Water and wastewater treatment systems
Code
10729
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
Leonor Miranda Monteiro do Amaral
Weekly hours
5
Total hours
70
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
Acquire additional knowledge in the field of public water supply and urban wastewater treatment
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
Drinking water treatment based on the main types of origin (groundwater and surface water). Quantity and quality aspects. General water treatment plant diagram and general processes and unit operations (coagulation, floculation, sedimentation, filtration and desinfection. Main reagents. Design aspects.
General design of wastewater treatment systems. Design of main processes an unit operations including preliminary and primary treatment, biological treatment (activated sludge and trickling filters) and stabilization ponds
Bibliography
Notes provided by teachers and
ALVES, C. Tratamento de águas de abastecimento. Publindútria, 2007
KAWAMURA, S Integrated design and operation of water treatment facilities. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2000
ECKENFELDER, Jr., W. Wesley Activated sludge treatment of industrial wastewater / W. Wesley Eckenfelder, Jr. and Jack L. Musterman : Technomic, cop. 1995
ECKENFELDER, Jr., W. Wesley Industrial water pollution control / W. Wesley Eckenfelder, Jr. 2nd ed : McGraw-Hill Book Company, cop. 1989
HENZE, Mogens; HARREMOES, Poul; ARVIN, Erik; JANSEN, Jes la Cour, Wastewater treatment : biological and chemical processes Berlin ; Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, cop. 2002, 3rd ed
METCALF & EDDY, INC. -Wastewater engineering : treatment and reuse / revised by George Tchobanoglous, Franklin Burton, H. David Stensel , 4th ed,: McGraw-Hill, cop. 2003
QASIM, Syed R. Wastewater treatment plants : planning, design, and operation / Syed R. Qasim ,2nd ed , CRC Press, cop. 1999
Teaching method
Syllabus will be organized in theoretical and practical sessions, where academic problems will be solved in order to consolidate theoretical aspects
Evaluation method
3 tests with identical weight.