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Introduction to Hydrosphere

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0132/01
Abbreviation UDH
Course title Introduction to Hydrosphere
Credits 3
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Silvie Heviánková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Hydrosphere; water properties (physical, chemical, organoleptic); state.
2. Hydrological cycle - small and large; occurrence of water on Earth, distribution of water.
3. Surface waters, types (types of SW) and their characteristics.
4. Groundwater, types (types of GW) and their characteristics.
5. Hydrological balances.
6. Precipitation - distribution, measurement, atmospheric deposition. Rainwater management.
7. The impact of climate change on the hydrosphere. Anthropogenic influences on the hydrosphere.
8. Collection, treatment, transport, accumulation and supply of water, drainage and purification of waste water.
9. Waters of the seas and oceans - their properties, movements, pollution, reserves, possibilities of their treatment and use.
10. Drinking water, wastewater, mineral water, industrial, mining - definitions and basic characteristics.
11. Water as a strategic resource.
12. Water management companies and institutions operating in the Czech Republic, their importance and activities, web information portals.
13. Legislative regulations in the field of water and in the field of waste water, implementing regulations.

Literature

Laws, A. Aquatic Pollution: An Introductory Text (4th Edition). Wiley, 2017, 760 s. ISBN 978-1-119-30450-0 

Advised literature

EDZWALD, J. K. Water Quality & Treatment: A Handbook on Drinking Water. McGraw-Hill Education, 2010. ISBN 978-0071630115 
KRÁSNÝ, Jiří. Podzemní vody České republiky: regionální hydrogeologie prostých a minerálních vod. Praha: Česká geologická služba, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7075-797-0.
EDZWALD, J. K. Water Quality & Treatment: A Handbook on Drinking Water. McGraw-Hill Education, 2010. ISBN 978-0071630115