Green River Community College
Water Supply and Wastewater Technology Program
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WTECH 182 Pumps and Pumping Systems, 3 credits
Syllabus
Course
Description
Pumps and pump
piping systems found in water supply and wastewater facilities. Common
types of pumps will be identified. Operational theory, application,
maintenance and troubleshooting of centrifugal pumps will be
emphasized. Piping systems for common pumping applications will also be
discussed. (3 credits)
Learning Outcomes
Content-Specific Learning Outcomes -Students will demonstrate proficiency
with these components of the course content:
1.
Ability
to recognize types of pumps typically found in water and wastewater
utilities.
2. Knowledge
of general hydraulic and mechanical principles related to centrifugal
pumping systems.
3. Knowledge
of star-up and shut-down procedures for centrifugal pumping systems.
4. Ability
to perform general maintenance and repair s on centrifugal pumping systems.
5. Ability
to discriminate between normal and abnormal operating conditions for centrifugal
pumping systems.
Course content learning outcomes will be demonstrated by assignments and
summary tests.
Campus-Wide Learning Outcomes: Critical
Thinking – Competent employees need critical thinking skills
to be successful in the workplace. Students in this course will be
challenged to think critically. Critical thinkers:
1. Are active readers who read texts closely,
noting key ideas, and investigating unfamiliar words.
2. Are active listeners, paying close attention to
lectures and discussions, trying to understand statements from a speaker's
perspective, and trying to understand assumptions behind statements.
3. Ask questions, seeking to understand and
evaluate information presented.
4. Know how to learn; they draw upon experience
and/or prior knowledge, interpret and apply new knowledge and experience.
5. Recognize and solve problems; they identify
problems, analyze possible causes, and generate solutions.
6. Apply reasoning skills; they identify and apply
facts and principles, examine information for relevance and accuracy.
Campus-wide learning outcomes will be demonstrated by assignments and
summary tests.
Textbook Information
Required textbooks:
Arasmith, Skeet. Pumps & Pumping,
Eighth Edition. ACR Publications, Inc., 1298 Elm Street SW, Albany, OR,
97321, 2000 and
Basic Science Concepts &
Applications. Third
Edition. Denver, Colorado: American Water Works Association, 2003.
(1-58321-233-7).
For information about purchasing
textbooks, visit the
Getting Started page.
Taking Tests
Be sure to review information about
testing; click on the Taking Tests link at top of page.
Academic
Honesty
Academic
honesty is required at all times. Anyone
caught cheating will receive no credit for the particular
test/assignment and the student will be referred to the Dean of Students
for discipline. Plagiarism,
which is a form of cheating, is representing another’s work as your
own.
Evaluation
Grades will be awarded as follows:
Activity
Points
Assignments (ten at 20 points each)
200
Summary Tests (four at 50 points each)
200
Total Points Possible
400
Points
Grade
Points
Grade
Points
Grade
Points
Grade
Points
Grade
Points
Grade
396-400
4.0
360-363
3.5
340-343
3.0
320-323
2.5
300-303
2.0
280-283
1.5
388-395
3.9
356-359
3.4
336-339
2.9
316-319
2.4
296-299
1.9
0-279
0.0
380-387
3.8
352-355
3.3
332-335
2.8
312-315
2.3
292-295
1.8
372-379
3.7
348-351
3.2
328-331
2.7
308-311
2.2
288-291
1.7
364-371
3.6
344-347
3.1
324-327
2.6
304-307
2.1
284-287
1.6
Students have the option to receive a pass/non-credit grade. To exercise this option, students must submit a Pass/Non-Credit Petition Request to the GRCC Enrollment Services office no later than the end of the eighth week of the quarter (Summer Quarter dates vary).
Schedule/Late Policy
Be sure to review and follow due dates
for submitting course assignments and taking tests; click on the
Schedule link at top of page
for due dates. Assignments will be accepted any time prior to their
due date but will not be
accepted after midnight on the day they are due. Summary Tests may be
taken any time prior to their due date but cannot be
taken after their due date.
Instructor Information
Name: Mary Jo Adams
Office: Science, Math and Technology (SMT) Building, Room 319
Address: Green River Community College, 12401 SE 320th Street, Auburn,
Washington 98092-3699
Telephone: (253) 833-9111, x 4367
e-Mail:
madams@greenriver.edu
Americans
With Disabilities Act
If you need course adaptations or special accommodations
because of a disability, please contact
Disability
Support Services.
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