- Wastewater, the character of water pollutants, organic substances and their determination, sewage water composition and quantities, micropollutants. Water legislation.
- Technological lines in large-size, medium-size and small WWTPs. Centralized and decentralized purification, industrial wastewater, mechanical purification, rough cleaning, clarification.
- Basics of biological purification processes, the growth and multiplication of microorganisms, growth curve, kinetic principles of microorganism selection, kinetics of medium removal.
- Principle of wastewater aerobic purification, activated sludge, organic compound metabolism, organic compound removal.
- Basic methods of cultivation of activated sludge, activation process, oxygen demand, water oxygen transfer, methods and aeration.
- Major technological modifications of activation system, most important technology parameters of activation, factors affecting the efficiency of activation.
- Biological removal of nitrogen, nitrification, denitrification, activation system of nitrogen removal, bioaugmentation, Anammox system.
- Biological removal of phosphorus, activation systems of phosphorus removal, joint biological removal of nitrogen and phosphorus, chemical removal of phosphorus.
- Anaerobic purification processes, comparison of aerobic and anaerobic processes, principle of anaerobic decomposition, anaerobic purification of wastewater, types of reactors.
- Sewage sludge processing, anaerobic stabilisation, reactors, sludge gas, sludge water, further sludge hygienisation, sludge drying and incineration. Phosphorus recovery from sludge.
- Technological lines in large-size, medium-size and small WWTPs. Centralized and decentralized purification, industrial wastewater, mechanical purification, rough cleaning, clarification.
- Basics of biological purification processes, the growth and multiplication of microorganisms, growth curve, kinetic principles of microorganism selection, kinetics of medium removal.
- Principle of wastewater aerobic purification, activated sludge, organic compound metabolism, organic compound removal.
- Basic methods of cultivation of activated sludge, activation process, oxygen demand, water oxygen transfer, methods and aeration.
- Major technological modifications of activation system, most important technology parameters of activation, factors affecting the efficiency of activation.
- Biological removal of nitrogen, nitrification, denitrification, activation system of nitrogen removal, bioaugmentation, Anammox system.
- Biological removal of phosphorus, activation systems of phosphorus removal, joint biological removal of nitrogen and phosphorus, chemical removal of phosphorus.
- Anaerobic purification processes, comparison of aerobic and anaerobic processes, principle of anaerobic decomposition, anaerobic purification of wastewater, types of reactors.
- Sewage sludge processing, anaerobic stabilisation, reactors, sludge gas, sludge water, further sludge hygienisation, sludge drying and incineration. Phosphorus recovery from sludge.