Learning objectives
<br />to improve the skills for analysing and assessing pollution sources and loadings<br />to improve the knowledge on the wastewater biology and technology. <br />
Prerequisites
attendance of the first two year courses
Course unit content
<br />Pollution sources and estimation of pollution loadings. Source identification. Pollutiuon typologies. Urban wastewaters. Diffuse agricultural loadins. Industrial wastes. Population equivalents. Coefficients for estimating BOD, COD, N and P potential loadings. Pollution effects on surface and groundwaters.Italian and international laws and standards.<br />Biotechnological wastewater treatment plants. Integrated systems. Biological systems. Biological components of the biological system: the activated sludge system. Biological reactors. Order zero and first order kinetics. Design of a biological reactor. Trickling filters. Biodisk. Fate and reuse of biological sludges. International and national standards. <br />Extensive wastewater treatment plants. Lagoons. Phytodepuration: Lemna system and subsurface filters. Horizontal (SSF-h) and vertical (SSF-v) subsurface vertical flow. Vegetation, microbial communities and biogeochemical reactions. Design of a small SSF-h system. sacle Sistemi di fitodepurazione a flusso sub-superficiale orizzontale e verticale. Buffer strips, constructed wetlands, cover crops.<br />Practical work. Visit to the municipal wastewater treatment plant of Parma (Parma Ovest). Visit to the SSF-h wastewater treatment plant of the dairy farm S. Vittoria (Carpaneto, Piacenza).<br />
Full programme
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Bibliography
<br />notes of the teacher<br />Berland J.-M., C. Boutin, Molle P., Cooper P., 2001. Processi estensivi di depurazione delle acque reflue. Commissione Europea, Ufficio Internazionale dell¿Acqua, Lussemburgo. (in Italian)<br />Provini A., Galassi S., Marchetti R., 1997. Ecologia Applicata. UTET, Torino. (in italian)
Teaching methods
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Teaching methodology: Lecturing and Visit to wastewater treatment plants<br />
Assessment: Written test
Assessment methods and criteria
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