| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Number of ECTS Credits Allocated |
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| 546-0738/03 | Antropogennic Affects on Hydrosphere | 6 ECTS credits |
| Type of Course Unit | Compulsory |
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| Level of Course Unit | Second Cycle |
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| Year of Study | Second Year |
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| Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Winter Semester |
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
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| Language of Instruction | Czech |
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| Prerequisites and Co-Requisites | Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester |
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| Name of Lecturer(s) | Personal ID | Name |
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| SKR57 | Ing. Hana Škrobánková, Ph.D. |
| Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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| This subject informs students about global enviromental problems of hydrosphere, nowadays condition, evolution and changes in result of anthropogennic activity. |
| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
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| Common optional components are not offered, students of special interest can participate in departmental activities or can arrange consulting hours with lecturer. |
| Course Contents |
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1. Worldwide characteristic state of the hydrosphere - the problems of existing technological solutions.
2.Reasons and consequences of acidification of surface waters and methods of their evaluation.
3. Eutrophication (formation, causes and consequences, the possibility of removal), sensitive and vulnerable watershed.
4. Characteristic state of the hydrosphere on our planet - climate change. Greenhouse gases. The ozone hole. Rainforests. Forecasts.
5.Monitoring load basin (area, point and diffuse sources).
6.The influence of urbanization on the dynamics of groundwater flow and runoff conditions in the areas of urban agglomerations.
7.Observation and impact assessment of the total deposition and local resources to a square of POPs contamination in the waters (causes, behavior and possibility of their removal).
8. Causes and consequences of contamination of surface and groundwater inorganic and organic pollutants.
9. Summary most commonly used decontamination technologies used in the country.
10. Influence water management structures and systems in the hydrosphere
11. Protection aquatic ecosystems.
12. Management of Water Resources. |
| Recommended or Required Reading |
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| Required Reading: |
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Larsen and Gujer (1966): Separate Management of Anthropogenic Nutrient
Solution, Wat. Sci. Tech., Vol. 34 (3-4), pp. 87-94.
MOUSE, DHI (1998): User´s Manual.
Akan, A.O. (1993): Urban stormwater hydrology. Technomic Publishing Co. Inc.
Using Statistical Methods for Water Quality Management: Issues, Problems and
Solutions
Graham B. McBride, John Wiley
ISBN: 0-471-47016-3
Hardcover
344 pages
May 2005
Lancaster, Basel |
Bečvář V. a kol.: Současnost a výhled vodohospodářského plánování. VUV TGM
Praha, Práce a studie č. 194/1998.
Synáčková M. (1996): Čistota vod. Praha. ČVUT, 208 s.
Kender J., Novotná D. (1999) Revitalizace říčních systémů. MŽP ČR.
Holoubek I. (1999): Chemie životního prostředí I. TOCOEN, s.r.o. Brno.
RIWA (1996,1997): Critical loads in surface water. Manual for evaluation of
critical loads.
World Resources 2000-2001.People and Ecosystems. Zpráva o světových zdrojích.
Rozvojový program OSN. Elsevier Science. ISBN 1-56973-443-7.
Hladný J. a kol.: Dopady a možné změny klimatu na hydrologii a vodní zdroje v
ČR. ČHMÚ Praha 1996.
Nachárek K., Patera A., Přenosilová E., Toman M.: Vodohospodářské soustavy.
ČVUT-FS Praha 1997.
Přenosilová E., Kos Z.: Změna klimatu a její důsledky pro vodní hospodářství.
Vodní hospodářství č. 8, 1996.
Rychlíková B.: Průmysl a životní prostředí. Ostravská univerzita 1994.
www.eea.eu.int/
www.epa.gov
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RIWA (1996,1997): Critical loads in surface water. Manual for evaluation of
critical loads.
www.epa.gov |
| Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Lectures, Seminars, Project work |
| Assesment methods and criteria |
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| Task Title | Task Type | Maximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks) | Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing |
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| Exercises evaluation and Examination | Exercises evaluation and Examination | 100
(100) | 51 |
| Exercises evaluation | Exercises evaluation | 33
(33) | 0 |
| Project | Project | 18
| 0 |
| Other task type | Other task type | 15
| 0 |
| Examination | Examination | 67
(67) | 0 |
| Written examination | Written examination | 50
| 0 |
| Oral | Oral | 17
| 0 |
| Work placement(s) |
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| Course does not contain work placement. |
