2024

Water Sanitation

Name: Water Sanitation
Code: ERU14244O
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area: Engenharia Química

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Presentation

Optional

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

- Learning about the management of water sanitation.
- Learning about drinking water technologies.
- Learning about wastewater treatment technologies.
- Learning about waster reuse.
- Learning about water desalination.
- Water treatment: process plant equipment.

Contents

1. Overall view of water sanitation.
2. Drinking water.
3. Wastewater treatment.
4. Water reuse.
5. Desalination
LAB1 – Water treatment processes.
LAB2 - Drinking water plant simulation.
LAB3 – Wastewater treatment plant simulation.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical/practical lectures with the resolution of practical application problems in each subject. Simulation. Field-trips. Evaluation based in theoretical/practical written tests.