Acquisition of knowledge and skills that allow identifying, analyzing, pre-dimensioning and proposing solutions for the treatment of water supply and wastewater, addressing climate change (SDG 6 – Drinking Water and Sanitation).
General knowledge about unit operations and processes that constitute the conventional lines of water treatment for supply, their sequence and variations depending on different qualities of origin. Notions of wastewater drainage collectors and rainwater drainage, competence to evaluate the general design of wastewater treatment systems, with basic skills of pre-dimensioning of preliminary, primary and secondary treatment, and operations of solid phase treatment.
The student should acquire an integrated vision of the urban water cycle, from the perspective of resource recovery and water reuse. The energy efficiency aspects of these facilities will also be addressed.