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Water Treatment and Water Purification

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 546-0483/05
Abbreviation UČV
Course title Water Treatment and Water Purification
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Dr. Ing. Miroslav Kyncl

Subject syllabus

1. Composition and properties of water, types of water, water quality requirements, overview of technological processes
2. Settling of suspensions, process theory, sedimentation and thickening tanks
3. Dispersion systems, coagulation, process theory, application, clarification and clarifier
4, Water filtration, filtration mechanism, types of filters
5. Groundwater treatment, deacidification, iron removal and manganese removal
6. Use of ion exchangers, membrane processes, adsorption
7. Hygienic water security, physical and chemical methods
8. Waste and sewage water. Wastewater treatment plant, technological lines, mechanical cleaning.
9. The theory of aerobic purification by a mixed microorganism culture
10. Activation process, activated sludge, technological equipment and modifications
11. Nitrogen and phosphorus removal
12. Aneral processes of biological purification, process theory, equipment
13. Processing, disposal and recovery of sewage sludge

Literature

Gerardi, M. H. Wastewater Bacteria. Paperback, John Wiley. 272 pp. 2006. ISBN 0-471-20691-1 .
Turovskiy, I. S.; Mathai, P. K. Wastewater Sludge Processing. John Wiley. 354 pp. 2006. ISBN 0-471-70054-1 .
Twort A. et al. Water supply,5th Edition, London IWA Publishing 2000, ISBN 0 340 72018 2 

Advised literature

Cheremisinoff, N. P. Handbook of Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies. USA, Elsevier Butterworth - Heinemann, 2002. ISBN 0-7506-7498-9.
Asano, T. et al. Water Reuse: Issues, Technologies, and Applications. USA, Metcalf & Eddy, 2007. ISBN: 0-07-145927-8.