Postgraduate modules
Postgraduate Module in Drinking Water Production
Online 
April, 2024
Online
April, 2024 
The Online Postgraduate Module in Drinking Water Production is a technical course that provides the following skills and knowledge knowledge and skills required for advanced drinking water management (catchment and treatment) and for the design and efficient operation of drinking water treatment plants.
Thus, participants will be able to optimizing resources with joint surface and groundwater managementas well as efficient design and management of drinking water treatment plantsThe water quality is determined by understanding the operation and maintenance strategies and taking into account the parameters - physical, chemical and microbiological - that guarantee the quality of drinking water.
The postgraduate modules are developed in the online training environment of the Water School, accessible by username and password. All of them follow the online pedagogical modelThe program is supported at all times by an expert teacher and a dynamic tutor.
The credits passed are curricular in the case of wishing to take the postgraduate or master's degrees of the online itinerary.
Modular itinerary: your path to a master's degree
This postgraduate module is part of the Itinerary in Water Technology and Management, which allows a path of professional development: you start a module with the possibility of extending it to a postgraduate or master's degree.
This postgraduate module is part of the Itinerary in Water Technology and ManagementThis allows a path of professional development: you start a module with the possibility of extending it to a Postgraduate or Master's Degree.
Access requirements
Program open to all those who wish to obtain the technical knowledge described in the academic program. It is recommended (not mandatory) to have scientific-technical or engineering studies, or professional experience. No previous university degree is required to participate in this postgraduate module. Participants who pass the program will receive an accredited diploma from the Water School and credit recognition from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC).
Modular itinerary: your path to a master's degree
This postgraduate module is part of the Itinerary in Water Technology and Management, which allows a path of professional development: you start a module with the possibility of extending it to a postgraduate or master's degree.
Aspects to consider
If you later wish to extend this qualification to a postgraduate or master's degree in order to obtain the corresponding degree, it is necessary to have an official university degree or a university degree equivalent to a degree, diploma or bachelor's degree. Otherwise, a certificate of completion issued by the UPC Foundation will be obtained.
All physical, chemical and microbiological parameters that can influence water quality. The most common contaminants, possible diseases and the necessary sampling plan to guarantee the quality of water for human consumption according to current legislation.
Complete knowledge of groundwater management and groundwater abstraction within the existing hydrogeological context.
It analyzes the use of groundwater by means of vertical wells, from the initial phase of the location of the catchment, through the construction design, and finally the development of one of the most common techniques for the protection of catchments of this type: the establishment of perimeters.
This credit provides all the knowledge necessary to size a drinking water treatment plant, from the design of the catchment to the functional definition of all the treatment stages to which the water will be subjected in order to meet the desired quality parameters.
In this credit, membrane treatments, their purpose and operation are explained. The different types of membranes, their classification, their layout scheme and design parameters are presented in order to be able to simulate a treatment system using software.
This credit explains how the operation of a drinking water treatment plant is carried out through the different practices for each unitary process, the parameters that need to be controlled in the process and how these elements affect the water quality at the end of this operation. Likewise, different anomalous situations that can be found in the usual operation are identified and developed, and guidelines are defined to be able to continue with the operation in these cases.
This credit is intended to convey a method to facilitate decision making in water treatment plant management. It presents the criteria for personnel management, process optimization, automation requirements, as well as activity control parameters, management systems and cost elimination.
This credit focuses on aquifers and the fundamentals of hydrological and hydrogeological management and planning, in order to present the joint, coordinated and integrated use of surface and groundwater resources, both at the public and private operator level.
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The teaching team is made up of UPC faculty and specialist professionals from Agbar and the sector.The course is designed to ensure the practicality and functional applicability of the contents covered.
To facilitate success in the learning process from start to finish:
Degree in Biology from the University of Salamanca (2001). Postgraduate degree in Potabilization, Purification and Alternative Resources from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) (2012)..
He began his professional career in 2001 and is dedicated to the integral water cycle. He has managed drinking water treatment plants (DWTP) and the drinking water control laboratory in Hellín, in the province of Albacete. In 2002 he moved to the province of Segovia and started to work in the area as head of operations for the Mancomunidad Río Eresma. In 2004, he was also in charge of technical support for several wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) in the Segovia-Valladolid area.
From 2012 to the present, she has been responsible for Production and Purification in the Segovia-Valladolid area, where she coordinates and supervises the processes in the different plants, controls the operation and maintenance of the facilities and prepares the analytical control plans for the farms in the area.
A unique technical and management training experience
The methodology and support resources are designed to facilitate autonomous, flexible and practice-oriented learning.
The innovative didactic treatment of the materials is based on the resolution of CHALLENGES based on the real professional challenges that you will have to face during your professional life.
First we present you with the challenge that you will have to solve and with which you can face in reality; then you can access the transmedia content to find your solution; finally, you must deliver your solution that you can contrast with the solution proposed by the expert.
You will also have the support of a dynamic community of peers, a faculty of experts, and your academic tutor who will accompany you from the beginning.
Challenges and other content are presented through different transmedia formats:
Minireportajes, interviews, contests, news, last minute...
Reports in audiovisual format and resources that complement the content in a didactic way.
Knowledge in a journalistic, entertaining and dynamic language.
Annotations, tips, reviews highlighting what really applies in the professional world.
If you are interested in the program, we invite you to enter the training environment of the Water School.
You will receive the access codes and you will be able to see first-hand what the environment is like, samples of the innovative teaching materials and contact your academic advisor who will guide you and answer any questions you may have.
There are possibilities to pay the tuition in installments, as well as agreements with financial institutions that offer special conditions to students.
If you belong to any of these groups, identify yourself when formalizing your registration so that the corresponding reduction can be applied.
The Water School makes available to professionals two study grants that will cover the 50% of the registration fee for the Master in Water Technology and Management, valued at €7,200.
Download the program bases here to be able to consult all the required information and present your candidacy for admisiones@laescueladelagua.com, indicating in the subject of the message "PRESENTATION OF CANDIDACY FOR EXCELLENCE PROGRAM"
The period to submit the candidacy is starts on December 28, 2023 and ends the February 21, 2024.
We promote the training levels of professionals in the water sector and therefore offer an additional bonus of 10% in the tuition fee for any of the programs in the online itinerary of the School of Water.
This discount is open to all those who can prove nationality and residence in Peru, Colombia, Chile, Mexico or Ecuador.
HOW TO PROCEED? At the time of registration, in the section "Do you have any assistance" choose the option "10% of subsidized group" and send us a digital copy of your passport and certificate of census registration or other document proving your habitual residence.
If you meet any of the following conditions, we offer you a discount on the registration fee:
If you are unemployed, you have a 20% bonus on the total amount of the program.
You must present the Status Certificate issued by the SEPE (INEM).
If you are registered as self-employed, you have a 15% bonus on the total amount of the program.
You must present the last 3 receipts of the self-employed quota.
If you are a member of a large family you have a bonus of 5% total amount of the program.
If you belong to any of these groups, identify yourself at the time of registration so that the 15% discount reduction can be applied to you (not cumulative).
April 2024
3.5 months - 175 hours
7 ECTS
Spanish
1025€
Online
Participants who pass the program will receive an accredited diploma from the Water School with credit recognition by the UPC. The credits taken will be recognized as credits that can be taken as part of the Postgraduate or Master's Degrees of the Online Water Technology and Management itinerary.
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+34 616 778 523 
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