The aim of the course is to build knowledge on the principles of wastewater treatment technologies. Wastewater characterization methods and the main wastewater treatment technologies based on chemical, physicochemical and biological processes are explained.

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

1. Introduction and EU legislation on wastewater

2. Wastewater characterization, Sewerage systems

3. Mechanical wastewater treatment

4. Biological wastewater treatments: biochemical and microbiological principles and biofilm processes: principles and fixed-film reactors

5. Activated sludge process I: formation of activated sludge, main technological parameters, types of activated sludge process

6. Activated sludge process II: diffuse air aeration, mechanical aeration, mixing of activated sludge tanks, nutrient removal systems

7. Separation of activated sludge, effluent polishing, wastewater reuse

8. Physico-chemical methods I: filtration, flotation, hydrocyclone, magnetic separation, precipitation, coagulation, neutralization

9. Physico-chemical methods II: ion exchange, membrane separation processes, adsorption, stripping, chemical oxidation and reduction, incineration

10. Fundamentals of anaerobic processes

11. Anaerobic wastewater treatment

12. Post-treatment of anaerobic effluents