Module 1: Global Water Related Issues and Solutions
An introduction to the numbers behind the global water crisis and an overview of the most urgent water-related challenges and solutions.
Module 2: Microbial Health Risks in Drinking Water
Promoting safe and affordable drinking water requires knowledge about water-borne pathogens, their detection and their eradication methods, as well as the pros and cons of using microbial indicators.
Module 3: Nutrients in Wastewater
This module will show how nutrients in wastewater have the potential to act as major water pollutants, but, with the right technology, can serve as a vital resource.
Module 4: Membrane-Based Water Treatment Technologies
This module is all about membranes - one of the most significant technologies for advanced water treatment and desalination. These two applications increase water supply and help protect and restore water-related ecosystems.
Module 5: Seawater and Brackish Water Desalination
Some of the knowledge gained in Israel, which is a world leader in the assimilation of desalination technology into the national water management system.
Module 6: Fouling in Water Treatments Technologies
One major challenge in membrane technologies is fouling. Membrane fouling is a term for reduced performance of the membrane due to its clogging by accumulated material, such as bacteria or chemical residue. This module discusses the nature of membrane fouling and mitigation techniques.
Module 7: Onsite Water Treatment
In this module you will learn how, in some cases, using on-site low-tech treatment solutions might give the best sustainable answer to water reuse and wastewater pollution.
Module 8: The Vadose Zone
We discuss the forces governing the movement of water in the vadose zone and the processes that occur there. This understanding will help us recognize how we can effectively prevent or treat water pollution.
Module 9: Surface-Groundwater Interactions
Another zone that is extremely important to bio-geo-chemical processes is the hyporheic zone, which connects surface water and groundwater. Understanding the essential role of this zone for water quality and the health of aquatic ecosystems is highly important to managing freshwater systems.
Module 10: Transboundary Water Management
This module will raise some of the “politics” and debates involved with transboundary water management in water-scarce regions around the world.
