CONFIDENTIAL CEEC110/OCT 2024 – FEB 2025/ECW331

PENGAJIAN KEJURUTERAAN AWAM

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA MARKS

CEEC110 DIPLOMA OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

ECW331 - WATER AND WASTEWATER ENGINEERING 20%

ASSIGNMENT DURATION: 13 - 20 JANUARY 2025 (7 DAYS)

ECW331 WATER & WASTEWATER

NAME

MATRIX NUMBER

GROUP

ASSIGNMENT
ENGINEERING
LECTURER

Instructions to students:
1. This is an individual assignment.
2. Marks will be given based on rubric and no marks will be given for those students who are
found to copy their answer in any manner.
3. References need to be included in the assignment at the end of the task.

DOMAIN WELL- DEFINED

NO CO2 : PO7 LEVEL PROBLEM

1a 5 A1-A2
DP1, DP2, DP3,
1b 5 A4 DP4,
DK3, DK4,
DK5, DK7
2 10 A5

TOTAL MARKS 20
ENDORSED BY:
DOMAIN LEVEL & MARKS

NORA FARINA BINTI

A1 - A5 20% MOHD HALIM (Ts)
RESOURCE PERSON – ECW331
DIPLOMA OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
Date: 6/1/2025
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AT THE END OF THIS ASSIGNMENT, STUDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO:

1) Revise sustainability and impact of the solution of water and wastewater engineering in
societal and environmental contact. (CO2)

2) Understand and evaluate the sustainability and impact of engineering technician work in
the solution of well-defined engineering problems in societal and environmental contexts.
(PO7)

INSTRUCTIONS:

Students are required to apply the depth of knowledge acquired (DP1) to analyse and/or evaluate
the problem based on given case using specified knowledge profile of (DK3, DK4 & DK5). Which
comply with (DP2, DP3 & DP4) engineering fundamental, engineering specialist and engineering
design to solve the engineering problems. Students are required to assess the conflicting
requirements (technical, engineering, etc) and/or propose optimal solutions to solve the
problems. Involve a range depth of analysis and familiarity of issues which comply with (DK7)
comprehension - issue & approaches. This assignment also addresses the United Nation’s
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation and SDG 14 Life
Below Water.

Please make sure you cite someone else’s ideas with proper citation and bibliography
references in making an argument, justification or deliberation when completing this task.

The citation part should follow APA style reference

e.g : Book
- Finney, J. (1970). Time and again. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster.
- Simmons, B. (2015, January 9). The tale of two Flaccos. Retrieved from
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-tale-of-two-flaccos/

Website
- Teen posed as doctor at West Palm Beach hospital: police. (2015, January 16).
Retrieved From http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Teen-Posed-as-Doctor-at-West-
Palm-Beach-Hospital-Police-288810831.html

Journal
- Nevin, A. (1990). The changing of teacher education special education. Teacher
Education and Special Education: The Journal of the Teacher Education Division of the
Council for Exceptional Children, 13(4), 147-148.
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ASSIGNMENT QUESTION:

Water shortage is not merely an environmental concern. It is a global crisis that affects millions of
people every day. As the demand for water increasingly exceeds available supply, the consequences
ripple across communities of all sizes, from remote villages to megacities. This crisis arises when
demand surpasses the available resources, or when poor water quality restricts its use. Water
shortage manifests in two key forms: physical scarcity, where the amount of water is insufficient to
meet the needs of a population, and economic scarcity, where inadequate infrastructure or investment
prevents access to clean water, even when resources are available. In rural areas of Sarawak, this
issue is alarming, with unprecedented disruptions in the water supply and difficulties in accessing
clean and safe drinking water. While both Federal and Sarawak State Governments provide financial
aid for rural central water systems, rural needs are greater than the funds available. Sarawak's current
water supply coverage stands at 85%, with rural areas falling behind at 70.5%. This is due to the
intensive use and competition, lack of developed water supply facilities, financial difficulties, and water
shortage. While river water is the primary source of supply in rural areas, Sarawak receives an
average annual precipitation of 3,300 millimeters, which could be effectively harnessed for both
domestic and agricultural use. Additionally, efforts have been made to enhance access to
groundwater, which could serve rural communities more effectively. However, the quality of the
groundwater must meet Malaysia’s National Water Quality Standards, as there are concerns over
contamination from septic tanks, untreated wastewater, and agricultural runoff. Therefore, addressing
water shortage in the rural areas of Sarawak requires a holistic approach to water resources and
wastewater management, aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This includes
understanding the availability of water sources, anticipating future challenges, and adopting
sustainable solutions to ensure that local communities have access to safe and clean water in the
long term.
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QUESTION 1

a) Identify and explain FOUR (4) primary factors contributing to water shortage in the rural areas of
Sarawak.
(5 marks)

b) Discuss TWO (2) effective solutions for water shortage in rural areas of Sarawak by assessing
the conflicting requirements on infrastructure improvements, regulatory compliance, and the
impact of water resource management on the local communities.
(5 marks)

