- Parameters of marine hydraulics: Winds, Tides, Stratification, force effect.
- Introduction to wastewater treatment and management.
- Qualitative characteristics of wastewater – impacts, limits, and regulations.
- Microbiology and microbial metabolism in biological treatment.
- Preliminary processing: grates, screens, sand collectors, balancing.
- Primary treatment: sedimentation, physicochemical processes.
- Biological treatment: activated sludge, bioremediation, biodisks.
- Natural systems: stabilisation ponds, artificial wetlands.
- Advanced treatment: removal of nitrogen, phosphorus, organic compounds.
- Anaerobic wastewater treatment.
- Treatment and disposal of sludge.
- Disinfection of treated wastewater.
- Disposal of wastewater on land – environmental impacts.
- Corrosion of collection systems.
Learning Outcomes
With the successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
- It presents the qualitative characteristics of wastewater and the methods for their determination.
- It recognises the stages of preliminary and primary wastewater treatment.
- It explains the basic principles of microbial metabolism in wastewater treatment.
- He/she selects appropriate biological treatment methods for the removal of organic material and nutrients.
- It describes the methods of sludge treatment and disposal.
- It evaluates the available disinfection and treated wastewater disposal techniques.
- It connects wastewater treatment processes with environmental protection and public health safety requirements.