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Integrative Project IV: Environmental Technology

Code: 106764 ECTS Credits: 6
2025/2026
Degree Type Year
Environmental Sciences OB 3

Contact

Name:
Ernesto Marco Urrea
Email:
ernest.marco@uab.cat

Teachers

Susana Toboso Chavero
Marta García Prats
Raquel Barrena Gomez

Teaching groups languages

You can view this information at the end of this document.


Prerequisites

Having studied the following subjects:

- Environmental engineering

- Water science and technology

- Prevention, recycling and waste treatment


Objectives and Contextualisation

The objectives of the subject are to integrate the knowledge acquired in the previous subjects in the field of environmental technology, especially on the subject of waste water treatment, the drinking water treatment and the treatment and management of solid wastes.


Learning Outcomes

  1. CM30 (Competence) Evaluate real case studies on environmental problems and conflicts.
  2. CM31 (Competence) Evaluate factors related to the Sustainable Development Goals associated with a specific environmental problem.
  3. CM32 (Competence) Undertake environmental projects based on real case studies, working in small groups.
  4. KM40 (Knowledge) Recognise the main infrastructures and processes of water, energy and waste management in an urban environment.
  5. SM38 (Skill) Incorporate the scientific, technological and social knowledge associated with a specific available problem.
  6. SM39 (Skill) Apply the main techniques and elements for environmental sampling and to obtain qualitative and quantitative data relevant to environmental sciences.
  7. SM40 (Skill) Critically examine public and scientific information on the environment, in relation to a specific problem.

Content

The course content will cover different aspects of urban wastewater and waste treatment and management, as well as water purification, through visits to facilities, specific seminars, and laboratory analyses of real samples.


Activities and Methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Laboratory practices 8 0.32
Seminars 8 0.32
Theory classes 8 0.32
Visits to facilities 26 1.04
Type: Autonomous      
Laboratory report 4 0.16
Report on a study case 12 0.48
Study 82 3.28

The course includes the following activities:

  • Visits to waste and water treatment facilities to understand the different configurations and operating systems of these plants. A guided tour of the UAB campus will also be carried out to study some innovative experiences in the fields of waste, water, or energy management.

  • Laboratory sessions where key parameters of water and waste samples collected during the visits will be analyzed.

  • Theoretical classes presenting different life cycle analysis methodologies for waste and water.

  • Seminars held after the visits to delve deeper into the processes carried out at the facilities visited.

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.


Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Exam 40 2 0.08 CM30, CM31, KM40, SM38, SM40
Laboratory report 30 0 0 KM40, SM38, SM39, SM40
Report on a study case 30 0 0 CM30, CM31, CM32, KM40, SM38, SM40

The evaluation will be carried out through three different activities:

- The delivery of a report based on the results obtained in the laboratory (25%).

- The delivery and presentation of a technical report on a case study (35%).

- A theoretical exam (40%).

The non-participation in any of the assessment activities will be assessed with a zero. For a student to pass the subject through continuous assessment it is necessary to obtain a minimum mark of 2 in the exam and a 5 in the weighted average of the different activities of the subject. If grade 5 is not achevieved globally, the student may undergo a resit exam. In this case, the marks of the laboratory report and the technical report will remain unchanged.

Attendance at the visits is mandatory in order to pass the course.

This course does not provide for a single evaluation system.

Without prejudice to other disciplinary measures, and in accordance with current academic regulations, any irregularities committed by the student that could lead to a variation of the score of an evaluation act will be marked with a zero. Therefore, copying or allowing to copy in an evaluation activity will imply a zero (0).


Bibliography

  • Biological Wastewater Treatment: principles, Modelling and Design. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/9781789060362
  • Nielsen, C.M. López-Vázquez, D. Brdjanovic. Experimental Methods in Wastewater Treatment. IWA Publishing. London. 2016
  • Gestión integral de residuos sólidos. George Tchobanoglous, Hilary Theisen, Samuel A. Vigil. Editorial Mc Graw-Hill. 1994
  • The Practical Handbook of Compost Engineering. R. T. Haug. Editorial CRC Press. 1993. (Disponible document electrònic: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uab/detail.action?docID=5389526
  • Agència de Residus de Catalunya, www.arc.cat
  • Agència Catalana de l'Aigua: www.aca.gencat.cat 

Software

It is not required a specific software.


Groups and Languages

Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.

Name Group Language Semester Turn
(PLAB) Practical laboratories 1 Catalan second semester afternoon
(PLAB) Practical laboratories 2 Catalan second semester afternoon
(PLAB) Practical laboratories 3 Catalan second semester afternoon
(PLAB) Practical laboratories 4 Catalan second semester afternoon
(SEM) Seminars 1 Catalan second semester morning-mixed
(SEM) Seminars 2 Catalan second semester morning-mixed
(SEM) Seminars 3 Catalan second semester morning-mixed
(SEM) Seminars 4 Catalan second semester morning-mixed
(TE) Theory 1 Catalan second semester morning-mixed