Online Course on Biological Wastewater Treatment: Principles, Modelling and Design

For whom?

Sanitary engineers, (environmental) biotechnologists, biochemists, civil engineers, environmental engineers, chemists, environmental scientists and different professionals working or interested in the wastewater treatment field.

Prerequisites

While there is not a strict prerequisite to undertaking this course it is recommended that the participants have clear concepts on:

• Microbiology (First-year undergraduate level, eg. classification of microbial life, autotrophic and heterotrophic organisms, growth requirements...) 
• Chemistry (First-year undergraduate level, eg. chemical bonds, balancing reactions equations, oxidation-reduction reactions, solubility equilibrium, Gibbs free energy...)

In case you desire to update/refresh these concepts you can have a look at our free online preparatory courses on Microbiology and Chemistry via the link " https://ocw.un-ihe.org/". 

Learning objectives

1. Design and assess the operation of a biofilm system for wastewater treatment
2. Assess and describe through mathematical expressions the different process occurring during wastewater treatment as well as effects caused by inhibitory compounds
3. Describe the prime objective of wastewater treatment and sanitation.
4. Determine the stoichiometric and kinetic parameters of the different metabolic processes of the microorganisms involved during the biological wastewater treatment process
5. Critically determine and analyse quantity and quality characteristics of wastewaters
6. Design and critical assess different wastewater treatment systems and configurations performing biological organic matter, nitrogen as well as phosphorus removal.
7. Design and critically evaluate different disinfection treatments