Water Treatment

Recommended Prerequisites

Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulics, Chemistry.

Teaching Methods

Lectures on theoretical matters, presentation and discussion of examples of practical application, problems solving in tutorial and autonomous way. Course evaluation consists of a final examination and report.

Learning Outcomes

The objectives of the course are:

- To describe and explain the fundamental concepts for water treatment technology.

- To describe and explain the fundamental concepts for wastewater treatment processes and technolog

- To develop problem-solving learning skills and data handling and manipulation.

- To develop teamwork and communication skills required for multi-disciplinary civil and environmental engineering projects.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Characteristics of raw waters. Drinking water standards;

2. General principles for the establishment of water treatment schemes; Coagulation and flocculation; Sedimentation and flotation; Filtration; Disinfection and disinfection by-products; Water stabilisation.

3. Urban wastewaters treatment aims, classification, levels, and typical schemes.

4. Preliminary and primary treatment; secondary or biological treatment:

5. Parameters and criteria design. 

6. Advanced wastewater treatment (chemical unit processes): nutrients and refractary constituints removal; disinfection.

7. Water and WasteWater Treatment plants exploitation.

Head Lecturer(s)

José Simão Antunes do Carmo

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Resolution Problems: 30.0%
Exam: 70.0%

Bibliography

- American Waterworks Association (1999) Water Quality and Treatment: a Handbook of Public Water Supplies. 4rd edition. McGraw-Hill, New York.

- Fewtrell, L., and Bartram, J., eds. (2001) Water Quality: Guidelines, Standards and Health - Assessment of risk and risk management for water-related infeccious diseases. IWA Publishing, London, UK.

 Decreto-Lei nº 243/2001, de 5 de Setembro.

-  AWWA (2006). Wastewater Operator Field Guide. American Water Works Association, pp. 443.

- Cheremisinoff, N.P. (2002). Handbook of Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies. Ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, USA.

Henze, M. (2002). Wastewater Treatment: Biological and Chemical Processes. Springer Science & Business Media, 400p.

 Stuetz, R & Stephenson (2009). Principles of Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes, IWA Publishing.

Spellman, F. R. (2013). Handbook of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operations. 3rd. edition, Lewis Publishers, CRC Press, London, UK.