Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes) |
It is expected that the outcome of learning to provide knowledge about:
- wastewater treatment and relationship with sustainable development
- sources and types of waste water and their characteristics
- processes of the preliminary, first, second and third phase of wastewater treatment
- selection of processes of wastewater treatment based on wastewater characteristics and composition
- biogas production and its useful application
- disposal of sludge remain after treatment of wastewater from different industries
- natural wastewater treatment systems
- legislation related to wastewater treatment |
Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus) |
1st week: Water importance for human. Water use. Water distribution on the Earth. Hydrological cycle. Importance of hydrological cycle on recovery of water source. Seminar with examples of purification of waste water from different industries is given to students.
2nd week: Fresh water supply on Earth. The impact of anthropogenic activities on the hydrological cycle. Water and sustainable development. Contamination and pollution of natural water.
3rd week: Wastewater pollution indicators. Point and nonpoint source of pollution.
4th week: Urban wastewater. Industrial wastewater. (I written evaluation)
5th week: Cooling wastewater. Rainfall wastewater. Leachate wastewater from landfill. Calculation of the wastewater loading with harmful substances expressed as population equivalent (PE)
6th week: Physical, chemical and biological process of autopurfication. Disorders of aquatic ecosystems. Eutrophication.
7th week: Wastewater treatment. Preliminary and first phase of wastewater treatment
8th week: Second phase of biological wastewater treatment. Aerobic processes. (II written evaluation)
9th week: Performance of aerobic process. Anaerobic processes. Third phase of wastewater treatment. Natural wastewater treatment systems.
10th week: Treatment and disposal of sludge.
11th week: Seminar- Legislation related to wastewater treatment: Water Act (NN 153/09, 130/11, 56/13), Regulation on water classification (NN 77/98 i 137/08), State water protection plan (NN 08/99), Regulation on hazardous substances in water (NN 78/98 i 137/08) Regulation on limit values and other hazardous substances in water (NN 40/99, 94/08), Regulation on limited values of emission in wastewater (80/13). (III written evaluation)
12th week: Seminar: Technological solution of wastewater treatment from different industries (beer production, production and processing of meat and meat products, fish processing and dairy industry)
13th week: Seminar: Technological solution of wastewater treatment from different industries (pulp and paper industries, textile industries, chemical industries)
14th week: Seminar: Technological solution of urban wastewater treatment from different cities such as Zagreb, Split and Zadar
15th week: Seminar: Oral presentation of student seminars (IV oral evaluation)
Exercise 1-Determination of basic physical and physical-chemical parameters in wastewater samples.
Exercise 2-Determination of chemical oxygen demand (COD) using dichromate method.
Exercise 3-Determination of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) using Winkler method.
Exercise 4-Treatment and removal of dissolved substance of heavy metals - zinc ions removal from wastewater by neutralization and precipitation.
Exercise 5-Effect of adding demulsifies and dewatering agent on separation of phase from oily wastewater.
Exercise 6-Characterisation of bioactive sludge: sedimentation of active sludge in Imhofe and determination of mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS) of active sludge
Fieldtrips for visiting of wastewater treatment plants. |
