182.626.01
Water and Sanitation in Low-Income Communities
Location
East Baltimore
Term
3rd Term
Department
Environmental Health and Engineering
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2024 - 2025
Instruction Method
In-person
Monday, 1:30 - 3:20pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
Yes
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
Introduces water and sanitation issues in developing countries and discusses solutions based on a systems approach. Examines the environmental and public health considerations in water supply and sanitation planning, as well as strategies for serving low-income households. Considers case studies from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe which cover engineering, human behavior, and public health approaches to providing potable water and sanitation including simple water supplies, techniques for disinfection, sanitary latrines, and the relationship of water supply and sanitation to diarrheal diseases.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Define some engineering and behavioral health and environmental problems confronting populations living in low-income communities
- Analyze some relevant situations and interventions to manage these situations
- Describe what factors contribute to the spread and proliferation of fecal and waterborne disease
- Explain the role of improved sanitation and adequate water supplies in improving quality of life and discuss what is meant by appropriate technology and local empowerment
- Describe some factors that affect local availability of water and improved water supplies by observing examples through class discussion and presentation of current case studies
- List problems regarding waste disposal and water supplies in rural, peri-urban and urban environments, and engineering and human behavior solutions to address these problems
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 25% Participation
- 25% Quizzes
- 50% Case study