Water is a natural resource which is essential to the survival of our planet. Learn how to manage its distribution in urban areas and develop new proposals to introduce in the sector” 

Everyone agrees that water is an essential resource and for this reason, since long ago, efforts have been made to guarantee a safe, relaible and, above all, high-quality supply is available. Economic investment in this sector has increased in recent years, a factor which has led to the need for support from trained professionals who know and understand how this vital liquid is processed, distributed and reused.

This advanced master’s degree is a unique opportunity to give students the chance to deepen their understanding of water management and urban waste services. A review will be carried out of everything related to the water cycle in urban areas and the measures which have been adopted by the sector to ensure responsible consumption. All of this is marked by the 2030 Agenda, a proposal which was signed by the member states of the United Nations that aims to move the world towards a sustainable and environmentally friendly society.  

This is essential nowadays, due to the increasing scarcity and the decrease in the quality of the water available to us. As a result, urban areas are constantly in need of a better water supply and, in order to achieve this, the engineers in charge must be trained and specialized with a clear understanding of the new hydraulic pump proposals, which must be built appropriately monitored in unique stations.  

This program will also be of great interest due to its extensive coverage of urban waste management, a necessity brought about as a result of the waste which is produced in cities, such as debris, plastics, organic matter etc. Students will learn all about how the classification system works according to the regulations, its effects on public health, the importance of reducing how much waste is produced and the innovative digitization of refuse by organizations (based on Deep Learning). 

Students who enrol on this advanced master’s degree in Water and Urban Waste Services Engineering will acquire the necessary skills to improve their professional profile, becoming engineers who are fully capable of working anywhere in the world. This qualification will allow them to professionaly promote technological, social or cultural progress within a knowledge-based society, following sustainable precepts. 

The 2030 Agenda has been adhered to in recent years in order to ensure the responsible use of water in modern society" 

This advanced master’s degree in Water and Urban Waste Services Engineering contains the most complete and up-to-date educational program on the market. The most important features include:

• Practical case studies presented by expert engineers in the Water and Urban Waste Services 
• The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice 
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning 
• Special emphasis on innovative methodologies in engineering  
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments 
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection 

Use a water balance in order to determine which regulatory measures should be implemented in resource management" 

The teaching staff includes professionals from the engineering sector, who bring their experience to this training program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities. 

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive training experience designed to train for real-life situations. 

This program is designed around Problem Based Learning, whereby the student must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the course. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts. 

This advanced master’s degree will increase your chances of participating in international projects which distribute water all over the world"

Water is a precious commodity that must be cared for. Collaborate with the best companies in the industry to create more sustainable measures"

The main objective of this advanced master’s degree is to provide students with the fundamental skills to learn how water distribution, maintenance and reuse services are carried out in urban areas, as well as the correct management and classification of waste  a factor that can compromise the quality of this vital liquid. In this way, they will be capable of taking on national and international projects that seek to bring water to areas that are difficult to access. 

Learn how to use tools such as hydrodynamic simulation to facilitate the design of a pumping system" 

