IMPIANTI DI TRATTAMENTO DELLE ACQUE

Knowledge and Understanding

The course aims to provide students with the theoretical and practical knowledge required for the design and management of water treatment plants for water intended for human consumption.

In particular, the following SDGs of the 2030 Agenda will be addressed:

Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation: achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all (6.1); achieve adequate and equitable access to sanitation and hygiene for all (6.2); improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating uncontrolled dumping practices, minimizing the release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater, and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally (6.3); protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers, and lakes (6.6); substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity (6.4); support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management (6.b);

Goal 13: Climate Action: strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries (13.1); integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies, and planning (13.2); improve education, awareness-raising, and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction, and early warning (13.3);

Goal 14: Life Below Water: prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular pollution from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution (14.1).

Applying Knowledge and Understanding

Through theoretical lectures, guided exercises, technical visits to operating plants, case-study analyses, and in-depth examination of the latest technological innovations, students will acquire the ability to apply theoretical and practical knowledge to the design and management of water treatment plants for water intended for human consumption. They will be able to assess the use of conventional and innovative treatment processes according to applicable regulatory requirements.

Making Judgements

Students will be able to identify and critically evaluate different design and management solutions for the treatment of water intended for human consumption.

Communication Skills

At the end of the course, students will be able to correctly use the technical and scientific terminology specific to the field and clearly and effectively describe issues related to conventional and advanced treatment processes for drinking water production. They will also be able to interact with professionals in the field and discuss aspects related to the design, management, and optimization of treatment plants.

Learning Skills

Students will develop the ability to independently update their knowledge through consultation of the scientific literature, regulatory sources, and national and international guidelines. They will acquire the tools necessary to critically explore the most advanced technological developments in the field of water treatment for human consumption.

Students who have been granted the status of working student, student-athlete, student in a vulnerable situation, student with a disability, or student in detention, pursuant to Article 30 of the University Academic Regulations, may take examinations during the extraordinary examination sessions reserved for students who have exceeded the standard duration of their degree programme and will have access to specific academic support activities (video lectures, where available).

Characteristics of wastewater, standards, Exercise. Biological secondary treatments. Exercise: sizing of biological units with suspended biomass. Treatment of waste materials. Sludge line. Exercise: Sizing of the sludge line. Advanced biological processes. Climate change adaptation: desalination and reuse. 

Final exam: oral discussion of Exercises / Project and other topicsof the course (the project paper (Word and Excel formats) must be sent to the teacher one week before the exam).

A midterm exam and a final exam are also scheduled. Passing the midterm exam allows students to take the aforementioned oral exam by excluding the topics for which they have already received a positive evaluation, which will contribute to the final grade. Passing both the midterm and the final exam allows students to register the exam without taking the oral exam. Students still have the option to take the oral exam on the entire syllabus, even if they have received a positive evaluation on the midterm or final exam

Exams can also be carried out electronically should the conditions require it, request it.

Coagulation.

Advanced oxidation processes,

Desalination.

Biological treatments.

Disinfection and control of DBPs.

Potable reuse.

Contaminants of emerging  concern (CEC).