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Our professional short courses provide highly targeted learning to develop career-enhancing skills - delivered by experts in the fields of Community Water and Sanitation, Environmental Water Management, and Water and Wastewater Engineering. To view more details on any of our Water short courses, please scroll down.

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Water and Sanitation for Development

Management and Governance for Water and Sanitation

Delivering improved water and sanitation to the poor

Water in Cities

Gain skills to identify, contextualise and evaluate different urban water management technologies and approaches

Wastewater for Development

Effective water treatment and distribution in low-income settings

Communities and Development

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) within rural contexts

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Water Source Engineering

The engineering of rainwater, surface water and groundwater sources, water pumping and pipe systems

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Emergency Water Supply

Providing basic knowledge in the provision of safe water supply and introduction of environmental sanitation under difficult circumstances

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Surface and Groundwater Hydrology

The quantification of surface and groundwater hydrological processes

Health, Hygiene and Sanitation

Water, excreta related behaviour, health and the related technologies that are appropriate in low and middle income communities

Environmental Water Management

Integrated River Basin Management

Develop the skills to analyse and interpret environmental data within a spatial context

Surface and Groundwater Hydrology

The quantification of surface and groundwater hydrological processes

Catchment Water Quality

Practical competence in sampling of water, measurement and interpretation of water quality parameters

Aquatic Ecosystems

Understanding how the landscape and the aquatic system interact

Drought and Water Scarcity

The different definitions of drought and the derivation and application of selected drought risk metrics

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Flood Risk Management

‘Risk’ of flooding can be considered as the product of the probability of a flood occurring and consequences of flood

Modelling Environmental Processes

Describe and predict environmental processes and outcomes

Water Quality Planning

How water quality is regulated in the UK and EU

Water & Wastewater Engineering

Water in Cities

Gain skills to identify, contextualise and evaluate different urban water management technologies and approaches

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Activated Sludge and Biological Nutrient Removal

Understanding the science and operation of AS and BNR processes

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Potable Water Treatment

Understanding the technologies used for the treatment of water for potable water supply

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Wastewater Treatment

Understanding the technologies used for the treatment of wastewater for discharge to the environment

Risk Management

Commission, appraise and review risk assessments within the utility sector, and introduce the management and governance of risk

Water and Wastewater

Acquire general knowledge of the conventional unit operations employed in water and wastewater treatment

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Biological Processes

Understanding the design principles, practice and operational experience of biological treatment processes

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Industrial Wastewater Treatment and Emerging Processes

Understanding the challenges and solutions of treating industrial wastewater

Health, Hygiene and Sanitation

Water, excreta related behaviour, health and the related technologies that are appropriate in low and middle income communities

Hydraulics and Pumping Systems

Providing a foundation in hydraulics with reference to water and wastewater treatment flow sheets

Chemical Processes

Understanding the design principles, practice and operational experience of conventional and advanced chemical treatment processes

Disinfection Processes

Gain an understanding of principles and practical issues of disinfection procedures relevant to water treatment

Physical Processes

Understanding the design principles, practice and operational experience of conventional and novel physical separation processes

Membrane Filtration

Understanding the principles of design and operation of membrane separation processes as used in the municipal water sector

Low Energy Wastewater

The design principles of the most commonly used biofilm technologies

Water Treatment Coagulation Masterclass

Understanding the coagulation process as it relates to chemically-enhanced clarification of water and wastewater

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Water and Sanitation for Development

Management and Governance for Water and Sanitation

Water in Cities

Wastewater for Development

Communities and Development

Water Source Engineering

Emergency Water Supply

Surface and Groundwater Hydrology

Health, Hygiene and Sanitation

Environmental Water Management

Integrated River Basin Management

Surface and Groundwater Hydrology

Catchment Water Quality

Aquatic Ecosystems

Drought and Water Scarcity

Flood Risk Management

Modelling Environmental Processes

Water Quality Planning

Water & Wastewater Engineering

Water in Cities

Activated Sludge and Biological Nutrient Removal

Potable Water Treatment

Wastewater Treatment

Risk Management

Water and Wastewater

Biological Processes

Industrial Wastewater Treatment and Emerging Processes

Health, Hygiene and Sanitation

Hydraulics and Pumping Systems

Chemical Processes

Disinfection Processes

Physical Processes

Membrane Filtration

Low Energy Wastewater

Water Treatment Coagulation Masterclass

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