General objectives

• Deepen understanding of key aspects of urban water services engineering integral water cycle departments 
• Manage distribution and sanitation departments 
• Know how to manage water treatment, desalination and purification plants 
• Be able to manage the technical and research office of companies in the sector 
• Master a strategic vision of the subject matter 
• Have a solid understanding in order to coordinate concessions and administrative relations 
• Acquire skills relative to the implementation of urban water systems 
• Be able to apply the latest technological innovations in order to establish optimal management of the service 
• Know the latest applicable legislation that supports waste management and water engineering, allowing the student to know the legal instruments used in environmental management 
• Apply the circular economy in water and waste management systems to quantify the economic and environmental impact of water and waste reuse and revaluation improvements in the organization through appropriate tools and methodologies 
• Address the relationship between water and the environment and describe the physicochemical processes involved in a wastewater treatment plant, enabling the student to design equipment for a wastewater treatment plant 
• Deepen understanding of the different energy carriers such as biogas or hydrogen in its molecular form (H2) for its subsequent energy use, allowing the student to make designs based on hydrogen or biogas 
• Acquire the knowledge of chemistry related to its function, composition, structure and reactivity, in order to understand its importance in the life cycle and in the other fields that concern it 
• Understand the processes involved in the potabilization of water for human and industrial consumption, as well as the analytical methods and management that control it considering the costs in the service of drinking water 
• Provide the student with the knowledge to identify waste, classify it and understand its flow 
• Know the characteristics of waste and the problems involved in its management and final treatment 
• Identify the origin of urban or municipal waste and the evolution in its production 
• Gain key knowledge of the potential health and environmental effects of municipal waste and landfill issues 
• Know the main digital technologies available in municipal solid waste management 
• Further the optimal management of industrial waste, mainly through minimization at source and by recycling by-products 
• Know the most relevant aspects of industrial waste and the environmental legislation applicable to the management of industrial waste together with the procedure for the correct management of industrial waste and its obligations as a producer 
• Master the latest industrial waste treatment and disposal techniques 
• Optimize industrial waste management through the use of waste minimization techniques 
• Know the types of hazardous waste generated depending on the sector and the existing recovery options, providing the student with the ability to develop waste management plans and carry out environmental awareness activities in different sectors 

