Sustainable water treatment and groundwater protection

• Gain an overview of essential elements of groundwater recharge, based on climate change and new ways of handling rainwater and drainage, among others
• Initial design, calculation and documentation of a water plant, and presentation here off
• Explain the overall water balance equation for an area with focus on the connection with the natural drainage system
• Carry out water characterization and quality criteria
• Explain water treatment technologies, including the chemical processes that occur on a water treatment plant
• Explain threats to groundwater quality
• Explain groundwater protection and action plans and knowing the most relevant legislation within soil, groundwater and water supply
• Analyze and recommend solutions assessed in relation to sustainability, supported by multicriteria and LCA based methods
• Reflecting on and justify choice of solutions
• Reflecting on the group’s cooperation with particular focus on interaction with possibly exchange students

Denmark’s drinking water supply is covered by groundwater.
Throughout the country, there is focus on developing new methods for securing good water quality for the water supply. In this course you will learn about the design of water treatment plants. In the course you will also learn how to protect the groundwater resource in the context of the The 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development, the whole water cycle and in relation to legislation on water planning.

Processes at the water treatment plants, the interior design and technologies. The influence of climate change and rainwater handling on the groundwater resource and water balance.

Groundwater protection and action plans

Water abstraction, chemistry and water quality as well as water treatment to ensure drinking water quality.

Legislation and plans that support the protection of groundwater: the EU Water Framework
Directive and related Danish legislations.

• 6 – 20 (Tues 8-12)

62328/62268/62277, The student is recommended to have followed the relevant course package.

Lectures, dialogue, exercises, individual preparation, presentations by students, course projects.
Presentations by external professionals and excursions.
Course Projects are carried out in groups of 3 – 4 students.

Section of Building Technology and Processes
Building and Civil Engineering: Elective course
Arctic Civil Engineering: Elective course

Programs:
GEUS, National well database
PHREEQC- A computer program for speciation, batch-reaction, one-dimensional transport, and inverse geochemical calculations