2025
Water quality
Name: Water quality
Code: ERU14245O
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 water quality, water footprint and new types of contamination.
- Learning about environmental legislation about water quality.
- Learning about the analysis of parameters related to water quality.
- Learning about water quality indexes
- Learning about environmental legislation about water quality.
- Learning about the analysis of parameters related to water quality.
- Learning about water quality indexes
Contents
1. Water pollution and environmental effects.
2. New types of contamination: emerging contaminants, nanoparticles, ARB, ARG, microplastics.
3. The EU Water Framework Directive.
4. Water legislation in Spain and Portugal.
5. Water quality parameters. Analytical methods.
6. Water quality indexes.
LAB1 Analytical evaluation of water quality of samples.
LAB2 - Water quality of superficial water and groundwater
2. New types of contamination: emerging contaminants, nanoparticles, ARB, ARG, microplastics.
3. The EU Water Framework Directive.
4. Water legislation in Spain and Portugal.
5. Water quality parameters. Analytical methods.
6. Water quality indexes.
LAB1 Analytical evaluation of water quality of samples.
LAB2 - Water quality of superficial water and groundwater
Teaching Methods
Theoretical/practical lectures with the resolution of practical application problems in each subject. Evaluation based in theoretical/practical written tests.
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