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Teaching GuideTerm Higher Technical University College of Civil Engineering |
| Mestrado Universitario en Enxeñaría da Auga (plan 2012) |
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| Water treatment and energy efficiency |
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| Identifying Data | 2020/21 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Water treatment and energy efficiency | Code | 632844206 | |||||||||||
| Study programme |
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Official Master's Degree | 1st four-month period |
First | Optional | 6 | ||||||||||
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| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Water, energy and sustainable development. Life cycle analysis | Water demand Water footprint and carbon footprint Greenhouse gases emission |
| Water reuse as an example of sustainable initiative | Water reuse options Treatment options and their energy requirements Life cycle analysis of water reuse |
| Renewable energies to face water scarcity | The problem of the water and the energy Technologies based on renewable energies for freshwater production |
| Water and energy: two closely-related concepts | Introduction The use of energy to obtain the required water Energy obtained from water The use of water to obtain energy |
| The functioning of freshwater ecosystems | Lentic systems Lotic systems |
| Freshwater biodiversity. Types of aquatic organisms | Microbes and plants Animals |
| Effects of pollutants on aquatic ecosystems | Suborganismal effects Supraorganismal effects |
| The use of bioindicators to assess freshwater quality | Bioindicators recommended by the Water Framework Directive |
| Chemical contaminants of water | Types Standards Problems Health Effects and Impact on the environment |
| Chemical treatments | Coagulation-precipitation Oxidation reduction Ion exchange Disinfection High-service pumping Water plant residuals managment |
| Types of water contamination | Domestic wastewater Livestock Wastewater Industrial wastewater Municipal waste water Agricultural pollution Water from urban runoff |
| Analytical methods for the determination of physicochemical parameters | Analytical methods |
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