Introduction to surface water waves. Generation mechanisms of wind waves. Review of small amplitude waves and of their transformations in shallow water: refraction, diffraction, reflection, wave breaking. Wave-current interaction. Long…
Firstly, the international and Greek legislation, the environmental policies, and the International Conventions, including MARPOL (The International Convention for Prevention of Marine Pollution for Ships), for the protection of the…
A comprehensive introduction to hazardous waste management, including historical development, basic definitions, terminology and legal framework, fundamentals of contaminant release, transport and fate, toxicology principles, laws and regulations, identification and…
The course investigates: the qualitative degradation (including modeling of hydrologic processes) of groundwater; the optimum management of groundwater aquifers; and the available technologies for the remediation of hydrogeological systems. More…
Introduction to decentralized wastewater management, wastewater management studies, technical and economical evaluation criteria, onsite wastewater treatment systems (septic tanks, infiltration trenches, infiltration tanks, gravel filters, sand filters), land treatment systems…
The course has two sections. Section 1 deals with treatment methods for the production of drinking water from untreated water. Section 2 deals with the recovery of water, materials and…
Review of simple activated sludge mathematical models. Wastewater and sludge characterization, fractionation of COD. The IWA activated sludge model for carbon removal, nitrification, denitrification. Alternative methods for nitrogen removal. Chemical…
Principles of water cycle and pollution if the water environment (oxygen depletion, eutrophication, microbial polluton, toxicity). The Integrated approach for the Management of the Aquatic Environment and Water Resources in…
Ecological models are useful tools to determine the environmental impacts and risk levels in a water body caused by various types of pressures that are usually anthropogenic, such as pollution…