Faculty of Land Reclamation and Environmental Engineering
MODULE I - WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND REUSE IN RURAL AREAS
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The lecture covers problems in access to a safe drinking water and sewage disposal systems in Europe
(especially in Poland) and all over the world. Actions to improve the situation are showed and discussed.
prof. dr hab. Ryszard Błażejewski
[email protected]
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Raw domestic wastewater characteristics (BOD, COD, suspended solids, nutrients: N and P etc.) are
presented. Legal frameworks of wastewater treatment in Poland and the rest of EU is shown and their
impact on surface and ground water quality.
prof. dr hab. Ryszard Błażejewski
[email protected]
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Four stages of wastewater treatment are presented: mechanical, biological, enhanced nutrient removal
and water (from the treated wastewater) reuse. The following unit processes are discussed: screening,
sedimentation, flotation, anaerobic digestion, aerobic decomposition of organic matter, N and P removal.
prof. dr hab. Ryszard Błażejewski
[email protected]
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Mechanical treatment: settling tanks
Septic tanks, Imhoff tanks and secondary settlers (clarifiers) are presented. Main technological
parameters are given. Design procedures and simple mathematical models of sedimentation are
presented.
prof. dr hab. Ryszard Błażejewski
[email protected]
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Soil infiltration systems and pretreated effluent
Soil infiltration systems (leachlines and other drainage systems) and pretreated effluent filtration systems
(packed-bed filters, constructed wetlands) acc. to CEN technical reports EN 12566-2 EN 12566-5 are
reviewed. Dimensioning principles are shown and discussed.
prof. dr hab. Ryszard Błażejewski
[email protected]
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Biofilm properties, its growth and decay conditions are shown. Trickling filters to eliminate organic
matter from domestic wastewater are presented. Submerged aerated beds and fluidized beds (so called
hybrid systems) are also covered.
prof. dr hab. Ryszard Błażejewski
[email protected]
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Small wastewater treatment systems for up to 50 equivalent persons acc. to EN 12566-3 and EN
12566-6 are reviewed. Activated sludge process is elucidated and design principles are given for flowthrough reactors and sequencing batch reactors. Some practical solutions and their performances are
shown.
prof. dr hab. Ryszard Błażejewski
[email protected]
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Purposes of water reuse are introduced. Past and current practices. Health and environmental issues.
Water reuse regulations and guidelines. Technologies and systems for water reclamation and reuse. Case
studies from Poland and other countries are presented.
prof. dr hab. Ryszard Błażejewski
[email protected]
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Sludge types are characterized. The following technologies are taken into account: Preparatory treatment
(thickening), Mechanical dewatering (belt filter presses, centrifuges, bagging system, reed beds),
Stabilization (aerobic and anaerobic, lime addition), Composting, Land application of the processed
biosolids and Incineration.
prof. dr hab. Ryszard Błażejewski
[email protected]
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Sanitation state in Europe and in the world
Raw wastewater characteristics and allowed
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pollution concentrations in the treated wastewater
Methods of wastewater treatment – classifications
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and basic unit processes
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filtration systems
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Packaged and site assembled domestic wastewater
plants with attached biomass
Packaged and site assembled domestic wastewater
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plants with suspended biomass
Wastewater reuse
Processing and utilization of sewage sludge
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Economic aspects of wastewater treatment
Prices of water and wastewater versus income are compared. Indices of economical effectiveness:
expected annual cost, present value, capital return rate, LCA ( Life cycle analysis) etc. as a tool for
variants’ (including sewerage networks) comparison are discussed.
prof. dr hab. Ryszard Błażejewski
[email protected]
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MODULE II - ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
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The functioning of the earth-atmosphere system, the
energy balance, the laws of energy flow and
circulation of matter
The functioning of the earth-atmosphere system, the energy balance, the law of energy conservation,
flow and circulation of matter, heat properties of air and water vapour.
Global climate change and energy flow cycle and
circulation of water
Heat balance, greenhouse gases, greenhouse effect, changes of albedo, oceanic heat circulation,
comparison of the past future Earth climate.
Environmental consequences of climate change,
methods and programs for research and forecast
climate change in global and local scale
Biosphere reactions to climate changes, landscape consequences of climate change, deforestation, land
use changes use
Research programs to prevent or slow down global
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warming, the way of adaptation to new climatic
prof. dr hab. Janusz Olejnik
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[email protected]
prof. dr hab. Janusz Olejnik
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[email protected]
prof. dr hab. Janusz Olejnik
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[email protected]
prof. dr hab. Janusz Olejnik
Research programs to prevent or slow down global warming, the way of adaptation to new climatic
condition, scenarios of future climate, IPCC, COP conferences.
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[email protected]
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prof. dr hab. Janusz Olejnik
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Measurement methods of energy and mass fluxes
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Climate change in global and local scale, the principles of eddy covariance, REA and chamber methods.
[email protected]
MODULE III - LAND RECLAMATION, SOIL AND WATER IN RURAL LANDSCAPE
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Analysis of spatial distribution of soil cover
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Analysis of spatial distribution of soil cover.
prof. dr hab. Jolanta Komisarek
[email protected]
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Soil genesis classification and use.
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Soil genesis classification and use
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Analysis of organic soil properties
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Applications of the biological monitoring
prof. dr hab. Jolanta Komisarek
[email protected]
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prof. dr hab. Jolanta Komisarek
[email protected]
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Ecological background of biological monitoring. Types of bioindication. Different reaction of organisms
to environmental degradation. Basic soil, water and air bioindicators. Advantages of biological
monitoring. EU environmental regulations based on biological indicators (Water Framework Directive,
Habitat Directive).
prof dr hab. Krzysztof Szoszkiewicz
[email protected]
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The lecture will present major factors degrade aquatic ecosystems, methods of lake restoration:
technical, chemical and biological and also examples of applied methods in lake recultivation and their
effectiveness.
dr hab. Agnieszka Ławniczak
[email protected]
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Analysis of organic soil properties.
Lakes – threats
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and restoration methods
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Irrigation state in Europe and in the world
Surface irrigation systems. Basin irrigation. Furrow irrigation. Border irrigation. Traditional systems.
Modernized systems.
prof. dr hab. Czesław Przybyła
[email protected]
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Basics problems of irrigation and soil water flows
Role of irrigated agriculture. Water availability and water quality. Water requirement. Environmental
impact and control. Environmental and economic aspects.
prof. dr hab. Czesław Przybyła
[email protected]
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Hydraulic infrastructure. Irrigation methods.
Environmental aspects. Irrigation and groundwater.
prof. dr hab. Czesław Przybyła
[email protected]
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Fundamental principles of irrigation systems
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management
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Hydrological and climatic investigations
Water and soil conservation. Water conservation.
Soil conservation.
prof. dr hab. Czesław Przybyła
[email protected]
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Modern sprinkler and drip irrigation
Sprinkler systems. Sprinklers, nozzles, pipe or tubing, valves.
Regulators and gauges. Sprinkler laterals. Main pipelines
Pumping equipment. System control equipment.
prof. dr hab. Czesław Przybyła
[email protected]
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Scheduling of irrigation system in economic aspects
Irrigation scheduling: from theory to practice. Planning sprinkler systems. Future developments.
prof. dr hab. Czesław Przybyła
[email protected]
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Irrigation development
Developing irrigation systems in recreation and sports area.
prof. dr hab. Czesław Przybyła
[email protected]
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