For the successful passing of the subject students are required to gain at least 51 points from overal number of 100 points in the written test. They have to submit also a simple project dealing with water treatment.

R:MWH, Water Treatment, Principles and Design, John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken 2005, ISBN 2003024156

A:Sullivan P.et al.,The Environmental Science of Drinking Water,Amazonia 2005,ISBN 0750678763

1. Standards for drinking water quality + EU legislation on drinking water

2. Underground raw water characteristics, underground water treatment

3. Aggressive carbon dioxide, water stabilization

4. Removal of excessive carbon dioxide, removal of iron and manganese

5. Special methods of underground water treatment (including removal of nitrogenous compounds and radio nuclides)

6. Surface raw water characteristics

7. Surface water treatment, coagulation

8. Mixing of suspensions, mixing devices

9. Clarifiers, filtration of suspensions

10. Separation of suspensions by sedimentation

11. Thickening of suspensions and sludge

12. Special methods in drinking water treatment (membrane processes, ion exchange)

13. Disinfection of drinking water

14. Field trip

Tutor's power point presentations available for enrolled students.

Students will be able to:

understand and utilized basic design methods for ground and surface water treatment.

Inorganic Chemistry I

Organic Chemistry I