Management of Water and Waste Treatment Plants (250MEA006) – Course 2025/26 PDF
Syllabus
Learning Objectives
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Total hours of student work
| Hours | Percentage | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supervised Learning | Large group | 35h | 77.78 % | |
| Laboratory classes | 10h | 22.22 % | ||
| Self Study | 80h | |||
Teaching Methodology
The course consists of 2.3 hours a week in classes in the classroom and 0.7 hours a week to visit facilities. Engage in lectures 2.3 hours when the teacher explains the concepts and basic raw materials, presents examples and exercises are performed in order to consolidate the general and specific learning objectives. Used material support in the form of detailed syllabus through virtual campus ATENEA: content, programming and evaluation activities directed learning and literature.
Grading Rules
The evaluation calendar and grading rules will be approved before the start of the course.
The mark of the course is obtained from the ratings of continuous assessment. Continuous assessment consist in several activities, both individually and in group, of additive and training characteristics, carried out during the year (both in and out of the classroom). The evaluation tests consist of a part with questions about concepts associated with the learning objectives of the course with regard to knowledge or understanding, and a part with a set of application exercises.
Test Rules
Failure to perform a continuous assessment activity in the scheduled period will result in a mark of zero in that activity.
Office Hours
Monday 10-11h
Bibliography
Basic
- Metcalf & Eddy, AECOM. Wastewater engineering: treatment and resource recovery. 5th ed. New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. ISBN 9780077441210.
- Droste, R.L. Theory and practice of water and wastewater treatment. 2nd ed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2019. ISBN 9781119312376.
- Díaz Fernández, J.M. Ecuaciones y cálculos para el tratamiento de aguas. Madrid: Paraninfo, 2018. ISBN 9788428341523.
- Spellman, F.R. Handbook of water and wastewater treatment plant operations. Fourth edition. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2020. ISBN 9780367485559.
- Crittenden, J.C.; Rhodes, R.; Hand, D.W.; Howe, K.J.; Tchobanoglous, G. Stantec's water treatment: principles and design. 3rd ed. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2022. ISBN 9781119820086.