811312 Water quality assessment


Type
Lecture and exercise
Semester hours
3
Lecturer (assistant)
Balladran, Bianca , Stoica, Anca-Iulia , Proksch, Philipp
Organisation
Offered in
Sommersemester 2024
Languages of instruction
Deutsch

Content

How to define goals and formulate concepts for the design of monitoring programmes.
National and international legal framworks and requirements for the quality evaluation for drinking water, fresh water, waste water and sewage sludge (Codex, AEVO, WHO, EU).
Substances and microorganisms in water and their relevance from the technical and hygienic point of view.
Sampling, conservation and analysis of water and waste water in theory and practice.
Interrelation and interpretation between microbiological and chemical data.
HACCP-concept, water safety plan, EU-Risk Assessment.
Practical experiments.

Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)

Theoretical and practical instructions for the generation and interpretation of data, especially for drinking water and waste water; theoretical and practical approach.
Identification of factors which could influence the monitoring and interpretation of data
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.