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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
  Activity Points
  Assignments (ten at 20 points each) 200
  Summary Tests (four at 50 points each) 200
  Total Points Possible 400

Grades will be awarded as follows:

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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