After successful completion of the course, students are able to...

• to explicate the most important legal frameworks related to drinking water supply
• to name organizational organisatorial frameworks (as e.g. protection zones) for a safe water supply
• to state and understand the importance of the implementation of central substances / parameters into the legal framework in regard to toxicology and technical needs
• to describe the correlation between raw water quality and treatment technologies to be applied for safe water supply
• to explain the possibilities and limitations of the individual technological treatment options
• to explain basics on functioning and operation of ndividual technological treatment steps
• to operate conceptual planning for simple process combinations for drinking water treatment

• treatment steps (sedimentation, flocculation, filtration, adsorption, oxidation, disinfection)
• applications (typical treatment trains for surface water treatment; ground water treatment) 
• storage 
• distribution 
• special topics (benchmarking, micropollutants)

lecture and discussions

 Assignment in the material course of study in civil engineering (066 505):

    Module 2 of the specialisation water and resources

If, due to the requirements of the federal government or the TU Wien, it is not possible to hold the course and the examination or parts of the course in attendance, the format will be switched to online. By switching to the online format, the dates announced for the face-to-face course and examination may change. When switching to the online format, the following methods and modes apply:

Method when switching to online format:

Zoom meetings

Exam mode when switching to online format:

Written in TUWEL (Zoom Meeting)

Assessment scheme for the online exam:

See “exam modalities”; no change by switching to online format

Required technical equipment for participation in the course and examination:

Device with internet access (notebook, PC, tablet, smartphone)

Certificate of achievement:

See “exam modalities”; no change by switching to online format

written