Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA 2023_24
Subject BIOLOGICAL BASIS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT Code 00207049
Study programme
0207 - GRADO EN CIENCIAS AMBIENTALES
Descriptors Credit. Type Year Period
3 Optional Fourth Second
Language
Castellano
Ingles
Prerequisites
Department BIODIVERSIDAD Y GEST.AMBIENTAL
Coordinador
BÉCARES MANTECÓN , ELOY
E-mail ebecm@unileon.es
gansg@unileon.es
Lecturers
ANSOLA GONZÁLEZ , GEMMA
BÉCARES MANTECÓN , ELOY
Web http://
General description Biological communities in wastewater treatment plants. Description of wastewater components. Biofilms. Biological nutrient removal. Biological problems in activated sludge reacctors: bulking and foaming. Biological control of wastewater treatment plants using microfauna. Natural systems for wastewater treatment: stabilization ponds and constructed wetlands.
Tribunales de Revisión
Tribunal titular
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente BIODIVERSIDAD Y GEST.AMBIENTAL FERNANDEZ ALAEZ , CAMINO
Secretario BIODIVERSIDAD Y GEST.AMBIENTAL GARCIA CRIADO , FRANCISCO
Vocal BIODIVERSIDAD Y GEST.AMBIENTAL CALVO GALVAN , LEONOR
Tribunal suplente
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente BIODIVERSIDAD Y GEST.AMBIENTAL TARREGA GARCIA-MARES , MARIA REYES
Secretario BIODIVERSIDAD Y GEST.AMBIENTAL MARCOS PORRAS , ELENA MARIA
Vocal BIODIVERSIDAD Y GEST.AMBIENTAL VALBUENA RELEA , MARIA LUZ

Competencias
Code  
C1 CMECES1 That students have demonstrated possession and understanding of knowledge in an area of study that is based on general secondary education, and is usually found at a level that, although supported by advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects that involve knowledge from the cutting edge of their field of study
C2 CMECES2 That students know how to apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and possess the skills that are usually demonstrated through the development and defense of arguments and the resolution of problems within their area of study.
C3 CMECES3 That students have the ability to gather and interpret relevant data (normally within their area of study) to make judgments that include reflection on relevant issues of a social, scientific or ethical nature.
C4 CMECES4 That students can transmit information, ideas, problems and solutions to both a specialised and non-specialised audience
C5 CMECES5 That students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy

Learning aims
Competences
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Biological basis for wastewater treatment Wastewater characterization
Microbiology of wastewater treatment plants
Floc estructure and pathologies
Biological control of wastewater treatment plants
Bulking and foaming
Microfauna
Wastewater treatment systems Low cost systems
Biofilm (trikling filters, RBDs, etc.)
Macrophytes
Stabilization ponds and constructed wetlands

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Class hours Hours outside the classroom Total hours
Laboratory practicals 7 14 21
 
Field work/trips 3 6 9
Seminars 5 4.5 9.5
 
Lecture 12 16 28
 
Mixed tests 3 4.5 7.5
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies   ::  
  Description
Laboratory practicals Examination of TSS and V30 in activated sludge Mmicroscopic evaluation of activated sludge Desing of conventional and low-cost wastwater treatment plants Part of the practicals (up to 0,5 credits) will be presented in english. Higher proportion of english-speaking lectures would be possible after agreement with the spanish-speaking students.
Field work/trips Visit to a low-cost wastewater treatment plant
Seminars Exercise on an specific subject proposed by the professor and carried out and presented by the student
Lecture Conventional lectures

Personalized attention
 
Lecture
Description

Assessment
  Description Qualification
Lecture Writting test 60
Others Personal work and assistance to 80% of lectures 40
 
Other comments and second call

Part of the subject (up to 0,5 credits) will be explained in english. Depending on the presence of english-speaking students, all the subject could be teached in english if there were no any objections by the rest of the spanish-speaking students.


Sources of information
Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic Metcalf-Eddy , Ingeniería de aguas residuales, Mc Graw Hill, 1995
Crites R., Tchobanoglous G, Sistemas de manejo de aguas residuales, McGraw Hill Interamericana, 2000
Henze M. et al. , Tratamiento biológico de aguas residuales, IWA publishing, 2014

Complementary Jenkins, D., Richard, M.G., Daigger, G.T., Manual on the causes and control of activated sludge bulking and foaming, Lewis , 1993
Seviour, R.J., Blackall, L.L. , The microbiology of activated sludge, Kluwer, 1999
Henze, M., Harremoës, P., La Cour Jansen, J., Arvin, E. , Wastewater treatment, Springer, 1997


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