Title:

Wastewater Management I

Semester:

F

Responsible TRS member:

Stasinakis Athanasios

Instructor(s):

Not Offered

Teaching Assistants:

-

Learning Outcomes:

Wastewater characteristics, primary, secondary and tertiary treatment of municipal wastewater

Topics per Week:

1. Wastewater sources, flow rates, characterization

2. Legislation – Wastewater pretreatment

3. Primary treatment

4. Environmental microbiology - Microbial growth kinetics

5. Biological wastewater treatment (suspended and attached growth systems)

6. Activated sludge process (BOD removal, nitrification)

7. Activated sludge process (denitrification)

8. Activated sludge process (biological P removal)

9. Activated sludge process (occurrence of toxic compounds in municipal wastewater, effects on the process)

10. Activated sludge (fate of heavy metals and organic micropollutants)

11. Wastewater disinfection

12. Wastewater reuse (practices)

13. Wastewater reuse (legislation)

Theory - Lectures
(hours / week):

2

Exercises - Laboratories
(hours / week):

1

Total (hours / week):

3

Number of ECTS Gredits:

5

Grading:

Three sets of assays (20% of the grade)

Mid-semester examination (40% of the grade)

Written examination at the end of the semester (40% of the grade)

Notes:

-

Basic Textbook:

Τσώνης Σ., (2004), Επεξεργασία Λυμάτων, Εκδόσεις Παπασωτηρίου, ΑΘΗΝΑ

Bibliography:

-Metcalf & Eddy, (2003), “Wastewater Engineering, Treatment and Reuse”, McGraw – Hill 4th edition, ISBN 0-07-041878-0.

-Λέκκας Θεμιστοκλής,  (2001), «Περιβαλλοντική Μηχανική ΙΙ,  Διαχείριση Υγρών Αποβλήτων», Κόσμος ΠΕΜΕΡ ΕΠΕ, Αθήνα, ISBN 960-85905-2-3, pages 532.

-Crites R. and Tchobanoglous G. (1998) Small and Decentralized Wastewater Management Systems, WCB/Mc Graw-Hill, USA

-Liu D. and Liptak B.G. (1996) Environmental Engineering Handbook, Lewis Publishers

-Bitton G. (1999) Wastewater microbiology, Wiley-Liss, USA

-Jenkins D., Richard G.M. and Daigger T.G. (1993) Manual on the causes and the control of activated sludge bulking and foaming, 2nd ed. Lewis Publishers, USA.

-Gray N.F. (1990) Activated sludge: theory and practise. Oxford University Press, USA

Language:

The course is taught in Greek. For exchange students, English literature is proposed and examinations are given in English.

Internet Links:

www.iwahq.org

www.awwa.org

www.wef.org.

                                             

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