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Terminated in academic year 2013/2014

Hydrogeology and Drainage of Opencast and Underground Mines

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 542-0744/01
Abbreviation HGF
Course title Hydrogeology and Drainage of Opencast and Underground Mines
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Mining Engineering and Safety
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Petr Žůrek, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Hydrosphere and water in the rocks. Basic concepts of groundwater hydraulics.
2. Hydraulic properties of underground fluids. Physical, sensory and chemical properties of groundwater. Hydrochemical classification of groundwater.
3. Properties and characteristics of water-bearing systems.
4. Darcy law of filtration and the basics of groundwater flow. Geohydrodynamické systems with loose and tight surface. The constant flow. Hydrodynamic tests. Groundwater regime.
5. Applied hydrogeology and its tasks. HG mineral exploration materials and tasks in their mining hydrogeology.
6. Protection of groundwater quality. overview of legislation and standards.
7. Hydrogeological and hydrological conditions of coal, ore and non-metalliferous deposits CR. 8th Sources of the break groundwater and surface water, mine water.
9. Workplace protection against break out to deeper water. mines and quarries.
10. Ensuring safety in the areas of water-bearing horizons, dissipation. wells and barriers.
11. Design of drainage systems in underground mines and quarries, CDV.

Literature

B.A. Kennedy.: Surface Mining - 2nd ed.. - Littleton : Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, c1990 - xi, 1194 s. : il., mapy ISBN 0-87335-102-9 (váz.)978-0-87335-102-7

Advised literature

HORNBERGER, G.M., RAFFENSPERGER, J.P., WIBERG, P.L., ESHLEMAN, K.N. Elements of Physical Hydrology. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998, 388 s. ISBN 978-1-421-41373-0 .
Mine Water and the Environment, Journal of the International Mine Water Association (IMWA), ISSN: 1025-9112  (Print) 1616-1068 (Online)