Health Professions of Prevention Sciences

1. Classification Analysis of the fundamental principles of the Consolidated Environmental Law (Legislative Decree 152/06 and subsequent amendments). 2. Principles on the problems of pollution of surface water bodies (lakes, running waters): Analysis of the main pollution parameters; Criteria for the evaluation of environmental effects; Waste water purification and criteria for the recovery of contaminated water bodies. 3. Principles on the problems of atmospheric pollution: Analysis of the main pollution parameters; Criteria for the evaluation of environmental effects; Principles on the processes of removing contaminants from conveyed emissions. 4. Principles of characterization and management of contaminated sites. Analysis of the main pollution parameters; Criteria for the evaluation of environmental effects; Principles underlying the processes of removal / confinement of contamination.

To successfully attend the module and pass the final exam, basic knowledge of the following subjects is essential: • maths (with specific regard to differential and integral calculus) • physics (with specific regard to the basics of thermodynamics) • chemistry (with specific regard to the stoichiometry of chemical reactions, the concepts of chemical equilibrium in aqueous solutions and specific types of chemical reactions [acid-base, redox reactions]) • sanitary and environmental engineering (with specific regard to the pollution indicators and the principles of effluent treatment) • fluid mechanics and hydrology (with specific regard to porous media hydraulic, processing of hydrological data and rainfall-runoff transformation) • geotechnics (with specific regard to soil geotechnical and mechanical properties) No compulsory prerequisites to access the final exam are required.

[1]Guida all’ambiente - Analisi e commento del D.Lgs. n. 152/2006, www.ambientesicurezzaweb.it [2] Piero Sirini, Ingegneria Sanitaria-Ambientale – Principi, teorie e metodi di rappresentazione. Mc Graw Hill, anno 2002 ISBN 88-386-0987-0 [3] Metcalf&Eddy, Ingegneria delle acque reflue, Edizione Italiana, Mc Graw Hill, anno 2006, ISBN 88-386-6188-X [4] Sirini P., Tchobanoglous G., Noto la Diega R.C., Ingegneria dei Rifiuti Solidi, McGraw-Hill, Milano, anno 2009, 9788838661884

frontal lessons

obbligatoria

Written exam with multiple choice questions.

Lessons, exercise