Water Supply And Water Treatment, 5 ECTS
Department, Faculty responsible for the course
Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Arctic Technologies
Academic level
Master
Type of course
Elective
Language of instruction
English
Teaching Term
Spring
Admission requirements
Students with background in mathematics, physics, chemistry or theoretical mechanics
Course content
The course will concentrate on the following thematic areas:
– natural sources of water supply;
– systems of water supply and mode of their work;
– water distribution networks; devices of a water supply system;
– water intaking constructions; improvement of water quality;
– filtering, disinfecting, deodorization, fluoration, defluorinating, deferrization, water softening;
– designing of water treatment complexes.
Learning outcomes:
By the end of the course students are supposed:
– to know normative and technical documents which regulate designing of water supply systems and treatment facilities;
– to know parameters which characterize structure, properties and quality of the natural waters;
– to be able to use methods of the technical and economic assessment of decisions made;
– to gain skills how to implement the approved decisions providing economic and technical efficiency of the designed, reconstructed and operated systems of water supply;
– to become proficient in techniques of control and research of work of water supply systems and their facilities, water treatment plants and their constructions.
Teaching methods
Lectures – 10 (1,5 hour each) and tutorials – 20
Assessment
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Updating date: 27.11.15