QUESTION 2

Discuss FOUR (4) wastewater treatment technologies that can protect water resources in rural areas
by evaluating their sustainability in providing clean and safe water to local communities while
addressing the relevant Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

(10 marks)
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ASSIGNMENT ASSESSMENT/ RUBRIC

RUBRIC’S MARKS MARKS
NO DOMAIN ELEMENT 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0
1a DP 1 – DEPTH OF Able to identify and explain factors contributing to water shortage in the rural areas.
KNOWLEDGE
DK3 - ENGINEERING
FUNDAMENTAL Able to identify
A1-A2 DK4 – SPECIALIST and explain
Able to identify
(Responding)
KNOWLEDGE FOUR
Able to identify and explain
Students are Able to identify (4) factors
Able to identify and explain FOUR (4)
Identify and required to apply the and explain ONE contributing to
and explain THREE (3) factors
Not able to (1) factor water shortage
explain FOUR (4) depth of knowledge TWO (2) factors factors contributing to
acquired (DP1) to identify any contributing to with excellent
primary factors contributing to contributing to water shortage
identify and factors water shortage explanations,
contributing to water shortage water shortage with acceptable
evaluate the main contributing to with basic comprehensive
water shortage in with basic with thorough explanations,
cause of water water shortage. analysis and analysis, and
analysis and analysis and thorough
the rural areas of shortage based on a minimal adequate well - justified
some evaluation. analysis, and
Sarawak. given case using the explanation. evaluation. justified
evaluation
specified knowledge based on
evaluation.
profile of DK3 & engineering
DK4. principles.
1b Able to discuss the effective solutions of water shortage by assessing the conflicting
DP 2 – RANGE OF requirement and engineering issues of the proposed solutions.
CONFLICTING
DP4 – FAMILIARITY OF
A4 (Organizing) ISSUES
DK3 - ENGINEERING
FUNDAMENTAL
Discuss TWO (2) DK4 – SPECIALIST
effective solutions KNOWLEDGE
for water shortage Able to discuss
in rural areas of TWO (2)
Sarawak by Students are Able to discuss Able to discuss effective
Able to discuss TWO (2)
required to discuss Able to discuss TWO (2) solutions with
assessing the ONE effective
TWO ONE effective solutions with excellent
conflicting Not able to
(1) effective
(1) effective
solutions with discussion,
(2) effective discuss any solution with acceptable
requirements on solution with with thorough discussion, comprehensive
solutions for water solutions and basic analysis
infrastructure shortage in rural basic analysis analysis and thorough analysis, and
improvements, issues affecting and some analysis, and
areas of Sarawak by and adequate well- justified
water resource evaluation on justified
regulatory assessing the minimal evaluation on the evaluation on the
management. the issues of the evaluation on
compliance, and conflicting discussion on issues of the issues of the
proposed the issues of the
the impact of requirements (DP2) the solution. proposed proposed proposed
solutions.
water resource and engineering solutions. solutions. solutions based
issues of the on engineering
management on
proposed solutions principles.
the local
(DP4) using the
communities.
specified knowledge
profile of DK3 &
DK4.
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ASSIGNMENT ASSESSMENT/ RUBRIC

RUBRIC’S MARKS MARKS
NO DOMAIN ELEMENT
0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0
2 Able to discuss FOUR (4) wastewater treatment technologies to protect rural water resources
DP 3– DEPTH OF
A5 ANALYSIS by evaluating the sustainability of the proposed treatment technologies and addressing the
(Characterization) DK5 – ENGINEERING relevant SDGs.
DESIGN & OPERATIONS
DK7 - COMPREHENSION
Discuss FOUR (4)
wastewater
treatment Students are Discuss FOUR
technologies that required to discuss Discuss FOUR
(4) wastewater
can protect water FOUR (4) Discuss THREE (4) wastewater
Discuss TWO treatment
sources in rural wastewater (3) wastewater treatment
Not able to Discuss ONE (1) (2) wastewater technologies
treatment treatment technologies
areas by discuss wastewater treatment with
technologies that technologies with with an
evaluating their wastewater treatment technologies exceptionally
can protect water comprehensive outstanding
sustainability in treatment technologies with with moderate well, strong
resources by sustainable grasp of
providing clean technologies to limited analysis, analysis, some focus on
evaluating the evaluation on the sustainability on
protect rural minimal evaluation of sustainability of
and safe water to sustainability of the proposed the proposed
water resources evaluation of sustainability the proposed
local communities proposed treatment with relevant sustainability with relevant
treatment
treatment
treatment
while addressing technologies (DP3) discussion and elements, weak SDGs elements technologies and technologies,
SDGs elements technologies,
the relevant and addressing the SDGs elements
justification. justification. present, partially are evident, and SDGs elements
Sustainable relevant Sustainable are evident and
justified. well- justified. are evident and
Development Goals comprehensively
Development thoroughly
(SDGs) using the justified.
Goals (SDGs). justified.
specified knowledge
profile of DK5 &
DK7.

Total 20 marks

Endorsed by Resource Person: Evaluated By:

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