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Properties and composition of waters

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0075/02
Abbreviation VSV
Course title Properties and composition of waters
Credits 3
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Silvie Heviánková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Physical properties of water, water molecule structure, changes of state, solubility of substances in water.
2. Physico-chemical properties of water, electrolytic conductivity, oxidation-reduction potential, pH. Organoleptic properties of water.
3. General composition of water, expressing water composition, colloidal substances in water.
4. Metals in water, lithium, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, their properties, and significance.
5. Heavy metals in water, occurrence, their properties, and significance.
6. Non-metals in water, halogens, sulfur compounds, phosphorus, and nitrogen.
7. Carbon dioxide and its ionized forms, carbonate-bicarbonate equilibrium.
8. Organic substances in water, BOD, COD, AOX, NEL.
9. Phenols, humic substances, surfactants, and pesticides in water.
10. Water microbiology, microbiological indicators of pollution, water supply hydrobiology.
11. Atmospheric, surface, and groundwater - characteristics.
12. Drinking and operational water - characteristics, quality requirements.
13. Wastewater - industrial, sewage, municipal, seepage; mine waters - characteristics.

Literature

Water Treatment Handbook. SUEZ Degrémont, 2007, 1904 s. ISBN 978-2-7430-0970-0 

Advised literature

TWORK, A. a kol. Water Treatment and Water Supply. London: IWA Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-340-72018-l