12801 Hazardous Chemicals in Integrated Urban Water Systems

2004/2005

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4th August - 28th August 2003 Aflyst i 2004

Course organization and examination: There will be lectures, literature search and group exercises, but also practical computer simulations and experimental laboratory work, field excursions and project work. At the end of the course the different disciplines are integrated in a final task to be solved by the student groups.
The final project work will be documented in a report and presented orally at a seminar supported by a PowerPoint presentation.

To get knowledge about evaluation of toxic chemicals and risk assessment of such chemicals found in urban run of - to become familiar with the use of hydrologic models and to combine these two topics into an environmental evaluation of some specific chemical.

The course takes a multidisciplinary approach to handling and management of urban waters and gives an understanding for both the technological possibilities and the related disadvantages and environmental risks. Main focus is on occurrence, fate and effects of hazardous chemical compounds originating from wastewater (black, brown, yellow and grey) and rainfall-runoff (from roofs, traffic areas etc.). Conventional centralised wastewater systems will be discussed in relation to new alternative technologies involving source control.

The course content is divided into three sections, i) eco-toxicity of hazardous chemical compounds, ii) simulation of integrated urban wastewater systems, and iii) risk assessment of urban runoff discharges to receiving waters. The students are expected to acquire an integrated understanding of how the environmental impacts from hazardous chemicals in wastewater and rainfall-runoff can be managed.