Quality and Pollution of Water Resources

 

LEARNING RESULTS

The aim of the course is to make students aware of the principles of hygienic management of the Environment, as well as the specific problems they must solve in the field of quality control of water of various uses, especially drinking water, to ensure the health of consumers

Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

• plan and implement Environmental Hygiene and Public Health protection measures, based on the methodologies that are applied internationally and in particular in the European Union
• contribute to the maintenance or upgrading of the quality of water bodies, through specialized quality control parameters, depending on their use and the impact on Public Health
• possess the necessary knowledge to fully exercise the statutory professional rights in the field of Environmental hygiene and in particular the control of drinking water and to contribute to the proper implementation of the relevant Health and Environmental Legislation

 

GENERAL SKILLS

• Autonomous Work on issues related to water quality, uses and quality required per use for the protection of Public Health
• Group work on issues related to laboratory tests of water quality parameters
• Decision-making on issues related to surface and groundwater, undesirable substances in water, endocrine disruptors, quality control of drinking water and water in swimming pools
• Respect for the natural environment by dealing with water pollution problems
• Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies in matters related to water quality (drinking and bathing)

 

CORSE CONTENT

Theory

• General review of the Environment
• Environmental factors
• Environmental risks to Public Health. Environmental Hygiene Conditions
• Surface and groundwater
• Uses and quality required per use for the protection of Public Health
• Quality characteristics and control parameters
• Pollution of the aquatic environment and response measures
• Undesirable substances in water, endocrine disruptors
• Insecticides, Pesticides in water
• Eutrophication
• Water pollution from petroleum products
• Strategy for the control of priority substances
• Drinking water, quality characteristics of drinking water and drinking water sources. Control programs, requirements-specifications
• Heavy metals in water
• Bathing water, tests-measurements
• Water for other uses, tests-measurements
• Analysis of the current legislative framework

Laboratory

• Elements of water pollution
• Laboratory examination of water quality parameters

pH

Conductivity-Salinity

Alkalinity

Hardness

Dissolved oxygen

Turbidity

Total solids, suspended and dissolved solids, volatile and non-volatile (stable) solids,

Nitrate-Nitrite-Ammonia

Phosphates

Dissolved metals

Microbiological parameters

• Disinfection techniques-Measurement of residual chlorine
• Mitigation measures for eutrophication

Sampling, sampling systems, subdivision and preservation of samples, processing

 

STUDENT EVALUATION

The evaluation is done in Greek

Theory

During the courses, the content of the course is analyzed. At the end of each lecture are highlighted the points that students should focus their attention on. The evaluation of the theoretical part is done with a written examination at the end of the semester, which includes short development questions and possible problem solving.

For the successful completion of the theoretical part the grade of the examination should be at least five (5.0)

Laboratory

During the workshops the students are divided into groups and perform specific laboratory exercises. Before the execution of the exercise, an analysis of the theoretical background is made, the instruments-utensils-chemicals that will be used are presented and the course of the exercise is briefly presented. Students record and present the results

The evaluation of the laboratory part is done with:

• Written final exam at the end of the semester (50%)
• Interim written evaluation (30%)
• Individual work (15%)
• Daily evaluation in laboratory exercises (5%)

For successful monitoring of the laboratory part the weighted average should be at least five (5,0)

 

RECOMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Κουϊμτζής, Θ. & Σαμαρά-Κωνσταντίνου, Κ. 1994. Έλεγχος ρύπανσης περιβάλλοντος. Εκδόσεις Ζήτη
2. Βασιλικιώτης, Γ.Σ. 1993. Χημεία Περιβάλλοντος. Εκδόσεις University Studio Press Α.Ε.
3. Ζανάκη, Κ.Ι. 2001. Έλεγχος ποιότητας νερού. Εκδόσεις Ίων
4. Νικολαΐδης, Ν.Π. 2005. Υδατική Χημεία. Εκδόσεις Ζήτη
5. Αυλωνίτης, Σ. 2014. Προστασία Περιβάλλοντος. Εκδόσεις Ίων
6. Χατζημπίρος, Κ. 2007. Οικολογία Οικοσυστήματα και προστασία του περιβάλλοντος. 3^η έκδοση, Εκδόσεις Συμμετρία
7. Frumkin, H. 2010. Environmental Health: From Global to Local. 2^nd edition, Jossey-Bass
8. Moeller, D.W. 2009. Environmental Health. 3^rd edition, Harvard University Press
9. Friis, R.H. 2007. Essentials of Environmental Health. Jones & Bartlett Learning
10. Moore, G.S. 2002. Living with the Earth: Concepts in Environmental Health Science. 2^nd edition, CRC Press

Relevant scientific journals:

1. Environmental Health
2. Environmental Science and Technology
3. Journal of Environmental Science and Health
4. Environmental Health Perspectives
5. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
6. Environmental Geochemistry and Health
7. Environmental Science and Pollution Research
8. Science of the Total Environment

 

EUDOXUS

•  Περιβαλλοντική Χημεία και Μηχανική, Νταρακάς Ευθύμιος, Πεταλά Μαρία, Τσιρίδης Βασίλειος Λεπτομέρειες
• Έλεγχος ρύπανσης περιβάλλοντος, Κουϊμτζής Θεμιστοκλής, Σαμαρά – Κωνσταντίνου Κωνσταντινή Λεπτομέρειες
•  Ενόργανη Ανάλυση, Granger II M. Robert, Yochum M. Hank, Granger N. Jill, Sienerth D. Karl Λεπτομέρειες