Since Sunday, the students of our Advanced Water Cycle Management Course have been divided onto three theoretical tracks of Groundwater, Water Distribution and Wastewater. On each track, the students are presented with the task of delivering their solution to a real-life, current issue in managing water worldwide. This way, the students gain some semi-practical experience, and get to test their new knowledge.
As an example, the Water Distribution track, which consists of 14 students divided into three groups, was given the task of presenting water distribution of the future; one that is protected against drought, contamination and pipe bursts. The groups handled each their challenge, so all aspects of the task would be considered.
The teams started brainstorming about which functionalities to implement in their ‘system of the future’. Firstly, all wrote down their individual inputs, and then discussed pros and cons to the results of each one. Afterwards, they started planning and designing, and choosing how to practically implement and uphold these functions.
“Our teamwork is very efficient, and even though we are a multicultural group, we immediately found common ground, and all were very excited to take part in suggesting and planning the functionalities of our future system.”, says Julie Liocouras, enrolee at the Summer School.
