Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering

Assessment

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Assessment
The assignment is in three Parts. Each group is given a certain
location in Australia to convert an undeveloped greenfield area
to an urban developed area. You are expected to design a
Stormwater Management system to remove the Stormwater
effectively while improving the water quality to comply with
certain water quality standards. This study is carried out in 3
parts.
1. Design of a conventional urban drainage system for a
residential area to obtain the flow hydrograph at the
downstream end of the developed area.
2. Design of a detention basin and an outlet structure to
bring the flood peak down to the pre-development stage
3. Introduce innovative water quality improvement
measures (WSUD) to comply with water quality
standards before releasing water from the detention basin
to the receiving waters.
A map of the study area will be provided.

Schedule

Topic Major Assessment Task Proportion of final Submission

covered assessment Date

1-3 Assignment Part 1 - 15% Week 4

Design of an Urban (5% for feedback questions
Drainage system + 10% for the final report)

4-5 Assignment Part 2 - 15% Week 7

Design and application (5% for feedback questions
of a Spreadsheet + 10% for the final report)
reservoir routing model

6 Assignment Part 3 - 15% Week 9

Design and application
of water quality
improvement measures
1-6 Examination 55% End of course

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You are required to submit:

 Solutions to the tutorial questions at the end of the session
for feedback. Submit the spreadsheet via the online drop
box at myRMIT by 9.00 o’clock on the day before the
tutorial classes in Weeks 2, 3, 5 & 6. Feedback on the
tutorial problems will be handed back to you during the
following tutorial class. Tutorial questions will not be
accepted after the due date.
 The assignments and the feedback questions will be carried
out in groups of 3 or 4 students. All members in the group
should attend the same tutorial class. Each group
member’s grading will be based on overall group grade,
peer assessment from group members as well as tutor’s
assessment of their participation in group project. Please
note that individual grades of students can be different
from the grades of other group members.
 Each part of the assignment by the due date for assessment
while retaining the key results from earlier sections to
continue with the other parts of the assignment. A penalty
of a 5% per day reduction of the assessment task value will
apply to late assessment task submissions.

Assessment Tasks
You need to obtain at least 50% for the final examination to gain a
‘pass’ for the course.

Your examination will be conducted without the use of notes or

references (closed book).

You are required to keep a copy of the assignment before

submitting.

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