The curricular unit (CU) of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants aims to give students knowledge concerning:

1. operations and processes units applied in drinking water and wastewater treatments;
2. design, operation and maintenance of water treatment plants (WTP) and wastewater treatment plants (WWTP);
3. treatment/valorisation and final disposal of screenings, oils and grease, grits and sludge;
4. odours and biogas treatments;
5. energy balance and carbon footprint of WTP and WWTP.

After approval in CU the students should be able: to conceptualise and evaluate studies to support the design, operation and maintenance of WTP and WWTP; to assess the operations and processes units application on water and wastewater treatment; select and apply the treatments and final disposal of by-products and to account and evaluate energy consumption on WTP and WWTP.

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