Water Management

1. Basic concepts in water supply engineering, history and current state of water supply.
2. Water demand, calculation of water requirements for different purposes (population, industry, agriculture, and fire protection). Water demand variability and water planning.
3. Groundwater sources, abstraction and intake structures (horizontal, vertical, and combined intake structures). Surface water abstraction (intake structures in running waters and reservoir intake structures).
4. Water supply system concepts – classification of water supply systems by purpose. Vertical and spatial layout of water supply networks and territorial scope of water supply systems.
5. Rainwater utilization, increasing the yield of water sources (transfers, infiltration), and protection zones.
6. Basics of network hydraulics, pressure flow in pipes, pressure losses, and pressure zones. Hydraulic calculations in water distribution networks.
7. Water network structures, fittings, water meters, and house connections.
8. Water storage, water reservoirs (types, equipment, location, construction, storage volume calculation).
9. Pipe materials for water supply networks and their requirements (metallic – grey cast iron, ductile iron, steel; non-metallic – PVC, PE, PP, fiberglass, asbestos cement).
10. Water transport by pumping, pumps and pumping stations, protection against water hammer.
11. Design and construction of water supply networks. Pressure testing and corrosion protection.
12. Operational and monitoring activities (operational records), repair of malfunctions, and water losses in the pipeline network.
13. The Act on Water Supply and Sewerage Systems for Public Use and related regulations; the rights and obligations of the operator; and the jurisdiction and authority of public administration bodies.