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G12. WATER AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT
(KUL-code: I884 (Th); I885 (Pr))
Lecturer: VERELST H.
ECTS-credit: 5 pts
Contact hours: 30 hrs. of theory/30 hrs. of practical
Prerequisites: Principles of microbiology, biochemistry, fluid mechanics
Time and place: 1 st semester, 13 sessions of 3 hours each, VUB
Course syllabus: Lecture notes and copies of slides
Evaluation: Written examination; oral 2 nd chance
Comparable handbook: Henze, Harremoes,..; Wastewater Treatment, 2 nd edition, Springer Verlag, 1997, ISBN: 3-
540-62702-2
Coulson and Richardson, Chemical Engineering part 2, 4 th edition, Pergamon, 1991, ISBN:
0-08-032957-5
Additional information: -
Learning objectives:
Students should obtain knowledge of properties, main parameters and the design of water treatment units, both
for waste water treatment, as for drinking water production. They should be able to calculate primary and
secondary treatment units, based on basic physical, chemical and biological phenomena.
Course description:
The aim of the course is to acquire an in-depth knowledge in the characteristics, functioning and design of
different drinking water and waste-water treatment plants.
1. Water and drinking water treatment unit operations: filtration, centrifugation, flocculation, ion exchange,
chlorination.
2. Mechanical treatment of waste-water.
3. Aerobic waste-water treatment: biokinetics, conception of aerobic basins, design, activated sludge plants.
4. Anaerobic waste-water treatment: biokinetics, biomethanation.
5. Technological aspects of primary and secondary water treatment units.
6. Advanced waste-water treatment: overview of new high-rate reactor designs
7. Tertiary waste-water treatment: principle, chemical processes, biological processes for nutrient removal,
design
8. Sludge treatment: biomethanation, dewatering.
The practical work consists of:
Design, dimensioning and modeling of a drinking water treatment plant. Design, dimensioning and modeling
of a lagoon system and a sludge treatment plant.
Visits to wastewater treatment plants.
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