Course detail
Water and Wastewater Engineering
FCH-MA_ENG2Acad. year: 2024/2025
Source water composition and properties, drinking water quality standards and regulation, water treatment technology trains – basic water treatment processes overview, coagulation and flocculation, water aeration, separation processes, adsorption of organic compounds by activated carbon, removal of specific contaminants, water disinfection processes, wastewater treatment plants, types of WWTP, physical unit operations and chemical unit processes at WWTP, microbiology, hydrobiology of wastewater, sludge management, waste management.
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Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
presence on seminars/lab classes is compulsory
Aims
The students obtain insights into different sectors of drinking water treatment processes, waste water technologies, apparatuses and water quality standards, which enable to use the knowledge in both the water treatment practice and research.
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