Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- appreciate the principles of sustainable water management in a context of circular economy and sustainable development goals
- understand the importance of hydrological cycles for maintaining environmental and societies well being
- know the main unit processes and technologies to prevent contamination of environment due to the inefficient wastewater and sludge management
- know the factors that effects on the selection of the purification method and plant design of the wastewater treatment

Implementation and methods of teaching

This is an On-line course including exercises done individually or in pairs, also few web-quizzes are available.

Timing and attendance

The course will be open from 15.9.2023 until 31.12.2023. During that period student can do the exercises by his/her one schedule. All of the obligatory tasks must be returned before deadline.

Learning material and recommended literature

All of the materials needed in the course is found from Course´s Moodle-page or in electronic form.

Learning environment

Moodle Online Course

Student time use and work load

This is 5 ECTS course. The estimated time allocated for this course´s assignments and exams is 135 hours. More detailed schedule will be presented in the beginning of the course.

Contents

Sustainable water management is also an important part of the Sustainable Development Goals and Circular Economy, which will be the integrated and holistic approaches of this course. This course introduces the importance of the hydrological systems in a local and global levels. During the course also human impacts (including climate change) of hydrological cycles are discussed as well as the methods and technologies to minimize detrimental effects especially concentrated to wastewater and sludge treatment.

The Student will learn:
- to appreciate the principles of sustainable water management in a context of circular economy and sustainable development goals
- to understand the importance of hydrological cycles for maintaining environmental and societies wellbeing
- to know the main unit processes and technologies to prevent contamination of environment due to the inefficient wastewater and sludge management
- to know the factors that effect on the selection of the purification method and plant design of the wastewater treatment

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

No prerequisites

Assessment criteria

0 - 5

Assessment scale

1-5

Failed (0)

The student has not achieved competences aimed

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

The Student will
- know the principles of sustainable water management
- have an understanding of the importance of hydrological cycles for maintaining environmental wellbeing
- recognize the main unit processes and technologies to prevent contamination of environment due to the inefficient wastewater and sludge management
- know the main factors that effect on the selection of the purification methods

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

The Student will
- know the principles of sustainable water management in a context of circular economy and sustainable development goals
- have an understanding of the importance of hydrological cycles for maintaining environmental and societies wellbeing
- recognize the main unit processes and technologies to prevent contamination of environment due to the inefficient wastewater and sludge management
- know the factors that effect on the selection of the purification methods
- know the principles of Nexus (food-energy-water) perspective

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

The Student will
- understand the principles of sustainable water management in a context of circular economy and sustainable development goals
- have an understanding of the importance of hydrological cycles for maintaining environmental and societies wellbeing
- knows and have capability to apply different unit processes and technologies related to wastewater and sludge management to prevent contamination of environment
- understand the factors that effect on the selection of the purification methods
- can apply the principles of Nexus (food-energy-water) perspective