Paper format. National Exams, December 2018 — 16-Civ-A3 Elementary Environmental Engineering. Three hours; closed book with one candidate-prepared 8½ × 11 double-sided aid sheet; approved Casio or Sharp calculator only. Seven problems are printed, each worth 20 marks, and any five constitute a complete paper (maximum 100 marks). All seven are solved here, because the set is intended as a study resource rather than an exam script. Section marks are shown in brackets at the left margin of each question and are reproduced from the final-page Marking Scheme.
Reference texts.
- Davis, M.L. & Cornwell, D.A., Introduction to Environmental Engineering, 5th ed., McGraw-Hill — material and energy balances, reactor kinetics, hardness, disinfection, water and wastewater unit processes.
- Masters, G.M. & Ela, W.P., Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science, 3rd ed., Pearson — mass/energy balances on power plants, air-emission estimation, growth–pollution linkages.
- Mihelcic, J.R. & Zimmerman, J.B., Environmental Engineering: Fundamentals, Sustainability, Design, 3rd ed., Wiley — sustainability, life-cycle thinking, environmental impact assessment, professional ethics.
- Fogler, H.S., Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 5th ed., Pearson — variable-volume gas-phase reactor design and the CSTR/PFR mole balances.
- Metcalf & Eddy / AECOM, Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Resource Recovery, 5th ed., McGraw-Hill — wastewater unit processes, biological nutrient removal.
- Crittenden, J.C. et al. (MWH), Water Treatment: Principles and Design, 3rd ed., Wiley — coagulation/flocculation, filtration, membranes, disinfection.
- Engineers Canada / EGBC Code of Ethics; Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) and the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality (GCDWQ), Health Canada — professional duty and water-quality benchmarks.
