Course Contents
Statutory boundary conditions for waste water reusing
Compositions of waste water and provenances of the waste water
(grey water, black water, brown water, and yellow water)
Possibilities to separation of the waste water flows
Treatment of grey water
Treatment of black water
Treatment of brown water
Treatment of yellow water
Conceptions to water reuse and reuse of potential recyclable
resources
Disposition of contaminants
Preconditions
recomended: Municipal Wastewater Treatment (13-K2-M002)
Sustainability Reference of the Course Contents
Rapid urbanization in metropolitan regions poses new challenges for urban water supply and disposal infrastructure and also increases the demand for natural resources. For healthy living conditions and sustainable social development, clean water, adequate sanitation, and healthy and hygienic living conditions are basic requirements. The drastic increase in population in urban areas causes a deterioration of the qualitative situation of surface waters as well as a strong reduction and pollution of groundwater sources. Both urban and rural areas are affected by the problems, especially in emerging and developing countries. While improving living conditions in cities is often the focus of political and social efforts, rural areas are often neglected. Urban areas, on the other hand, are confronted with the problem that conventional, centralized supply and disposal systems cannot keep up with rapid population growth, which means that alternative, flexible and dynamic approaches to solutions must be taken into account. The focus of this event is on urban areas, where options for improving sanitation are to be developed in order to meet their challenges regarding supply and disposal systems by semi-centralized solution approaches. Different options for the separation of wastewater streams and their disposal will be examined in more detail and evaluated according to their reuse potential in urban areas.
The water situation in urban areas is further aggravated by extreme weather events, in the form of monsoon-like heavy rainfall, typhoons, storm surges and floods. In response to this urban water situation, the Sponge City initiative was officially launched at the national policy level in 2014. The concept grew out of a number of already known strategies for implementing effective stormwater management and includes well-known concepts as well as technologies, such as Low Impact Development (LID), Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS), and Water-sensitive Urban Design (WSUD). According to the "Sponge City" concept, water-sensitive urban development is promoted through technological measures, especially for decentralized stormwater management. According to this concept, a "sponge city" or newly developed urban districts based on the concept should infiltrate precipitation as far as possible at the point of occurrence and, with pre-treatment if necessary, return it to the natural water cycle. As a result of an efficient implementation of such measures, stormwater runoff can be delayed in the so-called "Sponge Cities" and the risk of flooding and inundation can be reduced.
Within the scope of the seminar, an alternative sanitation concept including stormwater management for an urban planning area will be designed, taking into account the results obtained.
Online Offerings
Moodle
Statutory boundary conditions for waste water reusing
Compositions of waste water and provenances of the waste water
(grey water, black water, brown water, and yellow water)
Possibilities to separation of the waste water flows
Treatment of grey water
Treatment of black water
Treatment of brown water
Treatment of yellow water
Conceptions to water reuse and reuse of potential recyclable
resources
Disposition of contaminants
Preconditions
recomended: Municipal Wastewater Treatment (13-K2-M002)
Sustainability Reference of the Course Contents
Rapid urbanization in metropolitan regions poses new challenges for urban water supply and disposal infrastructure and also increases the demand for natural resources. For healthy living conditions and sustainable social development, clean water, adequate sanitation, and healthy and hygienic living conditions are basic requirements. The drastic increase in population in urban areas causes a deterioration of the qualitative situation of surface waters as well as a strong reduction and pollution of groundwater sources. Both urban and rural areas are affected by the problems, especially in emerging and developing countries. While improving living conditions in cities is often the focus of political and social efforts, rural areas are often neglected. Urban areas, on the other hand, are confronted with the problem that conventional, centralized supply and disposal systems cannot keep up with rapid population growth, which means that alternative, flexible and dynamic approaches to solutions must be taken into account. The focus of this event is on urban areas, where options for improving sanitation are to be developed in order to meet their challenges regarding supply and disposal systems by semi-centralized solution approaches. Different options for the separation of wastewater streams and their disposal will be examined in more detail and evaluated according to their reuse potential in urban areas.
The water situation in urban areas is further aggravated by extreme weather events, in the form of monsoon-like heavy rainfall, typhoons, storm surges and floods. In response to this urban water situation, the Sponge City initiative was officially launched at the national policy level in 2014. The concept grew out of a number of already known strategies for implementing effective stormwater management and includes well-known concepts as well as technologies, such as Low Impact Development (LID), Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS), and Water-sensitive Urban Design (WSUD). According to the "Sponge City" concept, water-sensitive urban development is promoted through technological measures, especially for decentralized stormwater management. According to this concept, a "sponge city" or newly developed urban districts based on the concept should infiltrate precipitation as far as possible at the point of occurrence and, with pre-treatment if necessary, return it to the natural water cycle. As a result of an efficient implementation of such measures, stormwater runoff can be delayed in the so-called "Sponge Cities" and the risk of flooding and inundation can be reduced.
Within the scope of the seminar, an alternative sanitation concept including stormwater management for an urban planning area will be designed, taking into account the results obtained.
Online Offerings
Moodle
- Lehrende: Maro Atzorn
- Lehrende: Markus Engelhart
- Lehrende: Susanne Lackner
Semester: ST 2023