入学要求 Requirement：
学术要求：Applicants should possess a minimum of an Upper Second class honours degree in civil/chemical engineering or equivalent. Alternatively, at least five years’ experience and/or a professional qualification.
Non-native speakers of English will normally be required to have IELTS 6.5 or above (or equivalent).
英语要求：Non-native speakers of English will normally be required to have IELTS 6.5 or above (or equivalent).
Please note that the University of Surrey offers English language programmes and is also an IELTS Test Centre.
学费 Tuition Fee：2011/2012 12500pounds
课程特征 Course Features
The Centre for Environmental Health Engineering (CEHE) is a well-established multidisciplinary postgraduate centre with an international reputation for excellence in water and environmental engineering.
The Drinking Water Inspectorate for England and Wales (DWI) is located within the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). The DWI enforces a water industry regulatory model that is one of the most effective in the industrialised nations and which is widely recognised as a global leader. By linking the DWI with CEHE, a unique programme has been developed which is relevant in both the UK and developing countries. The professional status of the DWI staff and the expertise of CEHE academics will make a significant contribution towards maintaining the standard of MSc teaching.
The MSc programme is appropriate for professionals planning to take up a position within water industry or government organisations that require knowledge of regulatory processes relating to the provision of drinking water. Internationally the need to ensure that water quality standards are met by service providers is recognised as a key area by the World Health Organization and by a range of funding organisations, including the World Bank.
课程内容 Course Content ：
Compulsory Modules
Environmental Health
This module provides you with key concepts in environmental health as they apply to water quality management and control of water-related diseases.
Water Treatment
This module details key issues relating to raw water sources, water treatment, distribution systems, water quality and reservoirs, advances in chemical treatment and performance.
Applied Chemistry and Microbiology
This module develops an understanding of water chemistry, microbiology and chemical processes associated with water and wastewater treatment.
Wastewater Treatment and Sewerage
This module provides an understanding of the roles of preliminary, primary, secondary and tertiary wastewater treatment processes and also includes sewerage design and construction methods.
Regulation and Management 1
This module provides a systematic understanding and critical awareness of effective planning for the management of water resources and water supply. The legal and scientific basis of regulations and standards are detailed.
Regulation and Management 2
This module provides an understanding of the UK water industry and regulatory framework, including a critical awareness of UK legislation for drinking water and the resulting regulations, standards and monitoring requirements. You will develop a systematic knowledge of monitoring, reporting and communication including the importance of analytical quality control and compliance assessment, together with a systematic understanding of the inspection and audit process used to regulate the UK water industry.
Industrial Project
In collaboration with DWI staff, this project develops an understanding and critical evaluation of approaches adopted by water suppliers for the abstraction, treatment and supply of potable water. You will apply existing knowledge of treatment, maintenance, management and finance methods to critically evaluate approaches adopted and assess the effectiveness of procedures in an actual water treatment works audit. You will produce a concise field record identifying the key elements of the placement, including main experiences, critically describing them against the theory and methods in relation to drinking water regulation and drinking water safety plans (DWSPs).
Drinking Water Safety Plans
This module provides a systematic understanding of groundwater issues, catchment surveillance and water quality factors associated with land use. It also provides a critical awareness of the drinking water safety plan concept from catchment to tap and an understanding of best practice for the operation of distribution systems. You will develop a systematic understanding of capital maintenance and the Common Framework approach for the financing of maintenance work.
Dissertation Project
The MSc dissertation will require you to conduct research and/or display the ability to critically evaluate evidence. Dissertation projects could be based on literature review, original laboratory experimentation, field testing or pilot plant work.
Programme Overview
Modules are taught during both Autumn and Spring semesters of the academic year. One module for each programme is normally completed during the Easter vacation and assessed on the quality of a fieldbook and a formal report. The module comprises a European study tour for the Water and Environmental Engineering programme, and an industrial project for the Water Regulation and Management programme. They both have a duration of five days.
The MSc and PGDip programme in Water and Environmental Engineering provides opportunities for you to develop and demonstrate knowledge in five compulsory modules. In addition MSc and PGDip students will be provided with opportunities to develop a comprehensive understanding in at least a further three optional modules chosen from the remaining four available. PGCert students will develop and demonstrate knowledge in four modules chosen from the full compulsory and optional module list with the approval of the Programme Director.
The MSc and PGDip programmes in Water Regulation and Management provide opportunities for students to develop and demonstrate knowledge in eight compulsory modules.
