Water Technology and Management - Specialization

 

Water Technology & Management

Water engineers manage the water cycle across different scales, ranging from regional/catchment scale to the cities and their infrastructures. They can solve problems linked to water availability, contamination and pollution of water sources, and protection of the natural environment. Water engineers can for instance specialise in water treatment processes and technologies (for industrial, domestic, or recreational use), the sustainable management of water systems (water supply, storm drainage, groundwater) and the monitoring and modelling of the water cycle.

Environmental Engineering students wishing to obtain a specialisation in Water Technology and Management must complete at least 30 ECTS within the following group of courses:

12109 Physico-Chemical Water Treatment Technologies 5 point Autumn E1B (Thurs 13-17)
12115 Wastewater treatment and valorization 10 point Spring F5A (Wed 8-12) and Spring F5B (Wed 13-17)
12121 Water Supply 10 point Spring F2 (Mon 13-17, Thurs 8-12)
12122 Urban Drainage and Stormwater Management 5 point Autumn E2B (Thurs 8-12)
12124 Urban Flood Risk Assessment 5 point January
12245 Water Pollution 5 point Autumn E5B (Wed 13-17)
12336 Groundwater Quality 5 point Autumn E4A (Tues 13-17)
12345 Observation, Modeling and Management of Water Systems 5 point Spring F3A (Tues 8-12)
30574 Earth observations for monitoring changes (EO4Change) 5 point June
30755 Climate change - physics and observations 5 point Autumn E2A (Mon 13-17)

The following discontinued course also fulfills the requirements for the specialization:

12110 Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Resource Recovery 5 point Spring F5A (Wed 8-12)
12140 Integrated Urban Water Quality Management 5 point E7 (Tues 18-22)
12233 Surface Water Quality 10 point Autumn E5 (Wed 8-17)
12342 Data Driven Hydrological Modeling 5 point Spring F4B (Fri 8-12)

Specializations are merely recommended ways of choosing the courses in the curriculum. Applicants are not admitted to a specialization but to the programme and it is possible to choose among all the courses in the curriculum following the directions given. However, if a specialization has been fulfilled the title of the specialization may be added to the diploma.