LAWI301089 Industrial water management

Type
Lecture
Semester hours
2
Lecturer (assistant)
Ertl, Thomas
Organisation
Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control
Offered in
Sommersemester 2026
Languages of instruction
Englisch
Content

1) Introduction (Overview – Repetition)
2) Legal Issues - direct and indirect discharge: IE-Directive (BAT, BREF), EMAS etc.
3) Special quality needs for supply, wastewater characteristics (Stoica)
Physical Chemical Quality characteristics
(Enhanced) Treatment technologies
Excursion (in-house)
4) Planning requirements: Mass flow analysis
General, production related
Pollutant Loads: Q X c (flow, sampling, analysis)
5) Internal measures
6) Anaerobic Treatment
7) Constructed Wetlands for Treatment of Industrial Wastewater (Pucher)
8) BREF examples: e.g. Pulp and Paper
Previous knowledge expected

Lecture LAWI100533 Cycle-oriented sanitary engineering and waste management (Kreislauforientierte Siedlungswasser- und Abfallwirtschaft) and LAWI100368 Technologies and processes in sanitary engineering (Technologien und Prozesse in der Siedlungswasserwirtschaft) or similar
Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)

Understanding the industrial water management system
Understanding the basic mass flows in industrial water management
Defining different quality levels for water supply and appropriate treatment methods for different industrial needs
Understanding planning requirments and internal measures in industrial water management
Determining the requirements for the collection, treatment and discharge of stormwater and wastewater based on legal requirements
Understanding the aerobic and anaerobic processes and treatment methods for industrial wastewaters
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.