Curricular Unit:			Code:
Hydrology and Hydrological Analysis			843HAH
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
4	Master	Pharmaceutical Sciences	3 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Winter Semester		Portuguese/English	39
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
This course intents to sensitize students to the vital role that water plays in the health of the planetary ecosystem and biochemical processes of the organisms. Students should know the future restrictions that are imposed on the consumption of water mainly result from widespread anthropogenic contamination of ecosystems and known ongoing climate change. Students must meet the physicochemical and microbiological properties of water, not to mention the different types of water intended for human consumption and for laboratory and pharmaceutical purposes, their different ways of obtaining, their qualities and their different uses. Students must be able to perform a complete analytical process to a drinking water sample since the previous preparation of the laboratory equipment and consumables, sample collection, use of certified analytical methodologies, proper interpretation of the results and correct writing of an analytical report.
Syllabus:
Consequences of the physical and chemical proprieties of water in the cells, organisms and ecosystems. Drinking water as a limited natural resource. Water life cycle. Sources of natural and anthropogenic contamination of the water courses. Assessment of the water quality parameters, methodologies and legal values. Water and waste-water treatment. Some pathologies associated with consumption of contaminated water by representative classes of contaminants. European and national water laws. Effect of global changes in water resources.
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
Hydrology and Hydrologic Analysis is a common discipline in BSc degree within the scope of clinic analysis and public health. In preparing the syllabus of the course, it was took into consideration the acquisition of updated and relevant theoretical knowledge in the current scenario that is imposed on the consumption of drinking water, as we conceive it today, given the qualitative and quantitative limitations of this essential good, especially as result of widespread anthropogenic contamination of ecosystems and known ongoing climate change. It will be gave particular attention to the properties, analytical methods and quality criteria of drinking water, especially through the realization of standardized laboratory protocols to assess the quality of a sample of water intended for human consumption.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
Classes will be theoretical and laboratory sessions. Theoretical sessions will emphasize the acquisition of basic knowledge of the discipline through the use of various methods (lectures, conducting group work and discussion of scientific papers) within the scope of the drinking water resources. In laboratory classes students will assess the water quality by means of standardized organoleptic, chemical and microbiological analyzes. The evaluation of the acquisition of skills by the students in this course will be done by conducting written tests of theoretical and practical nature, always favoring the model of continuous assessment.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
The teacher will use adequate tools by taking into account the particular nature of each lesson. Theoretical sessions will focus on the acquisition, understanding and application of basic knowledge through classroom lessons in which the teacher with the support of multimedia devices will teach the discipline syllabus. The teacher will always play a role of facilitator and organizer of the contents, stimulating the active exchange with students. During the laboratory sessions students will assess a set of organoleptic, physico-chemical and microbiological parameters of water following a certified analytical methodology in which they will apply the knowledge acquired in the theoretical sessions. The student supervising outside of the classrooms will help the students to acquire the expected skills.
Reading:
1. Aga D. 2008. Fate of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment and in Water Treatment Systems. London: CRC Press 2. Ahuja S. 2013. Monitoring Water Quality: Pollution Assessment, Analysis, and Remediation. New York: Elsevier Science 3. Binnie C, Kimber M. 2013. Basic Water Treatment. London: ICE Publishing 4. Drinan J. 2000. Water and wastewater treatment: a guide for nonengineering professionals. London: CRC Press 5. Gray NF. 2008. Drinking water quality: problems and solutions. Dublin: Cambridge University Press 6. Mendes B, Oliveira JFS (2006) Qualidade da Água para Consumo Humano. Lisboa: Lidel 7. Selendy JMH. 2011. Water and Sanitation Related Diseases and the Environment: Challenges, Interventions and Preventive Measures. New York: John Wiley & Sons.