Environmental remediationModule Natural purification techniques and water reuse
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: Salvatore BARBAGALLOExpected Learning Outcomes
To acquire knowledge on the issues of wastewater natural treatment. The student will acquire knowledge about the regulatory limits for discharge and reuse of wastewater and the most innovative systems of extensive natural wastewater treatment. The student will acquire skills on the design of natural wastewater treatment systems.
Course Structure
Frontal lessons and exercises (in classroom, seminars and technical visits)
Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.
Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.
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.
Detailed Course Content
Wastewater characteristics
Wastewater sources. Wastewater system network. Quality and quantity characteristics of wastewaters. Legislation on wastewater disposal and treatment.
Treatment and disposal systems
Natural treatment system: constructed wetland, lagooning and wastewater storage reservoir.
Wastewater reuse
Sanitary and agronomic effects of wastewater irrigation on soil and crops. Technological aspects of wastewater irrigation. Legislation on wastewater reuse. Illustration of case studies on disposal and reuse of wastewater by extensive techniques.
Objectives of the course: to acquire knowledge on the issues of wastewater natural treatment. The student will acquire knowledge about the regulatory limits for discharge and reuse of wastewater and the most innovative systems of extensive natural wastewater treatment.
Textbook Information
- Lecture Notes distributed during the course
- Masotti L., Depurazione delle acque, Calderini, 2011
- Cirelli G.L., I trattamenti naturali delle acque reflue urbane. Ed. Gruppo Editoriale Esselibri – Simone, 2003.
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Origine delle acque reflue. Sistemi di raccolta delle acque reflue. | Testo 1 – Cap. 1-2 |
| 2 | Caratteristiche quantitative e qualitative delle acque reflue | Testo 1 – Cap 1-2 Testo 3 – Cap. 2 |
| 3 | Normativa per lo scarico e il trattamento delle acque reflue | Testo 3 – Cap. 3 |
| 4 | Trattamenti convenzionali delle acque reflue | Testo 1 - Cap 3-11 Testo 3 – Cap. 4 |
| 5 | Trattamenti naturali delle acque reflue | Testo 2 – Cap. 1 Testo 3 – Cap. 5 |
| 6 | Fitodepurazione | Testo 2 – Cap. 2 Testo 3 – Cap. 6 |
| 7 | Serbatoi di accumulo; Lagunaggio | Testo 2 – Cap. 3-4 Testo 3 – Cap. 7 |
| 8 | Effetti sanitari ed agronomici dell’irrigazione con acque reflue su terreno e colture*. Aspetti tecnologici dell’irrigazione con acque reflue | Testo 1 – Cap 7 Testo 3 – Cap. 8 |
| 9 | Normativa per il riuso delle acque reflue | Testo 3 – Cap. 9 |
| 10 | Illustrazione di casi studio su smaltimento e riutilizzo di acque reflue depurate con tecniche di tipo estensivo. | Testo 2 – Cap. 5-6 Testo 3 – Cap. 10 |