After successful completion of the course, students are able to...
- understanding of the urban water cycle with a focus on health related water quality issues in depth,
- present a basic overview on methods allowing for hazard characterisation, exposure and risk analysis,
- derive appropriate measures for chemical/microbial water quality management,
- autonomosly find solutions for basic water quality hazards, identification for their occurrence, fate and treatability within the urban water cycle and for respective mode of actions.
1) The urban water cycle: water availability, water abstraction, water supply and water use, potential impacts on water quality (groundwater, surface water).
2) Chemical vs. biological hazards, environmental vs. human health, modes of (detrimental) action.
3) Evaluating the negative effects of chemical/microbial hazards; derivation of threshold-values;
4) Water quality targets, international guidelines and standards.
5) Chemical/microbial risk assessment along the urban water cycle: hazard identification, exposure assessment, risk characterisation, quality targets.
6) Hazard and risk management: waste water disposal and treatment; sanitation and disinfection, selected methods of advanced water and waste water treatment (physical, chemical, biological).
