WATER MANAGEMENT IN BUILDINGS FOR FODD AND WINE INDUSTRY

Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: DELIA VENTURA

Expected Learning Outcomes

Acquisition of the main knowledge on issues related to water management aimed at their use in food and wine contexts. The student will acquire knowledge about the main sources of water supply and drinking water processes.

In addition, knowledge will be acquired on issues related to the recovery, treatment using natural systems, and reuse of wastewater produced by production processes. Finally, the reference regulatory framework on water intended for human consumption, discharge and reuse of treated wastewater will be discussed, including the main parameters to be monitored and the relative acceptability limits.

Course Structure

Lectures and exercises (classroom, seminars and technical visits). If the teaching is given in mixed or distance mode, eventual variations can be introduced in order to comply with the program foreseen and reported in the syllabus.

Information for students with disabilities and/or DSA.

As a guarantee of equal opportunities and in compliance with current laws, interested students can ask for a personal interview in order to plan any compensatory and/or dispensatory measures, based on their specific needs and on teaching objectives of the discipline. It is also possible to ask the departmental contacts of CInAP (Center for Active and Participatory Integration - Services for Disabilities and/or DSAs), in the persons of professors Giovanna Tropea Garzia and Anna De Angelis.

Required Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of chemistry, biology, physics

Attendance of Lessons

Highly recommended. Attendance will be counted for statistical purposes.

Detailed Course Content

Characteristics of water intended for human consumption

Sources and classification of water resources. Quality characteristics of drinking water: physical, chemical and microbiological parameters. Water supply systems for drinking use and related drinking water treatment techniques. Legislation on the quality of water intended for human consumption.

Characteristics of wastewater

Quali-quantitative characteristics of wastewater (with specific attention to food and wine). Wastewater collection systems. Regulations for the discharge and treatment of wastewater.

Treatment and disposal methods

Main concepts on conventional treatments. Natural wastewater treatments: constructed wetlands, lagooning and storage tanks.

Riuso delle acque reflue

Health and agronomic effects of reuse and irrigation with wastewater on soil and crops.

Technological aspects of wastewater irrigation. Illustration of case studies on disposal and reuse of purified wastewater with extensive techniques. Regulations for the reuse of wastewater.

Textbook Information

1. Collivignarelli C., Sorlini S., Potabilizzazione delle acque. Processi e tecnologie. Dario Flaccovio Editore, 2020

2. Masotti L., Depurazione delle acque, Calderini, 2011

3. Cirelli G.L., I trattamenti naturali delle acque reflue urbane. Ed. Gruppo Editoriale Esselibri –

Simone, 2003

4. Notes distributed during the lessons

Course Planning

	Subjects	Text References
1	Sources and classification of water resources	Text 1 – Chap. 1 Text 4 – Chap. 1
2	Quality characteristics of drinking water	Text 1 - Chap. 1 Text 4 – Chap. 2
3	Water supply systems for drinking use and drinking water treatment techniques	Text 1 – Chap. 2 Text 4 – Chap. 3
4	Legislation on water quality intended for human consumption	Text 4 chap. 2-3 Regulatory ref. (Legislative Decree 31/2001; Legislative Decree 152/2006)
5	Origin of wastewater. Wastewater collection systems	Text 2 – Chap. 1-2
6	Quantitative and qualitative characteristics of waste water	Text 2 – Chap. 1-2 Text 4 – Chap. 2
7	Regulations for the discharge and treatment of waste water	Text 4 – Chap. 3
8	Conventional wastewater treatment	Text 2 - Chap. 3-11 Text 4 – Chap. 4
9	Natural wastewater treatments	Text 3 – Chap. 1 Text 4 – Chap. 5
10	Constructed wetlands	Text 3 – Chap. 2 Text 4 – Chap. 6
11	Storage tanks; Lagoon	Text 3 – Chap. 3-4 Text 4 – Chap. 7
12	Health and agronomic effects of wastewater irrigation on soil and crops. Technological aspects of wastewater irrigation	Text 2 – Chap. 7 Text 4 – Chap. 8
13	Regulations for wastewater reuse	Text 4 – Chap. 9
14	Illustration of case studies on disposal and reuse of treated wastewater with extensive techniques	Text 3 – Chap. 5-6 Text 4 – Chap. 10

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

Students will take a written test at the end of the course. For those who do not pass it, or at the request of the examiner, a recovery test is provided in the form of an oral exam. In this case, the grade reached will be the arithmetic average of the marks of the two tests. The verification of learning can also be carried out electronically, if the conditions should require it.

Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises

1. Describe the main quality parameters of water intended for human consumption

2. Describe the main sources of drinking water supply and related drinking water treatment processes

3. Describe the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of wastewater

4. Wastewater reuse in agriculture

Degree Course in

Catering and logistic science and technology of the Mediterranean food