Gray N.F.: Biology of wastewater treatment, Imperial College Press, 2004

Sincero A.P., Sincero G.A.: Physical-Chemical Treatment of Water and Wastewater, IWA Publishing, 2002

Lectures

1. Introduction + EU legislation on wastewater

2. Wastewater characterization, Sewerage systems

3. Mechanical wastewater treatment

4. Biological wastewater treatment

5. Activated sludge process with nutrient removal

6. Separation of activated sludge, effluent polishing

7. Suspended solids removal: sedimentation, filtration, flotation, hydrocyclone, magnetic separation

8. Precipitation, coagulation, neutralization, membrane separation processes, ion exchange, adsorption, extraction, stripping

9. Chemical oxidation and reduction, wet air oxidation, supercritical water oxidation, wastewater incineration

10. Fundamentals of anaerobic processes

11. Anaerobic wastewater treatment

12. Sludge management

13. Field trip

14. Test

Basic knowledge of inorganic and organic chemistry.