The subject "Management of Water and Waste Treatment Plants" covers the principles and techniques necessary for the operation, maintenance, and efficient management of drinking water treatment plants, water regeneration, and wastewater treatment, as well as the management of urban solid waste. It focuses on the selection and use of equipment, automation and process control, energy efficiency, and economic and safety aspects.

Specific Objectives

1. Introduction to Treatment Plant Management 1.1. Importance of treatment plant management. 1.2. Types of water and waste treatment plants. 2. Drinking Water Treatment Plants 2.1. Regulatory framework. Drinking water quality. 2.2. Potabilization processes and treatment technologies. 2.3. Equipment selection: criteria. Control, monitoring, and supervision systems. 2.4. Operation, maintenance, and conservation: planning and tools. 2.5. Organization, profiles, staff, and roles. 2.6. Structure of operation and maintenance costs. Strategies for improving efficiency and energy consumption. 2.7. Safety and health. 3. Regeneration and Treatment of Wastewater 3.1. Regulatory framework. Quality of treated waters. 3.2. Wastewater treatment processes and technologies. Water regeneration processes. Treatment, valorization, and disposal of sludge. 3.3. Equipment selection: criteria. Control, monitoring, and supervision systems: microbiological control of processes. 3.4. Operation, maintenance, and conservation: planning, tools, problem identification: sanitation, water and sludge line. 3.5. Organization, profiles, staff, and roles. 3.6. Structure of operation and maintenance costs. Strategies for improving efficiency and energy consumption. 3.7. Safety and health. 4. Waste Treatment Plants 4.1. Industrial waste. Generation, characterization, and typology. Regulatory framework related to waste management. 4.2. Management of municipal waste. Generation, composition, collection operations. Mechanical biological treatment plants (MBT). Inputs, operations, equipment, and outputs. 4.3. Thermal treatment systems for waste. Energy efficiency, incineration residues, gaseous emissions, and gas treatment. 4.4. Waste disposal. Types of controlled landfills. Admission criteria. Leachate treatment. 5. Automation and Control 5.1. Automation systems in treatment plants. 5.2. Process control and monitoring. 5.3. Technological innovations: Big Data, AI, and Machine Learning. 6. Contracts and Administrative Management 6.1. Forms of management and operation: direct, indirect, concert, etc. 6.2. Legal and administrative aspects: companies and employees.

Dedication

2. Drinking Water Treatment Plants 2.1. Regulatory framework. Drinking water quality. 2.2. Potabilization processes and treatment technologies. 2.3. Equipment selection: criteria. Control, monitoring, and supervision systems. 2.4. Operation, maintenance, and conservation: planning and tools. 2.5. Organization, profiles, staff, and roles. 2.6. Structure of operation and maintenance costs. Strategies for improving efficiency and energy consumption. 2.7. Safety and health.

Specific Objectives

Apply knowledge of the Unit 2

Dedication

Regeneration and Treatment of Wastewater 3.1. Regulatory framework. Quality of treated waters. 3.2. Wastewater treatment processes and technologies. Water regeneration processes. Treatment, valorization, and disposal of sludge. 3.3. Equipment selection: criteria. Control, monitoring, and supervision systems: microbiological control of processes. 3.4. Operation, maintenance, and conservation: planning, tools, problem identification: sanitation, water and sludge line. 3.5. Organization, profiles, staff, and roles. 3.6. Structure of operation and maintenance costs. Strategies for improving efficiency and energy consumption. 3.7. Safety and health.

Specific Objectives

Regeneration and Treatment of Wastewater 3.1. Regulatory framework. Quality of treated waters. 3.2. Wastewater treatment processes and technologies. Water regeneration processes. Treatment, valorization, and disposal of sludge. 3.3. Equipment selection: criteria. Control, monitoring, and supervision systems: microbiological control of processes. 3.4. Operation, maintenance, and conservation: planning, tools, problem identification: sanitation, water and sludge line. 3.5. Organization, profiles, staff, and roles. 3.6. Structure of operation and maintenance costs. Strategies for improving efficiency and energy consumption. 3.7. Safety and health.

Related Activities

Apply knowledge of the Unit 3

Dedication

4. Waste Treatment Plants 4.1. Industrial waste. Generation, characterization, and typology. Regulatory framework related to waste management. 4.2. Management of municipal waste. Generation, composition, collection operations. Mechanical biological treatment plants (MBT). Inputs, operations, equipment, and outputs. 4.3. Thermal treatment systems for waste. Energy efficiency, incineration residues, gaseous emissions, and gas treatment. 4.4. Waste disposal. Types of controlled landfills. Admission criteria. Leachate treatment.

Specific Objectives

Apply the concepts of Unit 4

Dedication

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