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16-Civ-A3 Elementary Environmental Engineering: Undated paper

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  1. Question 1 Contaminant Dilution, Reactor Kinetics & Disinfection
  2. Question 2 Environmental Impact, Ethics & Sustainable Development
  3. Question 3 Particles, Odour Control & Water Hardness
  4. Question 4 Growth Drivers — Impacts & Engineering Solutions
  5. Question 5 Water- & Wastewater-Treatment Plant Configurations
  6. Question 6 Air-Pollution Control & Solid-Waste Management
  7. Question 7 Source-Water Protection & Integrated “One Water” Management

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Paper format. National Exams, May 2019 — 16-Civ-A3 Elementary Environmental Engineering. Closed book (one 8.5″×11″ double-sided aid-sheet), 3 hours. Seven problems; any five constitute a complete paper (each 20 marks). All seven are solved here as a study resource.

Reference texts. Davis & Cornwell, Introduction to Environmental Engineering (5th ed.); Mihelcic & Zimmerman, Environmental Engineering: Fundamentals, Sustainability, Design (3rd ed.); Metcalf & Eddy, Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Resource Recovery (5th ed.); MWH (Crittenden et al.), Water Treatment: Principles and Design (3rd ed.); CCME Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines; Health Canada Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality; Impact Assessment Act (Canada, 2019).

Source note. The seven questions and their sub-part mark splits follow the paper’s own Marking Scheme (page 7): 1 (6/6/8), 2 (7/7/6), 3 (8/5/7), 4 (6/7/7), 5 (10/10), 6 (3/3/4 + 3/3/4), 7 (10/10) — each closing to 20 marks. Where a figure ordinate must be read off a plot it is flagged in a check callout.