Select a real city with at least 20,000 people

Unit Assignments

Unit IV Case Study

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Using APA style, write a case study at least two to three pages in length, double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman font, on one of the following two topics. Your case study should be written in paragraph form. Some of the items that you are responding to may have one or two word answers, but please use paragraph form with good transitions and proper grammar to tie all the concepts together in a well-written paper. Please select ONE of the two topics provided below.

Topic 1:

1. Chapter 7 covers drinking water distribution systems. Select a real city with at least 20,000 people (possibly where you live). Contact the water department, review their website, or do other investigations, and write a paper including, but not limited to, at least five of the following items:

a. population served and location
b. water source (e.g., lake, aquifer, other)
c. when the system was first constructed and dates of upgrades
d. types of pipe materials in the system
e. initial cost of the system
f. design water flow rate for the system
g. approximate total length of pipe in the system
h. number of water towers and/or pumping stations
i. Indicate the vertical elevation change from the water treatment plant to the lowest and highest elevation home or business served by the water system.
j. largest pipe diameter in the system
k. problems with the system (e.g., recurring leaks, pipe deterioration, toxic chemical infiltration, chronic low pressure)
l. type of disinfection used and whether or not fluoridation is used
m. special attributes of which the city is especially proud

Topic 2:

2. Chapter 8 covers sanitary sewer systems. Select a real city with at least 20,000 people (possibly where you live). Contact the wastewater department, review their website, or do other investigations, and write a paper including, but not limited to, at least five of the following items:

a. population served and location
b. when the system was first constructed and dates of upgrades
c. types of pipe materials in the system
d. initial cost of the system
e. design wastewater flow rate for the system
f. approximate total length of pipe in the system
g. number of river crossings, inverted siphons (see page 192 of your textbook), and pumping stations h. largest pipe diameter in the system
i. problems with the system (e.g., recurring leaks, pipe deterioration, overflowing pipes, storm water infiltration) j. special attributes of which the city is especially proud

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

Unit VIII Research Paper

Select ONE of the topics below and write a five-page paper on environmental technologies. Alternatively, you may write about two topics if you wish to combine them. If you have a different topic in mind, please ask your professor if it is acceptable.

• technologies for erosion control
• technologies for flood mitigation
• technologies for water treatment
• technologies for wastewater treatment
• technologies for solid waste treatment
• technologies for hazardous waste treatment
• technologies for site remediation
• technologies for air pollution control
• technologies for noise abatement

The paper should follow APA formatting. Please use five references other than your textbook with at least two of them from the CSU Online Library (the GreenFILE database is especially helpful). Feel free to use your personal experiences if applicable.

Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

APA Guidelines

The application of the APA writing style shall be practical, functional, and appropriate to each academic level, with the primary purpose being the documentation (citation) of sources. CSU requires that students use APA style for certain papers and projects. Students should always carefully read and follow assignment directions and review the associated grading rubric when available. Students can find CSU’s Citation Guide by clicking here. This document includes examples and sample papers and provides information on how to contact the CSU Success Center.

Grading Rubrics

This course utilizes analytic grading rubrics as tools for your professor in assigning grades for all learning activities. Each rubric serves as a guide that communicates the expectations of the learning activity and describes the criteria for each level of achievement. In addition, a rubric is a reference tool that lists evaluation criteria and can help you organize your efforts to meet the requirements of that learning activity. It is imperative for you to familiarize yourself with these rubrics because these are the primary tools your professor uses for assessing learning activities.

Rubric categories include: (1) Assessment (Written Response) and (2) Assignment. However, it is possible that not all of the listed rubric types will be used in a single course (e.g., some courses may not have Assessments).

The Assessment (Written Response) rubric can be found embedded in a link within the directions for each Unit
Assessment. However, these rubrics will only be used when written-response questions appear within the Assessment.

Each Assignment type (e.g., article critique, case study, research paper) will have its own rubric. The Assignment rubrics are built into Blackboard, allowing students to review them prior to beginning the Assignment and again once the
Assignment has been scored. This rubric can be accessed via the Assignment link located within the unit where it is to be submitted. Students may also access the rubric through the course menu by selecting “Tools” and then “My Grades.”

Again, it is vitally important for you to become familiar with these rubrics because their application to your Assessments and Assignments is the method by which your instructor assigns all grades.

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