Water and Sanitation Management | Makerere University Courses

Course Code:

PIM 8102

Course Credit Units:

3

Semester:

Semester 1

Year of Study:

Year 2

Undergraduate or Graduate Level:

Graduate Level

Academic Programs:

Master in Public Structure Management

College:

College of Business and Management Sciences

School:

School of Business

Department:

Marketing and Management

Course Discipline:

management

Course Description & Objectives:

Water is one of the most precious resources on this earth. On the other hand, conventional knowledge and practice provides that water should not be supplied without complementary sanitation. Sanitation enables to explore the linkages between water and human health. The provision of sanitation is dependent on the allocation of water provided. Objectives:

To prepare water resource managers to effectively understand the complex problems and techniques to manage our water resources.
To capacitate public sector officials to manage and provide sustainable and quality water and sanitation services provision.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this course participants will be able to:

Understand the water services delivery chain from the raw water abstraction to consumption.
Apply water management techniques like, demand management, soft path approach, integrated water resource management, water governance and financing.
Provide capacity to ensure that wastewater is managed in an environmentally responsible and sustainable manner
Understand sanitation services delivery chain from collection to disposal, treatment processes and re-use.