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Course details

  • Study time: 6h

  • Target audience: Bachelor/Master students/Industry/academia representatives in the field of (Bio)chemical engineering, chemistry, biochemistry, biotechnology.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Welcome

    • Meet the teachers

    • Learning objectives

    • What do you want to learn?

    • Have a look at what other students want to learn

    • Present yourself to your classmates

    • Become familiar with the learning platform

    • Good practices to use this course

    • How to obtain your course certificate

  • 2

    (In)direct potable reuse

    • Principles of potable reuse

    • Exercise: Untreated wastewater

    • Have a look at what other participants indicated as the 2015 status

    • Exercise: Potable reuse - advantages and challenges

    • Definitions - part 1

    • Definitions - part 2

    • Case study: Water reuse at the Flemish coast

    • Exercise: Torreele plant

    • Case study: Water reuse at the Flemish coast

    • Quiz on Case study - Water reuse at the Flemish coast

    • Water supply challenges

    • Results water supply challenges

    • Case study round-up: Water reuse at the Flemish coast

    • Case study: Windhoek

    • Concluding video

  • 3

    Industrial water reuse

    • How clean does water need to be to reuse it in industry?

    • Introduction video

    • Industrial water - more than just water

    • Multiple choice questions

    • Case study: water and energy use optimization inside a beer brewery

    • De Wilde brewery: Quiz

    • Case study - IMPROVED

    • Case study - IMPROVED: Water treatment

    • Case study - IMPROVED: Quiz

    • Case study - IMPROVED: Distribution example

    • Case study - IMPROVED: Distribution

    • Case study - IMPROVED: Corrosion

  • 4

    Water reuse for agricultural irrigation

    • How are crops irrigated in your country?

    • Welcome video

    • Overview - Drivers for water reuse

    • Overview

    • Overview - Discussion forum

    • Quality characterization - Before we start

    • Quality characterization - Introduction

    • Quality characterization - human health perspective Part I

    • Quality characterization - human health perspective Part II

    • Quality characterisation - environmental perspective

    • Quality characterisation - Exercise

    • Quality characterisation - Quiz

    • Legislation - Before we start

    • Legislation - Introduction

    • Legislation - WHO guidelines

    • Legislation - United States

    • Legislation - EU

    • Legislation - EU continued

    • Legislation - Discussion forum

    • What is the difference between wastewater reclamation in warm and cold climate countries?

    • Technological requirements - Introduction

    • Technological requirements - Conventional technologies for warm-climate countries

    • Irrigation techniques

    • Irrigation techniques - Discussion forum

    • Technological requirements - Quiz

    • What could be the reasons for unsuccessful reclamation practices' implementation in a region/country?

    • Case study: the Mediterranean Rim

    • Case study: the Mediterranean Rim - Discussion forum

    • Case study: Jordan - Introduction and country overview

    • Case study: Jordan - Current issues in the water reuse sector of Jordan

    • Case study: Jordan - Quiz

    • References

    • Acknowledgements

  • 5

    Conclusion

    • Concluding video

    • What did you learn?

    • Read what others learned

    • Further readings

    • Help us to improve this course

    • Thanks to our sponsors

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