ATHENS – Environmental Technology

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY

16 - 20 November 2026

The Department of Water Technology and Environmental Engineering (DWTEE) and the Department of Environmental Chemistry regularly provides an Advanced Technology Higher Education Network (ATHENS) course called Environmental Technology. This course is organized by the Czech Technical University in Prague.

The course takes place every autumn and is one week long. You can apply for participation via  official ATHENS web page. For more information you can contact education program coordinator Pavla Šmejkalová.

Information for Participants

The main goals of the course are to

• present selected technological methods used in environmental protection
• summarize basic principles of environmental technology in water and wastewater treatment, water and soil contamination removal and solid waste treatment
• study the fundamentals of biochemical transformations of pollutants
• discuss economical, energetical and social aspects of environmental protection
• analyse the main problems of environmental protection in the Czech Republic and EU

Lectures

• Biological Wastewater Treatment as a Part of Environmental Protection in the Czech Republic    
• Physico-Chemical Processes for Wastewater Treatment 
• Environmental Pollution and the Czech Republic
• Drinking Water Treatment and Quality
• Life Cycle Assessment - Environmental Assessment of Products

Case studies

• Microbiology and Hydrobiology in Water Technology
• Physico-Chemical Processees for Water Treatment
• The Labe Chemical Works - an Environmental Investigation

Excursion

• Old Wastewater Treatment Plant - national historic landmark

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