ENVIRONMENTAL AND SANITARY ENGINEERING

The issues related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) addressed along the course are: the sustainable management of natural water and wastewater and technologies for water treatment and reuse (SDGs 6 and 14); air and soil pollution and its mitigation and remediation (SDGs 3 and 15); waste management aiming at prevention, recycling and recovery (SDGs 11 and 12).

Environmental Issue; natural and antropogenic polluttants;

Sustainability, circular economy and LCA

Environmental law;

Mass Balances

Foundamentals of toxicology, ecology and environmental impact assesments and risk analysis

Natural water and wastewater characteristics

BOD, natural attenuation;

Classification of water and wastewater treatment;

Sludge treatment

Coagulation, settling, filtration, adsorption, disinfection

Water softening, fluoration, iron and manganese removal

Water saving 

Water runoff: environmental issues

Wastewater reuse

Waste management, recycling, composting:

Soil pollution and site remediation

Delocalized wastewater treatment

Electromagnetic pollution

Field visit to Catania wastewater tteatment plant

Air pollution

Case Study: the national site of Biancavilla, Catania