic knowledge on the technologies, systems and policies used to manage our environment. It also provides students with an awareness of the need for environmental protection and pollution control.

Objective

Understand the methods for physical, chemical and biological processes for potable water and wastewater treatment.

Articles

2019

The Straits Times

38 companies, including BreadTalk, punished for illegal discharge into public sewers
Innovating to overcome constraints
The introduction of Newater, produced through a process that recycles treated used water into ultra-clean, high-grade reclaimed water.
Social enterprise wins prize for river cleanup
A tale of two plants
Water is an under-used weapon, says UN report, 23 Mar

Chemical Industry Digest

Renewables: Turning waste water algae into specialty chemicals

The Economist

Worth its salt?

2018

Business Times Singapore

New treatment plant in Tuas to recycle industrial water, turn waste into biogas

The Straits Times

Consortium formed to expand uses of membrane technology

2017

Business Times Singapore

Water treatment company Citic Envirotech doubles bottomline

The Straits Times

Newsweek

Popular Science

What's in a glass of water?

2016

The Straits Times

Newsweek

How a paper plant in Arkansas is allegedly poisoning the people of Crossett

2015

The Straits Times

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