This course applies principles from environmental biotechnology, microbial ecology, and environmental microbiology to educate cadets how to treat wastewaters and sludges. The course explores the design of longstanding wastewater treatment technologies and approaches, while introducing cadets to emerging applications of biochemical wastewater treatment and resource recovery. Modeling approaches for designing wastewater treatment works using biochemical reactors are also introduced. A comprehensive, multi-step laboratory project serves as the culminating course project.
