Learning outcome

After completing the course, the students should have the following qualifications regarding knowledge, skills, and general competence:

• Students will be introduced to different social and environmental challenges posed by deteriorated water resources on a local, regional and global scale.
• Knowledge of basic ecotoxicological terms, main sources, physicochemical properties, transport and distribution of main groups of environmental pollutants
• Knowledge of major environmental uptake/excretion mechanisms
• How to use geophysical and sedimentological methods to locate a well for drinking water supply, how a well in an infiltration aquifer works
• Knowledge about water quality problems like natural manganese and chloride from road salting
• Have knowledge about health risk connected to cyanobacteria, and how cyanobacteria blooms can be prevented.
• Knowledge regarding how to select sustainable wastewater treatment solutions, including an overview of technologies available and treatment plant design options.

Course Description

Main topics:

• Ecotoxicology
• Cyanobacteria
• Ground water supply from a well in an infiltration aquifer.
• Treatment processes to remove pollutants and recover resources

Teaching and Learning Methods

The course will be based on one week’s lectures, lab work, excursions, discussions, group exercises and scientific articles.

Assessment Methods

One week intensive summer course + individual report.

Minor adjustments may occur during the academic year, subject to the decision of the Dean