Water and Wastewater Technology

Basic and specific knowledge in the field of drinkable and technological waters management, as well as the comprehension of preparation procedures for potable and technological waters. Understanding of wastewater and wastewater sludge management and treatment procedures. Knowledge to calculate and design treatment procedures.

Prior knowledge of some chapters in chemistry, physics, biology and instrumental methods is needed.

• The protection and preparation of drinking water; the source of drinking water (underground/surface water); the measures for increasing quantity and improving quality of raw water.
• The preparation of technological water; general parameters of water quality.
• Water supply and draining of wastewater (water supply and wastewater from urban and rural settlements).
• Wastewater treatment: the municipal wastewater treatment procedures; mechanical wastewater treatment procedures, chemical wastewater treatment procedures, advanced and combined wastewater treatment procedures; anaerobic and aerobic treatment
• Wastewater sludge management.
• Advanced treatment procedures: algae technology, microbiological fuel cells, electrochemical processes, advanced oxidation processes…

• Understanding of drinking water quality.
• Understanding of technological water quality.
• Understanding of different drinking and technological water preparation procedures.
• Acquired knowledge to understand the water quality and to use the appropriate treatment procedures regarding technological, environmental and economic needs and demands.
• Calculating several wastewater treatment procedures, mass and energy balances

Written examination (50%), Seminar work (20%), Calcualtion and design report (30%)

Associate professor in the field of environmental protection at University of Nova Gorica.
Experiences in research and development in the field of environmental technology

Main references by impact factor:

• PANJICKO, Mario, ZUPANČIČ, Gregor Drago, FANEDL, Lijana, MARINŠEK-LOGAR, Romana, TIŠMA, Marina, ZELIĆ, Bruno. Biogas production from brewery spent grain as a mono-substrate in a two-stage process composed of solid-state anaerobic digestion and granular biomass reactors. Journal of cleaner production, ISSN 0959-6526. [Print ed.], nov. 2017, vol. 166, str. 519-529, ilustr., doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.07.197. [COBISS.SI-ID 4876283], [JCR, SNIP, WoS up to 27. 10. 2017: no. of citations (TC): 0, without self-citations (CI): 0, Scopus up to 30. 9. 2017: no. of citations (TC): 0, pure citations (CI): 0]

• ZUPANČIČ, Gregor Drago, ŠKRJANEC, Igor, MARINŠEK-LOGAR, Romana. Anaerobic co-digestion of excess brewery yeast in a granular biomass reactor to enhance the production of biomethane. Bioresource technology, ISSN 0960-8524. [Print ed.], 2012, vol. 124, str. 328-337, ilustr., doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.08.064. [COBISS.SI-ID 3102344], [JCR, SNIP, WoS up to 26. 11. 2017: no. of citations (TC): 16, without self-citations (CI): 12, Scopus up to 27. 10. 2017: no. of citations (TC): 18, pure citations (CI): 15]

• KALUŽA, Leon, ŠUŠTARŠIČ, Matej, RUTAR, Vera, ZUPANČIČ, Gregor Drago. The re-use of Waste-Activated Sludge as part of a "zero-sludge" strategy for wastewater treatments in the pulp and paper industry. Bioresource technology, ISSN 0960-8524. [Print ed.], 2014, vol. 151, str. 137-143, doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.10.041. [COBISS.SI-ID 2945275], [JCR, SNIP, WoS up to 24. 9. 2017: no. of citations (TC): 8, without self-citations (CI): 7, Scopus up to 26. 10. 2017: no. of citations (TC): 11, pure citations (CI): 10]

• ZUPANČIČ, Gregor Drago, ROŠ, Milenko. Aerobic and two-stage anaerobic-aerobic sludge digestion with pure oxygen and air aeration. Bioresource technology, ISSN 0960-8524. [Print ed.], 2008, vol. 99, no. 1, str. 100-109. [COBISS.SI-ID 3642394], [JCR, SNIP, WoS up to 17. 9. 2017: no. of citations (TC): 24, without self-citations (CI): 23, Scopus up to 31. 8. 2017: no. of citations (TC): 36, pure citations (CI): 35]

• ZUPANČIČ, Gregor Drago, JEMEC KOKALJ, Anita. Anaerobic digestion of tannery waste : semi-continuous and anaerobic sequencing batch reactor processe. Bioresource technology, ISSN 0960-8524. [Print ed.], 2010, vol. 101, no. 1, str. 26-33 [COBISS.SI-ID 4220698], [JCR, SNIP, WoS up to 19. 11. 2017: no. of citations (TC): 27, without self-citations (CI): 27, Scopus up to 23. 11. 2017: no. of citations (TC): 38, pure citations (CI): 38]

• ZUPANČIČ, Gregor Drago, STRAŽIŠČAR, Matej, ROŠ, Milenko. Treatment of brewery slurry in thermophilic anaerobic sequencing batch reactor. Bioresource technology, ISSN 0960-8524. [Print ed.], 2007, vol. 98, no. 14, str. 2714-2722. [COBISS.SI-ID 3622938], [JCR, SNIP, WoS up to 13. 8. 2017: no. of citations (TC): 14, without self-citations (CI): 11, Scopus up to 23. 10. 2017: no. of citations (TC): 18, pure citations (CI): 16]

• CUKJATI, Nevenka, ZUPANČIČ, Gregor Drago, ROŠ, Milenko, GRILC, Viktor. Composting of anaerobic sludge : an economically feasible element of a sustainable sewage sludge management. Journal of environmental management, ISSN 0301-4797, 2012, vol. 106, str. 48-55. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030147971200182X. [COBISS.SI-ID 4943130], [JCR, SNIP, WoS up to 19. 4. 2017: no. of citations (TC): 8, without self-citations (CI): 8, Scopus up to 25. 6. 2017: no. of citations (TC): 10, pure citations (CI): 10]

• ZUPANČIČ, Gregor Drago, URANJEK ŽEVART, Nataša, ROŠ, Milenko. Full-scale anaerobic co-digestion of organic waste and municipal sludge. Biomass & bioenergy, ISSN 0961-9534. [Print ed.], 2008, vol. 132, issue 2, str. 162-167. [COBISS.SI-ID 3900442], [JCR, SNIP, WoS up to 23. 10. 2017: no. of citations (TC): 54, without self-citations (CI): 54, Scopus up to 21. 7. 2017: no. of citations (TC): 64, pure citations (CI): 64]