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Course Plan

Basic Course Information

  • Course credits: 3hp (+2 optional hp)
  • Education level: Third cycle
  • Grade: Fail/Pass; U/G
  • Subject: Organic micropollutants in urban stormwater and wastewater systems
  • Swedish name: Organiska mikroföroreningar i dag- och avloppsvattensystem
  • Entry requirements: This course is open to PhD students and interested members of the water sector with sufficient knowledge. 
  • Course examiner: Associate professor Per Falås

Course Aims

At the end of the course you should be able to:

  • Define micropollutants, their sources and the systemic nature of environmental contamination by organic contaminants.
  • Select and discuss appropriate research methods for working with organic micropollutants (sampling, blanks, chemical and ecotoxicological analyses, statistical analysis of data sets with many non-detects).
  • Discuss the environmental fate of organic micropollutants based on their physical chemical properties.
  • Interpret concentrations of organic contaminants in terms of regulatory and ecological thresholds for toxicity.
  • Describe and evaluate methods for treating organic micropollutants in urban stormwater and wastewater (green stormwater infrastructures, biological treatment, ozonation, activated carbon).

Course Content

The course gives the fundamental knowledge of organic micropollutants in stormwater and wastewater and basic concepts applied in analysis of trace substances. The course also provides information about removal technologies and regulatory framework related to organic micropollutants.

Course Activities

Lectures, seminars, exercises to work with micropollutant data, calculation exercises on micropollutant treatment. 3 days with physical meetings and seminars. Follow-up meeting(s) on-line. Study visits included.

  • Examination: grading scale of pass/fail.
  • The examination is based on one assignment (plus an optional assignment for two additional ECTS). The participant must attend all scheduled course activities and actively participate in discussions. 

Course Teachers

  • Per Falås – per [dot] falas [at] ple [dot] lth [dot] se (per[dot]falas[at]ple[dot]lth[dot]se)
  • Kelsey Flanagan – kelsey [dot] flanagan [at] ltu [dot] se (kelsey[dot]flanagan[at]ltu[dot]se)
  • Michael Cimbritz – michael [dot] cimbritz [at] ple [dot] lth [dot] se (michael[dot]cimbritz[at]ple[dot]lth[dot]se)
     

 

Last updated: 14 Apr 2026 | babs [dot] kunle [at] tvrl [dot] lth [dot] se