UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

WTE2602

WATER ENGINEERING II
Total mark:60

Assessment no 2

Assignment due date: 05 June 2023

Module lecturer: Ms Lusiwe Maduna

Internal Moderator: Ms Raophala
External Moderator: RT Seabi

This Assignment consists of 3 pages.

Instructions:

Honor Pledge: I have neither given nor received aid on the assignment.
Plagiarism is the act of taking words, ideas and thoughts of others and presenting it
as your own. It is a form of theft which involves a number of dishonest academic
activities.

• Answer all questions

• Write clearly using black ink
• Space your work out adequately
• Read the questions carefully
• Pay careful attention to the allocated marks

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The second assessment for Water Engineering II (WTE2602) module requires the
student to submit a project report (see project brief below.).

The final report writing must adhere to the following: Font Arial, Font style regular, Font
size 12, Line spacing 1.5, Paragraph alignment justified, and Headings numbered.
Use Harvard Referencing.

The marking rubric has been attached after the project brief.

ASSESSMENT 2 : PROJECT BRIEF

Hydrological responses are impacted by both climate and human activities. Identifying
the change in hydrological responses caused by climate change and human activities
is crucial to the establishment, planning and management of reasonable water
resources in a catchment.
For this semester’s project you are expected to analyse the impact of climate
change in South Africa.
HINT:

• IDENTIFY THE HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES.

• EXPLORE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HYDROLOGICAL
CYCLE/PROCESSES AND CLIMATE CHANGE.
• EXPLAIN HOW DOES CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT THE PHYSICAL
ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY IN SOUTH AFRICA.
• REPORT ON HOW CAN THE IDENTIFIED NEGETIVE IMPACTS ON THE
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY ASSOCIATED
WITH CLIMATE CHANGE BE MINIMISED OR MITIGATED IN SOUTH
AFRICA. (ELABORATE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ENGINEERS AS
WELL AS COMMUNITY MEMEBERS)
• DISCUSS THE ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN BE APPLIED
TO REDUCE CLIMATE CHANGE IN SOUTH AFRICA.
• DATA CAN BE SOURCED FROM AT LEAST 20 PUBLISHED ARTICLES
THAT HAVE REPORTED ON THIS TOPIC. (Period of published articles should
be in the last 5 to 10 years).

Total mark:60