Water and Effluent Treatment

Code:

MA324

Acronym:

TAE

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Environmental Sciences and Ecology

Instance: 2020/2021 - 3T

Active?	No
Web Page:	http://moodle.up.pt/course/view.php?id=3357
Responsible unit:	Aquatic Production
Course/CS Responsible:	Aquatic Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LCMA	0	Official Study Plan	3	-	5	49	135

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Provide insight into the methods and techniques to use in water and wastewater treatment. To develop  decision support capabilities in the scope of the assessment, design, construction, operation and maintenance of drinking water and wastewater treatment systems.

 

 

 

 

Learning outcomes and competences

To allow the development of a scientific and technological understanding of the treatment processes of drinking water and wastewater.

Having successfully completed the module, the student should be able to: Know how drinking water and wasterwater treatment plants operate; Simple design equations for water and wastewater treatment plant; Select the correct series of unit processes for a particular water and wastewater type; Adapt and use in the correct context design equations for the design and operation of wastewater treatment plant; Critically analyse problems that may arise in the operation of water and wastewater treatment plant; Formulate approaches to treat water and wastewater in the most cost effective manner; Formulate approches for the management of residuals from water and wastewater treatment operations.

 

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Water and wastewater: state of the art 
2. Basic principles of hydrology and hydraulics
3. Drinking water treatment
  3.1 Overview of water resources and water treatment works design
  3.2 Water quality standards
  3.3 Conventional water treatment methods (screening; sedimentation, filtration; flotation; flocculation and coagulation; oxidation and reduction; clarification; ion exchange; chemical filtration; processes of separation by membranes; degassing, distillation; electrochemical processes; coagulation; precipitation; desinfection) 
  3.4 Maintenance of water quality in distribution
4. Wastewater treatment
  4.1 Introduction to wastewater collection, handling and disposal systems
  4.2 Types of wastewater and legislation
  4.3 Conventional wastewater treatment methods (Preliminary and primary treatment operations, secondary treatment including biological processes (Aerobic, anoxic, anaerobic; of biomass suspended or fixed bed; combined processes), nutrient removal and tertiary treatment).  
5. Treatment, reuse and disposal of solids
6. Aeration and oxygenation
7. Heating and cooling
8. Hydraulic machines
9. Instrumentation and control
10. Hygiene and safety in Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants
11. Water quality for livestock and poultry
 

 

Mandatory literature

Ranade Vivek V.; Industrial wastewater treatment, recycling, and reuse. ISBN: 978-0-08-099968-5
Riffat Rumana; Fundamentals of wastewater treatment and engineering. ISBN: 978-0-415-66958-0
G. Tchobanoglous, F. L. Burton and H. D. Stensel; Wastewater Engineering, McGraw-Hill, 2003. ISBN: 0-07-112250-8
M. B. Timmons and J. B. Ebeling; Recirculating Aquaculture, Cayuga Aqua ntures, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-9712646-2-5
Aurelio H. Muñoz; Depuración y Desinfección de Aguas Residuales, Colegio de Inginieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, 2001. ISBN: 84-380-0190-4

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical lessons: Approach of themes will be covered in lectures supported by audiovisual media (video projection and slides) and a classroom whiteboard. Some lessons are previously recorded on a web platform (e-learning). Specific topics may be supplemented with guest speakers.

if classes cannot be performed presencially, they will be done by live broadcast in the same predicted timetable. Full class recordings will be available for missed classes or revision.

Practical lessons: Focus on experimental work in ICBAS laboratories. Visits to water and wastewater treatment stations. Solving of design, planning and management problems (homework); Synchronous work sessions about the projects.

Note: Additional support outside the classroom, using the SIGARRA and MOODLE platform from University of Porto, providing static or dynamic information, for self-study and self-assessment.

 

 

Software

UP - Moodle

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	10,00
Exame	30,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	30,00
Teste	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	30,00
Estudo autónomo	48,00
Frequência das aulas	49,00
Trabalho escrito	8,00
Total:	135,00

Eligibility for exams

With 3/4 attendance in all classes

Calculation formula of final grade

A - Exam grade: 30%; B - Creative homework (seminar/project): 30%; C - Oral presentation of the creative homework: 10%; D - Continuous evaluation: 30%

Final score: A x 0.70 + B x 0.15 + C x 0.10 + D x 0.05. Minimum score to be achieved in the examination: 8.0 This criterion applies both to the normal and make-up exams.

 

Note: Exam (covers all themes lectures from the first to last class: combination of multiple choice, true or false, short answer and short-essay questions covering the all course and is closed-book, closed-notes). Failure to perform the creative homework imply the assignment of zero values to these elements of evaluation.

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Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Special tests required, for example, by the students union officers or students with disabilities, can be of different types, according to a model/type to be determined by the course coordinator.

Classification improvement

A new final exam, keeping the grades of the remaining components