Specific objectives

• Deepen understanding of the concept of water footprint in order to be able to implement reduction policies in an urban water service 
• Understand the problem of water stress in cities 
• Influence stakeholders related to the integral water cycle to improve the position of the student's organization 
• Guide the student's professional activity towards the achievement of the Water objective in the 2030 Agenda 
• Characterize water catchments in order to manage them in a sustainable manner 
• Use a water balance to influence the adoption of regulatory measures in resource management 
• Establish monitoring systems to prevent contingency situations 
• Learn in detail about the possibilities that full connectivity between devices offers for water resource management 
• Complete sizing of a water pumping station  
• Select the most suitable electromechanical equipment for the needs of a water lifting system 
• Analyze novel hydrodynamic simulation tools that facilitate the successful design of a pumping system prior to commissioning 
• Be able to apply the latest technological innovations to establish state-of-the-art management of pumping stations 
• Understand in detail the seawater osmotization process to diagnose the causes of deviations from process standards 
• Make an exhaustive analysis of the most important equipment of a desalination plant to know how to allocate the appropriate resources in the event of an incident in any of them 
• Integrally manage the operation of a seawater desalination plant 
• Identify the possibilities for energy savings in a desalination plant in order to improve the economic performance of a concession 
• Quickly identify the problems associated with a supply network based on the design typology of the network itself 
• Diagnose the deficiencies of an existing network based on the most important operating parameters With the possibility of capturing it in the most widely used simulation software in the sector, such as EPANET 
• Be able to elaborate and supervise a preventive and corrective maintenance plan for the drinking water distribution network 
• Control the revenues and costs of a supply system to maximize the economic performance of an administrative concession 
• Obtain a strategic vision of the importance of sanitation networks within the integral water cycle 
• Gain in-depth knowledge of the elements of the sewage network to act with discretion when making decisions in the event of failures 
• Identify the main problems of wastewater pumping stations to optimize their operation 
• Analyze the main IT tools related to a sanitation system such as GIS and SWWM 
• Provide an overview of the importance of drinking water treatment in a water treatment plant 
• Deepen understanding of the treatments that intervene in the potabilization processes in order to effectively detect the origin of the problem in the event of non-compliant water analysis at the plant outlet 
• Minimize the cost of water production by optimizing the resources available in a water treatment plant 
• Acquire the competences related to a site manager in the implementation of wastewater treatment plants, the most relevant ones being: Order management, subcontracting coordination and budget control 
• Deepen understanding of the design criteria, as well as the most relevant aspects to take into account during the execution of the work in the main stages of a wastewater treatment plant  
• Know in detail the commercial software for the elaboration of budgets and work certifications for the client 
• Gain detailed knowledge of the current regulatory framework on water reclamation and its possible uses, as well as why it is necessary to implement water reuse policies 
• Deepen undertsanding of the available treatments to enable water reuse 
• Analyze examples of projects already carried out in order to extrapolate them for the student's needs 
• Understand the need for the implementation of different process sensors in an urban water system 
• Select the most suitable flow measurement technologies for each application  
• Make a general projection of the appropriate metering devices for a general urban water service 
• Acquire knowledge of environmental law at the community, state and regional levels 
• Have an up-to-date repository of legislation to ensure proper compliance with applicable regulations 
• Know the necessary procedures for the figures of waste producer and manager 
• Understand the requirements of the different environmental management systems, ISO 14001 and EMAS 
• Gain in-depth knowledge of the circular economy for its strategic implementation through proposals for efficient and sustainable use of water and the revaluation of waste and by-products 
• Measure through life cycle analysis, eco-design and zero discharge tools the environmental impact of products and/or processes in order to develop improvement plans capable of becoming benchmark success stories 
• Know the criteria of green public procurement and the innovative public procurement tool to address and meet proposals from public administrations 
• Establish environmental accounting to quantify and classify proposed improvements and environmental costs and integrate them into the organization's accounting 
• Know the process steps of a wastewater treatment plant 
• Design equipment such as tanks, piping, pumps, compressors and heat exchangers, as well as specific WWTP equipment dedicated to sedimentation or flotation 
• Study biological processes and associated technologies such as biofilters, aerobic digesters or activated sludge digesters 
• Understand technologies for nitrogen and phosphorus removal 
• Study low-cost purification technologies such as lagooning and green filtering 
• Learn more about the production, conditioning, storage and utilization of biogas 
• Analyze the global energy landscape, as well as other energy solutions based on renewable energies 
• Understand the hydrogen economy 
• Study fuel cells for the production of electrical energy from hydrogen 
• Discuss in detail the water molecule, structure, states of aggregation, chemical bonds, and physical and chemical properties 
• Study the reactivity of the water molecule in organic and inorganic reactions 
• Address the great importance of this molecule as a universal solvent in the cycle of life, also dealing with the main thermodynamic laws 
• Deepen understanding of the different water purification processes and know the components that determine its quality as drinking water 
• Delve into the types and effects of contamination in drinking water, in order to subsequently study the processes of drinking water treatment 
• Compare the different equipment used in water purification 
• Study the methods of water analysis to confirm its drinkability 
• Understand the role of water in different industrial processes in order to learn how to manage it as a resource 
• Gain in-depth understanding of the economic considerations and costs of drinking water services in order to establish relevant actions in the face of freshwater scarcity and aligned with the strategies set out in the 2030 Agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 
• Know how to identify waste 
• Identify and differentiate between the different types of waste that exist 
• Understand from a practical point of view the different management options available for different waste streams 
• Be able to propose different treatment schemes according to waste characteristics 
• Deepen knowledge of the existing problems related to waste production 
• Analyze the evolution of waste production by origin and type of waste 
• Know how to analyze and assess the health and environmental impact of waste management 
• Propose measures to reduce, recycle and reuse the waste generated 
• Propose landfill management and restoration models 
• Gain in-dpeth knowledge of the latest digital technologies available in municipal solid waste management 
• Know how to propose internal waste management models 
• Gain knowledge of the development and evaluation of waste management plans 
• Have the ability to reduce industrial waste through the use of by-product bags 
• Identify and understand the market for waste as a secondary raw material 
• Perform an in-depth breakdown of the obligations of waste producers according to their sector 
• Analyze the type of waste generated by different activities 
• Acquire transversal skills necessary for work performance in the new cultural frameworks of the current productive system 
• Know how to manage waste, mainly hazardous waste, applying the regulations that regulate it 
• Deepen knowledge of the valorization methods 
• Develop environmental awareness activities 

Urban waste is a source of pollution that must be contained. Develop a viable strategy using the methods outined in the 2030 Agenda"