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Drinking Water
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:13.03.2024 14:38:37
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LU_023 | LQF level: | All Levels | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Target Audience: | ||||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Lolita Vija Neimane | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences | ||||||||
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| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | |||||||||
| Objective: | |||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Physico-chemical properties of water, classification of water samples and biochemical properties. Water in food items | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 2 | Drinking water, its production from surface and underground water | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 3 | Quality control assurance system for drinking water | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 4 | Sampling of drinking water | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 5 | Certified methods of analysis, method validation and quality control system of measurements. Macro and micro components analysis methods | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 6 | Determination of various quality parameters of water | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 7 | Newest trends for description of water quality | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 8 | Laboratory work | Classes | 1.00 | other | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | The following tasks are organized by individually assigning and independently assigning the following tasks: prepare for seminar classes, laboratory work, prepare laboratory work protocols with evaluations of the quality of the obtained results, prepare for colloquiums and final exams; study literature related to course topics. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | In the course of learning the study course, it is necessary to develop 4 laboratory works, drawing up the protocols of these works, evaluating the obtained results and drawing relevant conclusions about the correctness and accuracy of the used determination method. In the seminars, one should learn the quality control system of measurements, evaluate the possibilities of using different methods of determining the physico-chemical, chemical parameters of drinking water in the quantitative analysis. Knowledge test forms: 2 colloquiums must be passed. The final assessment consists of: The overall assessment of laboratory works - 30%; Passed colloquia - 20%; Activity in seminar classes – 10%; Final exam - written exam - 40%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | 1. Understand the EU directives on mandatory drinking water safety requirements and the LR Cabinet of Ministers regulations for drinking water and water sources intended for production of drinking water. 2. Will gain knowledge's about evaluation methods of the chemical content of waters. | ||||||||
| Skills: | To evaluate different analysis methods and the obtained results of drinking water. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | 1. In theoretical knowledge's and practical skills on the determintion of drinking water quality indicators; 2. Students will be able to work in the laboratory and evaluate different properties and usability of water samples. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | S.Pastare, R.Gigele, A.Vīksna. Dzeramais ūdens. –Rīga, LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2007., 200 lpp | ||||||||
| 2 | F.R. Spellmam, J.E. Drinan. The Drinking Water Handbook. Second Edition. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012 | ||||||||
| 3 | V.Baltess. Pārtikas ķīmija.- Rīga, 1998., 479 lpp | ||||||||
| 4 | Guidlines for Drinking-Water Quality, World Health Organization,, Geneva, Vol.1, 2004.,515pp | ||||||||
| 5 | Standard Methods for examination of water and wastewater, USA, APHA, AWWA, WEF, 21st Ed., 2005 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | M.Kļaviņš, A.Zicmanis. Ūdeņu ķīmija.- Rīga , LU, 1998., 190 lpp | ||||||||
| 2 | K.Bambergs. Ģeoloģija un hidroģeoloģija.- Rīga, „Zvaigzne”, 1993., 224 lpp | ||||||||
| 3 | M.Kļaviņš, P.Cimdiņš. Ūdeņu kvalitāte un tās aizsardzība.- Rīga, LU, 2004., 208 lpp | ||||||||
| 4 | I.Karpoviča, V.Šidlovska. Ārstnieciskie minerālūdeņi. Materia Medica, 2000, Nr.1-3. | ||||||||
| 5 | T.R. Crompton. Toxicants in the Aqueous Ecosystem, England,1998.,382 pp | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Latvijas Republika. Saeimas likumi: „Pārtikas aprites uzraudzības likums”, „Par piesārņojumu” , „Par vides aizsardzību” | ||||||||
| 2 | LR MK Noteikumi Nr.269 „Higiēnas prasības pārtikas apritē”, Nr.118 „Noteikumi par virszemes un pazemes ūdeņu kvalitāti”, Nr.235 „Dzeramā ūdens obligātās nekaitīguma un kvalitātes prasības, monitoringa un kontroles kārtība”. | ||||||||
| 3 | Water Research. A journal of the International Water Association, IWA. | ||||||||
| 4 | Journal of Water Chemistry and Technology | ||||||||
