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Other Courses of the Study Programme

Course year: 1

Design of water and wastewater treatment plants - 9 credits - Characterising
ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS - 9 credits - Characterising
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING - 9 credits - Characterising
RIVERBASIN MONITORING AND RESTORATION - 9 credits - Characterising
STRUCTURAL DESIGN - 9 credits - Characterising
URBAN PLANNING
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
Waste treatment and contaminated sites remediation - 9 credits - Characterising

Course year: 2

Advanced technologies for municipal and industrial water/waste treatment - 9 credits - Related/Supplementary
COUNTRY PLANNING - 9 credits - Characterising
DESIGN OF REINFORCED AND PRESTRESSED CONCRETE STRUCTURES 2 - 9 credits - Characterising
ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS MODELLING AND CONTROL
Attendance grouping
9 credits - Raggruppamento di frequenza
ETHICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY - 3 credits - Student's own choice
FINAL THESIS - 12 credits - Language/Final Examination
HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES - 9 credits - Characterising
LABORATORY OF COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES - 3 credits - Student's own choice
MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF INDUSTRIAL AND MUNICIPAL WATER TREATMENT PLANTS - 9 credits - Related/Supplementary
Material and energy recovery from water and waste - 3 credits - Student's own choice
MATHEMATICAL MODELS AND SIMULATION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT - 6 credits - Student's own choice
Renewable energy - 9 credits - Related/Supplementary
SUMMER SCHOOL - 3 credits - Student's own choice
TRAINING ACTIVITY/INTERNSHIP 6 CREDITS - MASTER LEVEL - 6 credits - Student's own choice
TRAINING ACTIVITY/INTERNSHIP 9 CREDITS - MASTER LEVEL - 9 credits - Student's own choice
TRANSPORTATION TECHNIQUES AND ECONOMICS - 9 credits - Characterising

Advanced technologies for municipal and industrial water/waste treatment

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

A000642

Academic Year of enrolment:

2017/2018

Academic Year of provision:

2018/2019

Type of Course:

Related/Supplementary

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Disciplinary Sector:

Environmental and Health Engineering

Language:

Italian

Grouping type:

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

CAVALLOTTI Irma Collaborator

SORLINI Sabrina Professor

TORDINI Italo Collaborator

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Hours of individual study:

135

Basic knowledge of sanitary environmental engineering

Educational Goals

The teaching course is aimed to present a description of the advanced technologies for drinking water and wastewater treatment and to give appropriate instruments for a critical evaluation about the applicability of these technologies. Knowledge on instruments and tools for environmental footprint of product / service and organization.
Knowledge on instruments and tools for environmental impacts generated by human activities.
Brief overview on appropriate technologies for developing countres will be presented too.

Content

Advanced and innovative processes and technologies for the treatment of water for human consumption, water for industrial use, urban and industrial wastewater, municipal and industrial solid waste and liquid waste.
Tools for environmental impact assessment of human and industrial activities.
Brief introduction on appropriate processes and technologies for water and waste treatment in resource-limited countries.

Extended Syllabus

Municipal and industrial wastewater:
Membrane Biological Reactor (MBR), Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR), advanced system for wastewater treatment with immobilized biomassa, advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), integration of AOPs and biological processes, disposal of hazardous pollutants (mass balance), criteria for sludge minimization in wastewater treatment plant, rainwater treatment.

Drinking water and primary water for industrial use:
advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), membrane filtration (micrfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, electrodialisys), ionic exchange, non conventional adsorbents (green sand, manganese dioxide, etc.), biological processes. Technologies for the removal of specific pollutants: arsenic, fluoride, ammonia, nitrate, organic micropollutants, etc.

Municipal and industrial solid waste and liquid waste:
advanced technologies for liquid waste treatment; advanced technologies for the stabilization and solidification of industrial wastes; advanced technologies for the recovery of industrial waste. Liquid waste treatment.

Appropriate technologies:
Environment problems in developing countries; basic knowledge of environmental sanitary engineering; criteria and strategies for planning and designing appropriate solutions; examples of appropriate technologies application in developing countries for water, wastewater and solid waste treatment and disposal.

Tools for the evaluation of the environmental impacts of human activities.
The Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) and the Best Available Techniques (BAT)

The requirements of the new ISO 14001: 2015: identification and assessment of the environmental aspects of its products considering a "life cycle perspective" (LCP)

Methods available for a systematic approach to the LCP: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in accordance with ISO 14040 and 14044, Carbon footprint (ISO 14064, ISO 14067), Waterfootprint (ISO 14067)

Presentation of methodologies for measuring and communicating environmental performance over the life cycle of products and organizations (PEF / OEF): Commission Recommendation 2013/179 / EU.

Case studies of companies that have used these tools

The methodology of the analysis of economic aspects and cross media effect.

Recommended Bibliography

Collivignarelli C., Sorlini S. (2009): Potabilizzazione delle acque: processi e tecnologie - Teoria, Applicazioni, Esempi di calcolo. Dario Flaccovio Editore. pp. 543.

Crittenden J.C., Trussel R.R., Hand D.W., Howe K.J., Tchobanoglous G. (2005): Water treatment principles and design. Wiley and Sons., 2nd edition, pp. 1948.

Metcalf & Eddy, Ingegneria delle acque reflue : trattamento e riuso, 4° ed., revisione a cura di George Tchobanoglous, Franklin L. Burton, H. David Stensel; edizione italiana a cura di Biagio Eramo, Piero Sirini, McGraw-Hill, 2006.

World Health Organisation, Guidelines for drinking-water quality - Second Edition, Volume 3: Surveillance and control of community supplies. WHO Library Cataloguing in Publication Data, 1997.
Irma Cavallotti, Stefano Alini, Marta Ferreri (2018): L’impronta ambientale di prodotto (PEF) e organizzazione (OEF)”. Edizioni Ambiente.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

The course is organized in:
- frontal lesson on the theoretical aspects of the processes and on the practical description of the technologies
- frontal lesson on the theoretical aspects and practical exercises on instruments and tools for environmental footprint
- practical exercises, in the school-room, concerning the criteria for designing solutions and technologies
- seminars of qualified speakers, with experience in design, construction and operation of real scale plants
- technical visits of real scale plants for water and waste treatment

Assessment Methods

Written and oral exam

Assessment:

Final Mark

Programme of Educational Activities

Start date of teaching period:

Monday, February 18, 2019

End date of teaching period:

Friday, June 7, 2019