Class Water and Wastewater Treatment Techniques

This Curricular Unit belongs to the study plan  of Environmental Engineering 1st cycle degree. In this Unit are presented topics on Engineering sciences applied to water and effluent treatment processes and advanced Engineering information about water and effluent treatment technologies. Future graduates can apply the knowledge acquired in this curricular unit in the operation of WTPs and WWTPs and in the design of different treatment processes. It is a fundamental curricular unit in any Environmental Engineering program

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Water and Wastewater Characteristics of water and wastewater. WTPs and WWTPs. Water and wastewater treatment systems. Fundamentals of biological / physical-chemical water and wastewater treatment systems. Preliminary treatment  Coarse and fine screening, grit removal, degreasing Physico-chemical treatment Mixing, coagulation and flocculation Clarification/sedimentation, flotation and filtration Advanced treatment Adsorption Membrane separation Biological treatment Activated sludge Trickling beds Anaerobic digestion processes Nutrients removal Removal of nitrogen and phosphorus

Use of a computer to support the resolution of exercises, if necessary. Visits to WTPs and WWTPs.

Metcalf & Eddy/AECOM. Wastewater Engineering, Treatment and Resource Recovery. 5th Ed., International Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2014. Alves, C. Tratamento de Águas de Abastecimento, Publindústria, Edições Técnicas, 2007 Eckenfelder, Jr., W. Wesley. Industrial water pollution control. 3rd Ed. McGraw-Hill International Editions, 2000.