Air and Water Applications

Order Description THE ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS Answer ONE question from section A and ONE question from section B. All questions are equally weighted (1000 words per question) Section A - Water Choose and answer ONE question from this section. 1. Critically assess the extent to which water quality problems can be limited by sewage treatment alone. 2. Evaluate the extent to which sewage collection and sewage treatment has changed, and is changing, in response to legislation from Europe. Section B - Air Choose and answer ONE question from this section. 3. Why will reductions in particulate matter in the United Kingdom only be accompanied by technological innovation in the private transport sector? 4. Explain why local air quality management practices are likely to have considerably more success in the short term than the management of the global atmosphere. Important notice • Read these instructions prior to commencing the assessment • Non conformance may result in penalisation General Advice for Assignment • You may find it helpful to read through the whole assignment before starting to answer the first question; • You should certainly read through the whole assignment before starting to answer any part of it; • Note the wording of assignment, in particular the action verbs and ensure that you answer the question asked and not the one that you think should have been asked! • ENV are science modules; hence your answers should be scientific in tone; • Where required, present arguments that are logical and contain statements which are supported by scientific information expressed in the correct scientific terminology; • Your tutor will not look favourably on over-generalised discursive writing that fails to address the points at issue; • For most written answers, credit will be given for the overall ‘quality’ of the writing – for clarity, structure and appropriate style – as well as for the content Presentation of the Assignment • All answers must be printed or typed on sheets of A4 paper. • Present answers in clear English with a good standard of grammar. • When answering questions requiring calculations and data presentation, remember to: - present your answer clearly; - include all steps in a calculation; - use SI units; - give your answers to an appropriate number of significant figures; - give all graphs, tables and diagrams a title; - clearly label axes on graphs. • It is essential that all work that is not your own is referenced (see Plagiarism below) • The Study Skills Guide details an acceptable method of referencing. • Where reference is made to legislation, guidelines and principles, state the full name and date. Plagiarism What constitutes plagiarism or cheating? If you submit an assignment that contains work that is not your own, without indicating this, you are committing ‘plagiarism’. This might occur in an assignment when: • Using a choice phrase or sentence that you have come across; • Copying word-for-word direct directly from a text • Using text downloaded from the internet • Borrowing statistics or assembled facts from another person or source; • Copying or downloading figures, photographs, pictures or diagrams without acknowledging your sources • Copying from the notes or essays of a fellow student. The penalties for plagiarism are severe and could result in you being terminated from your programme of study at the University Referencing • All texts should be referenced using the Harvard System. An on-line referencing tutorial is available at: https://library,northampton.ac.uk select ‘Liberation’ and then ‘Referencing Tutorial’ • Cite UK academic journals, textbooks and government-reports in preference to web-pages. • Assignments which are poorly referenced and/or overuse of web-based only sources of information will be penalised.