Junior Year

The various treatment processes will be presented, along with the associated methods (physicochemical and biological processes, free-floating cultures, and attached cultures). With regard to biological wastewater treatment, the removal of organic carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus will be discussed. The principles of sizing processes and treatment systems will also be covered. The course will follow this outline:

1. Characterization of Effluents and Treatment Principles
2. Which treatment process should you choose based on the constraints?
3. Sizing of Pretreatment Systems
4. Sizing of Secondary Treatment Systems
5. Sizing of Tertiary Treatment Systems

Hourly volumes:

CM: 15

TD: 12

TP: 12

Fields: 6 (2 groups)

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The topics covered are:

- Sources and consequences of chemical pollution in natural waters.

- Chemical criteria for assessing pollutants: COD, BOD, ammonia nitrogen, Kjeldahl nitrogen, total phosphorus, etc.

- Chemical treatments (chemical oxidation, coagulation, flocculation) and physicochemical treatments (membranes, activated carbon, etc.),

- Specific treatments: ion-exchange resins, solvent extraction, electrochemical methods.

Hourly volumes:

CM: 3:00 p.m.

TD: 7.5 hours

Practical training: 22.5 hours

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This course trains students in microbial identification and water analysis, focusing on four main areas:

• The microbial world: bacteria, cyanobacteria, fungi, algae, protozoa, and viruses.
• Microbial metabolism: metabolic types, nutrition, and environmental influences.
• Microbial Ecology of the Natural Environment: Interactions Between Microorganisms and Their Environments.
• Microbiological Water Testing: Principles, Regulations, and Techniques

Hourly volumes:

CM: 18

TD: 27

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This course unit aims to help students develop research skills so they can gather the information needed to find an internship or a job. The course is organized around five main areas:

• Defining Your Career Plan (CP): Which fields and career paths, which employers, and which occupations? Understanding the job market: industry sectors, qualifications, key players (NACE codes) — Occupation profiles (ROME) and (professional) skills
• Conducting a Skills Assessment (BC) (skills already acquired and those to be acquired for your Career Plan): know-how
• Assessing Your Soft Skills
• Creating a Resume and a Cover Letter
• Preparing for a Job Interview (Role-playing Based on Real Job Postings)

Hourly volumes:

CM: 4.5

TD: 4.5

TP: 9

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The lectures are designed to introduce the basic concepts for describing, classifying, and characterizing soils: their various components (minerals, clays, organic matter, living organisms); their physical properties (particle size distribution, texture, structure); chemical properties (clay-humic complex, CEC, redox), and biological properties (soil horizons and humus, root systems, plant nutrition, the role of bacteria, C/N ratio, soil fauna). We will study the factors involved in soil formation (climate, bedrock, living organisms, topography, time), the various processes of soil formation and evolution (weathering, humification, leaching, podzolization, pedoturbation, ferrallitization, etc.), the major soil classification systems, and the distribution of soils around the world. This scientific foundation will enable students to address current societal issues related to soils in the lab sessions: soil degradation (erosion, pollution, land conversion, compaction, etc.) and soil restoration (decontamination, phytoremediation, agroecology).

The field trip will provide an opportunity to apply the concepts covered in class.

Hourly volumes:

CM: 12:00 p.m.

TD: 9 a.m.

Land: 6 hectares

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4- to 6-month internship at a company, engineering firm, or laboratory

- Information on how to search for an internship (information about companies, their fields of activity, and who to contact), assistance with preparing a resume and cover letter (personalized feedback)

- Information on the steps you need to take to contact companies and secure an interview.

- Integration of the student into the company/engineering firm/laboratory

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This lesson aims to introduce extensive wastewater treatment systems (lagoons, reed beds, etc.). Vegetated Discharge Zones will also be discussed.

This learning unit will provide the tools needed to design extensive treatment systems.

Hourly volumes:

CM: 12

TD: 9

Lot: 6

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This course unit covers the management of solid waste and byproducts, whether they originate from industry or local governments. The course outline is as follows:

1. Waste Sources and Characterization
2. Treatment Strategy
3. Recycling and Recovery
4. Landfill
5. Heat Treatments
6. Biological treatments (anaerobic digestion, composting)
7. Radioactive Waste Management

Hourly volumes:

CM: 21

TD: 12

Fields: 12 (2 groups)

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This learning unit will focus on the following concepts:

1) The watershed ( definition, geometric, geological, and physiographic characteristics; hydrological behavior)

2) Precipitation ( Definition of precipitation, concepts of showers and intensity, spatial analysis of point measurements (Thiessen, isohyets), temporal analysis of point measurements (return period, Montana))

3) Evapotranspiration ( interception, evaporation, transpiration, evapotranspiration, Turc and Thornthwaite formulas)

4) Infiltration (definition of infiltration capacity, characteristics of the unsaturated zone, concepts of water content, hydraulic conductivity at saturation, water potential, balance of forces and soil water status, factors influencing infiltration and water profiles, Horton’s law)

5) Runoff ( formation of surface runoff, runoff coefficient, subsurface flow, groundwater-river relationship, decomposition of flood hydrographs)

6) The hydrological balance (the water cycle and the hydrological balance at various spatial and temporal scales)

7) Hydrometry (principles and measurement techniques + fieldwork)

Hourly volumes:

CM: 12:00 p.m.

TD: 12:00 p.m.

Practical training: 6 hours

Land: 6 hours

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4- to 6-month internship at a company, engineering firm, or laboratory

- monitoring students on internships

- the basics needed to write a report and prepare for an oral presentation.

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This learning unit focuses on the management of byproducts from wastewater treatment systems, organic byproducts with high recovery potential generated by economic activities (such as viticulture), and gaseous byproducts produced by industrial systems. For sewage treatment plant sludge, the goal is to integrate its management into the broader context of the treatment (or production) process in order to reduce its source at the outset or control its composition. The various recovery options are then presented. The sizing of sludge treatment processes is discussed. The course outline is as follows:

1. Characterization of Byproducts from Water Treatment
2. Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge Treatment Processes
3. Management and Organic Utilization of Viticulture Byproducts
4. Biogas Utilization
5. Management and Treatment of Exhaust Gas

Hourly volumes:

CM: 21

TD: 12

Fields: 12 (2 groups)

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Without claiming to provide an exhaustive list of the laws governing the regulatory framework for waste management (municipal and industrial) and “water as a resource,” this module aims to explain the spirit of these laws and the philosophy behind them. Part of the module will be devoted to identifying the key players in water and waste management and the connections between them.

Hourly volumes:

CM: 13

TD: 14

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