Water Quality and Environmental Protection
| Title | Ποιότητα Υδάτων και Προστασία Περιβάλλοντος / Water Quality and Environmental Protection |
| Code | RM107 |
| Faculty | Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment |
| School | Agriculture |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate, 3rd / Doctorate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Ioannis Panagopoulos |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600018818 |
Programme of Study: PMS Diacheírisī Edafikṓn, Ydatikṓn, Energeiakṓn Pórōn kai Agrotikoý Perivállontos
Registered students: 2
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2021 – 2022 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Instructors from Other Categories |
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| Weekly Hours | 52 |
| Class ID | 600199006
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Course Type 2011-2015
Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600199006
- At the Website of the School:
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
Required Courses
- RM102 Water Resources Management
- RM103 Plant-Soil Relationships
General Prerequisites
Students should be familiar with mathematics, physics, chemistry and computers.
Undergraduate cources
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. to understand the processes of water resources pollution and protection
2. to handle and solve of water resources management and use in agriculture.
3. to find the optimus solution for wastewater treatment, the disposal in the natural systems and the protection of water systems.
4. to colaborate and desing case studies of water management, eg natural resources use, treatment, disposal of effluents and wastewater, lake. stream water and groundwater manageemnt
5. to find solution of using marginal water quality sources, as salty and semisalinity and effluent of wastewater treatment in agriculture
6. to use mathematical models to describe changes in quality and to manage water quality of water resources
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Design and manage projects
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Water quality. Pollution of surface and groundwater. Principles and equations of mass and energy balance in water systems. Mass transport processes in streams/rivers and porous media. Molecular and turbulent diffusion, convection and trasformations. Dispersion coefficient. Mass transport equations in surface and groundwater. Limnology principles: water temperature, stratification, eutrophication and renovation. Nitrogen, phosphorus, pesticides and other inorganic material of water in soil, groundwater and cultivated fields. Wastewater treatment, disposal and processes in the soil. Integrated models to protect of lake, stream, soil and groundwater from pollution sources. Agriculture as source of environmental pollution.Protection of agricultural activities from sources of degradation and pollution. Renovation of quality of water resources.
Keywords
water quality, protection, pollution, mass transport, surface water, groundwater, soil water, environmental protection
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 32 | ✓ | |||
| Fieldwork | 5 | ✓ | |||
| Tutorial | 20 | ✓ | |||
| Project | 25 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 82 |
Student Assessment
Description
60% written exams
40% individual project assignment (a set of exercises) - Exams .
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Formative, Summative)
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Αντωνόπουλος, Β.Ζ., "Υδραυλική Περιβάλλοντος. και Ποιότητα Υδατικών Πόρων", Εκδόσεις Τζιόλα, Θεσσαλονικη, 2010 (κωδικός Εύδοξος: 9387)
Αντωνόπουλος, Β.Ζ., " Ποιότητα και Ρύπανση Υπόγειων Νερών", Εκδόσεις Ζήτη, Θεσσαλονικη , 2003
Additional bibliography for study
Αντωνόπουλος, Β., 2006, «Ποιότητα Αρδευτικού Νερού» και «Περιβαλλοντικές Επιπτώσεις των Εγγειοβελτιωτικών Έργων», Στο Γ.Τσακίρης (Υπευθ. έκδοσης), Υδραυλικά Έργα Σχεδιασμός και Διαχείριση – 1Ι. Εγγειοβελτιωτικά Έργα, ‘Εκδόσεις Συμμετρία, Αθήνα, σελ. 187-218 και 717-742.
Αντωνόπουλος, Β., 2019. Περιβαλλοντική Υδρολογία Λιμνών και Υγροτόπων. [ηλεκτρ. βιβλ.] Αθήνα: Σύνδεσμος Ελληνικών Ακαδημαϊκών Βιβλιοθηκών. Διαθέσιμο στο: http://hdl.handle.net/11419/6520.
ISBN: 978-960-603-523-4
Last Update
26-02-2020
