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Advanced Water Treatment

Code

SE-AWT1

Version

3.0

Offered by

Supply Engineering

ECTS

5

Prerequisites

Completion of semester 1-4 in Climate and Supply Engineering or similar.

Main purpose

Through information retrieval, discussions, presentations and laboratory exercises to provide the student with knowledge in and hands-on experience with current topics related to drinking water quality. The focus will be on drinking water treatment methods more advanced than the traditional aeration and bio-sand filter.
The methods may be filtration, sorption, precipitation, disinfection, etc.​

Knowledge

After completing this course, the student will be able to:
  • Account for types of advanced water treatment methods with a more in-depth knowledge of the treatment methods selected in the course. 
  • Identify problematic water quality parameters (physical, chemical and microbiological) in a water resource according to the Danish/European legislation
  • Describe causes of problematic water quality and/or water contamination scenarios

Skills

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

  • Analyze data from a water resource and identify potential water treatment methods 
  • Argue pros and cons of the in course selected advanced water treatment methods
  • Execute laboratory experiments and analyze selected water quality parameters
  • Retrieve and present relevant information of a selected advanced water treatment method or topics related to drinking water quality 
  • Extract and evaluate data of drinking water analysis from the Jupiter database

Competences

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

  • Design laboratory experiments to analyze the applicability of a proposed water treatment method
  • Analyze, interpret and present data acquired during laboratory experiments and/or field tests 
  • Design methods for advanced drinking water treatment for a given water type based on e.g. chemical composition and challenges.

Topics

The specific topics (treatment methods) will be decided in the beginning of the course depending on relevance and actuality. A written report must be handed in for all chosen topics.

Teaching methods and study activities

Lectures and seminars.
Production of 3-5 reports
Presentations made by students.
Individual information retrieval, laboratory work, data analysis, discussions in groups assisted by the lecturer, self-study, homework assignments.
137.5 hours of work for the student.

Resources

Peer reviewed papers depending on topics.
Databases such as PC-Jupiter
Søborg, D. and Glab. A. 2018. Laboratory practicals.

Evaluation

Examination

Exam prerequisites:
None

Type of exam:
Individual oral exam, 20 minutes, with an internal examiner.
Exam is without preparation and based upon course assignment(s) (Experimental reports) handed in before deadline and accepted.
Course assignments account for 50% of final grade.
Exam accounts for 50% of final grade.

Tools allowed:
All

Re-exam:
Equal to the ordinary exam. 

Grading criteria

Grading based on the Danish 7 point scale.

Additional information

 

Responsible

Lone Tang

Valid from

8/1/2025 12:00 AM

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