811004 Sludge treatment wetlands - operational strategy and environmental performance
- Type
- Lecture
- Semester hours
- 1
- Lecturer (assistant)
- Langergraber, Günter
- Organisation
- Offered in
- Sommersemester 2025
- Languages of instruction
- Englisch
- Content
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Sludge treatment wetlands or Sludge Treatment Reed Beds (STRBs) are a nature-based technology used for dewatering and mineralization of municipal WWTP sludge. Long-term sludge reduction takes place in an STRB’s reed -planted basins through a combination of dewatering (gravity draining, evapotranspiration) and mineralization of organic solids in the sludge.
The course covers the following topics:
- Introduction to STRB technology
- Processes
- Design and dimensioning
- Piloting and implementation
- Operation, maintenance and Monitoring
- Use of treated sludge
- Environmental benefits/impact
- Case studies
- Previous knowledge expected
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Fundamentals of sanitary engineering
- Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)
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Learning objectives:
- To understand the processes in functioning of sludge treatment wetlands
- To learn main design considerations of sludge treatment wetlands
- To explore implementation and performance of full-scale sludge treatment wetlands
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.