Why this course?

Description

Sustainable Water management is 4 module course on Water Audit. It includes Introduction to Water Audit, Water Harvesting, Water Conservation in Industries, Domestic Water Conservation, Best Monitoring & Measurements in Water practices & case studies, AWWA Water Audit Software Practices

Agriculture, Residential, Commercial and institutional facilities use large amounts of water for various purposes. Increasing water efficiency among these facilities can greatly reduce overall water use. This course is detailed presentation about conducting water audit for all types of water end use. It also has hand on practice on water audit software. Course is about water management and water balance. It is easy to understand and simple to learn course with diagrams and details. This course is useful to consultants who are working in the field of water and energy audit, architects and sustainability engineer, green building designers and civil engineers.

Module 1 of this course series covers following topics

1. Why Water Audit?

2. Source of water

3. What is Water Audit?

4. Role of Water Conservation Officer

5. Audit Procedures

6. Examples of water uses in Commercial & Institutional facilities

7. Examples of Industrial water usage

8. Water consumption standards for different Industries

9. Water Intensive Industrial Sectors

10. Typical Water Use by Different Facility Type

11. Eight Keys to Successful Water Management

12. The true cost of water include

 

Module 2 of this course series covers following topics

1. Approach & Methodology
2. Cost of water in Industries
3. Stages of Water Management
4. Definition of key variables in the Water Balance
5. Importance of Water Balance
6. Benefits of Non Revenue Water(NRW) Reduction
7. Water Audit
8. Water Audit Preparation
9. Conducting the Water Audit
10. Additional Water Auditing Tips
11. Water Audit Report
12. Zero water discharge & Approach

Module 3 of this course series covers following topics

1. What is Water Harvesting ?

2. Need of water harvesting

3. Methods

4. Rainwater Harvesting Techniques : Urban Area

•Recharge pit

•Recharge trench

•Tube well

•Recharge well

5. Rainwater Harvesting Techniques : Rural Area

•Percolation tank

•Check Dams / Cement Plugs / drain bunds

•Recharge shaft

•Dug well recharge

•Ground water dams or Sub- surface dykes

•Through Gully pugs and contour bunds

6. How Much Water Can Be Captured?

7. What is Domestic water conservation ?

8. Water Efficient Fixtures

9. Reuse & Recycle of water

Module 4 of this course series covers following topics

1. Case Studies

•Case Study 1- Ashland, Oregon : Small Town, Big Savings

•Case Study 2- Barrie, Ontario : Wastewater Capital Deferral

•Case Study 3- Seattle, WA: Commercial Water Savings

2. Software for water loss calculations

•Software 1 : WB‐EasyCalc

•Software 2 : AWWA Free Water Audit Software

Learner will be able to understand water audit process by going through all 4 modules of the course.