65941 - Infrastructure For Environmental Protection

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student has acquired the basic knowledge regarding some technical and practical aspects such as the treatment of domestic sewage, constructed wetlands, water gardens, the biopiscine, and the hanging gardens. In particular, the student is able to design a drain for waste water, choose plants suitable for water gardens and project in general terms both biopiscine and hanging gardens with different professionals.

Course contents

Unit 1 (24 hours): theoretical activities.
Natural systems of sewage treatment: evaluation for proper disposal and draining on land used for agricultural purposes. plant-engineering types Imhoff, Degreasers, anaerobic filters. Subsurface irrigation systems and drained sub irrigation

Unit 2 (12 hours) theoretical activities.
Phytosewage: plant-engineering types, plant species, design guide. Water Gardens: philosophy, plants and the location. Biopiscine: biopiscine building types, the agronomic approach, plants and their realization.

Unit 3 (24 hours) practical-application activities.
Hanging gardens: techniques, types, garden setting. Safety on building yards. Educational visits to building yards.
The knowledge acquired at the end of the third unit is a thorough knowledge of the hanging settings and safety at work both in upper areas  and on the ground.

Readings/Bibliography

Teacher notes and slides handed in class.
Floriana Romagnolli (2013) Phytosewage Publisher Flaccovio. Palermo.
Mauro Laius Paul Luther (2012) biopiscine planning and setting. Publishing group Esselibri. Naples.

Teaching methods

The course is divided into three teaching units: the first consists of lectures accompanied by exercises of application of the concepts presented, while the second is studied from an application point of view. In the third part there is also some consulting on websites.

Assessment methods

The examination at the end of the course aims at achieving:

• know and choose the most appropriate treatment of wastewater;
• distinguish  wetlands sewage systems and learn about their plants;
• distinguish materials and technologies in the hanging gardens;
• know the safety devices both on ground and in upper work.

The knowledge and skills taught in this course are assessed through a final oral exam testing the acquisition of knowledge and skills expected. For the exam you can prepare a paper on a topic similar to the issues treated during the course. Being the I.C. composed of lessons with different number of CFU, the final grade is calculated as an average of the 2 tests.

Teaching tools

Websites, Overhead projector, blackboard.

Office hours

See the website of Antonio Checchi