POSTGRADUATE

Water Treatment and

Desalination
The School of Engineering and Information Technology provides a stimulating learning environment with world
class facilities. Our highly skilled graduates find careers in challenging and dynamic sectors such as resources
engineering and renewable energy industries.
Our academic staff come from around the globe and bring cutting-edge, internationally-acclaimed research skills
and interests. The unique, laboratory and pilot scale facilities provide students with extensive, hands-on exposure
to the equipment, processes, computational models, software and challenges they will meet in their professional
engineering career. Students learn about the latest advances in areas such as integration of renewable energy and
energy storage into micro-electrical grids, newly discovered air pollutants from fire retardants, desalination for
remote communities and agriculture, extracting metals from mineral resources and waste products, and green
engineered buildings.
All courses incorporate visiting industry practitioners as well as opportunities for students who wish to engage in
internships and gaining unit credits for industrial placements.

Master of
Water Treatment and Desalination
Graduate Diploma in
Water Treatment and Desalination
Master of Water The coursework will provide students with a
strong grounding in the fundamentals of water
Treatment and engineering, but an application and practice
focus is the hallmark of the program. The course
Desalination is designed to give graduates specific knowledge
of the tools, algorithms, hardware and software,
Duration and state-of-the-art practice of water purification
2 years full-time or part-time equivalent for beneficial use.

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | POSTGRADUATE

Availability This course is designed to satisfy requirements
Murdoch South Street campus
Course code
M1259
Mode of delivery
Internal
Course description
When you graduate from this course, you
will be able to design, engineer, operate,
and troubleshoot both broad spectrum and
specialised water treatment processes, not
only for achieving conventional potable water
and wastewater quality objectives, but also for
meeting more targeted industrial, agricultural,
and resource recovery needs. Additionally,
the coursework will address water treatment
engineering to meet decentralized and
developing population demands, and the recent
emphasis on integration of renewable energy,
minimisation of non-beneficial residuals, and
increased resilience and sustainability of water
supplies in the face of uncertain economic and
natural conditions.
of Engineers Australia for Continuing Professional
Education of Engineers in the disciplines of
environmental engineering, water engineering,
and chemical engineering in the areas of water
process control, technology, and management.
Professional recognition
Graduates are eligible to apply for professional
membership in Engineers Australia.
Career opportunities
Master of Water Treatment and Desalination will
prepare students for either entry into the water
industry with specialty skills in water treatment
and desalination infrastructure and processes;
or for matriculation into a doctoral program
of research on the theory, analysis, design,
invention, and application of water purification
processes and technology.
Water Treatment
and Desalination

Admission requirements Graduate Diploma in of water and natural resources, and private
or public irrigation and water resource
Water treatment engineering is a highly
quantitative profession requiring knowledge
Water Treatment and management entities. Additionally, many
industries and primary producers employ water
of physics, chemistry, fluid mechanics, and Desalination treatment engineers in water divisions which are
mathematics. The coursework assumes prior mission critical components of their businesses,
understanding of the fundamentals of these Duration such as mining, horticulture, energy generation,
disciplines to a level allowing entry into the 1 year full-time or part-time equivalent oil and gas recovery, livestock and agriculture
specifics of water engineering without further production and processing, semi-conductor and
general instruction. Availability pharmaceutical manufacturing, and hospitals
Consequently, students entering the course Murdoch South Street campus and health care facilities.
must have passed the following units at Murdoch
University or their equivalent elsewhere:
Course code
G1076 Admission requirements
- MAS211 – Mathematical Modelling
Mode of delivery Water treatment engineering is a highly
- ENG201 – Fluid Mechanics
Internal quantitative profession requiring knowledge
- CHE144 – Foundations of Chemistry
of physics, chemistry, fluid mechanics, and
- PEN152 – Principles of Physics
mathematics. The coursework assumes prior
Contact the course coordinator if you have understanding of the fundamentals of these
questions about your eligibility. Course description disciplines to a level allowing entry into the
The Graduate Diploma in Water Treatment specifics of water engineering without further
and Desalination will provide professionals general instruction.
Course structure working in the water industry with the basic
Consequently, students entering the course
48 credit points engineering and science education to support
must have passed the following units at Murdoch
entry-level understanding, design, operation,
University or their equivalent elsewhere:
and monitoring of conventional potable water
Core units and wastewater (sewage) treatment processes, - MAS211 – Mathematical Modelling
48 credit points as well as many of the more specific water - ENG201 – Fluid Mechanics
• Environmental Water Chemistry – 3 points treatment processes allied with industry, - CHE144 – Foundations of Chemistry
• Water Regulation, Finance and agriculture, mining, and public service needs. - PEN152 – Principles of Physics
Management – 3 points It is well suited to professionals wishing to Contact the course coordinator if you have
• Design Project – 3 points upgrade skills for career advancement or to questions about your eligibility.
• Metallurgical Unit Operations – 3 points satisfy continuing education requirements.
• Physicochemical Water Treatment It will also provide graduates with the requisite
Operations – 3 points
• Biological Water Treatment Operations
coursework to undertake subsequent higher Course structure
post- graduate degree courses. The course is a
– 3 points 24 credit points
self-contained program or may be taken as year
• Water Engineering Intuition and Analysis 1 of a two-year program of study leading to a
– 3 points Master of Water Treatment and Desalination. Core units
• Water Treatment Technology Practical 24 credit points
– 3 points Additionally this Diploma provides the grounding
• Desalination Technology and Modelling for entry into higher degree by research programs • Environmental Water Chemistry – 3 points
– 3 points in water engineering. • Water Regulation, Finance and
• Decentralised and Industrial Water Management – 3 points
Treatment – 3 points • Design Project – 3 points
• Advanced Water Treatment Design Professional recognition • Metallurgical Unit Operations – 3 points
• Physicochemical Water Treatment
– 3 points Graduates are eligible to apply for professional
• Measurement and Uncertainty Analysis Operations – 3 points
membership in Engineers Australia. • Biological Water Treatment Operations
– 3 points
• Engineering Masters Project – 12 points – 3 points
• Water Engineering Intuition and Analysis
Career opportunities – 3 points
Graduates of this course can find employment • Water Treatment Technology Practical
in one of the companies or governmental – 3 points
agencies in which water is the primary business,
such as municipal water supply and wastewater
management, governmental departments
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