If you are enrolled on an MSc programme you are required to produce a dissertation on a suitable topic (specific requirements will be supplied in the programme regulations). The dissertation involves the concentrated study of a topic and is formally approved and assessed. Some projects are University-based, some may involve collaboration with industry, and others involve collecting data from overseas countries. You will be required to submit a detailed plan of the project proposal. The proposals will be approved by the programme team and an appropriate supervisor assigned to you.
Modules and Credits
All compulsory and optional modules are worth 15 credits. The dissertation project is worth 60 credits
教学与评估 Teaching and Assessment：
Teaching and Assessment
Teaching and learning will normally be achieved by a combination of formal lectures, coursework, demonstrations and group projects, except in the case of the European study tour or industrial project and the dissertation modules. In all other modules assessment will be by a combination of examinations and continuous assessment. Coursework sometimes involves individual or group projects.
Each module will be examined separately. Where appropriate, there will be a written examination for a module at the end of each semester.
Water and Environmental Engineering lectures are delivered primarily by staff from the Centre for Environmental Health Engineering (CEHE) and visiting lecturers with national or international reputations in the topic area.
On the Water Regulation and Management programme the Industrial Project, Regulation and Management 2, and Drinking Water Safety Plans modules are almost entirely delivered by professional staff from the Drinking Water Inspectorate for England and Wales.
其它信息 Other Information：
Facilities and Resources – Laboratories and Pilot Plants
In recent years the CEHE has benefited from investment in new equipment in both the small centre facility, which primarily supports fieldwork, and a larger, more extensively equipped microbiology and chemistry laboratory. The laboratories are equipped with recently acquired state-of-the-art analytical equipment, including ICP-OES, GC/MS, TOC, Ion Chromatograph, Particle Counter, and with water quality loggers, Delagua kits and so on, available for fieldwork.
A water and wastewater research pilot plant is located on Thames Water’s Shalford and Godalming Water Treatment Works, just a few kilometres away from the University campus. Over the years, many MSc dissertation projects have been completed at the facility, most of them to assist in the development or testing of relief agency systems.
A parallel wastewater research pilot plant has recently been established, again with the support of Thames Water, at Godalming Sewage Treatment Works.
Library Facilities
The University Library is currently resourced for books, journals and electronic resources, as the postgraduate programme in Water and Environmental Engineering has been well established over the last decade. The programme draws on science, engineering and other areas of knowledge and the overall diversity of academic groups within the University ensures that there are library resources to answer most needs. The provision of British Standards online has reduced the copyright requirements and the quantity of photocopying required. Passwords are available from the Library web pages for all other electronic resources.
CEHE Resource Centre
Provision is made within CEHE to access a limited range of textbooks, previously completed MSc dissertations, a selected range of journals and software mounted on PCs in the Catchment Modelling Laboratory or available on CD.
Professional Institution Resources
Library and learning resources are available at the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management and other appropriate professional bodies.
All categories of members of the professional institutions are allowed to borrow books from the institution libraries by post and in some cases to access other services online.
Computing
There are suitable computing facilities available both within the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and through central University facilities.
Teaching Rooms
Teaching is primarily in flat floor teaching rooms, although there are occasions when formal lecture theatre facilities are used. All of the usual academic support materials and systems are available and preprinted notes are distributed during every lecture.
Industry Connections
CEHE is able to draw on the specialised expertise of professional contacts to give an added dimension to the MSc programme.
CEHE has collaborative links with numerous industrial organisations in the UK and overseas. A number of these contacts have been associated with MSc teaching and dissertation-related research or development activities. More recently these have included Thames Water, Southern Water, Wessex Water, Black and Veatch, Veolia Environmental Services Ltd, Atkins, Mott McDonalds Ltd, Water Quality Management Ltd, Parsons Brinckerhoff and Stadtwerke Karlsruhe, Germany.
Particularly strong collaborative relationships are maintained with the Drinking Water Inspectorate. The British Geological Survey, Imperial College, London, University College, London, Kings College, London, the Natural History Museum, London, and the Reading Public Health Laboratories all contribute to the MSc programme.
The Centre has a particularly prestigious international profile. CEHE is part of a designated World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre and also an invited member of the UNICEF WASH Cluster Group of Relief Agencies. In recent years extensive connections relating to development and testing operations have been maintained with Oxfam UK. RedR training programmes have been hosted by the Centre. Other developing world or humanitarian relief connections have included MSF, PAHO and CEPIS, Peru.