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Terminated in academic year 2023/2024

Water Protection

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0386/02
Abbreviation OV
Course title Water Protection
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Silvie Drabinová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Water protection, purpose and importance, general water protection, legal protection of water in the Czech Republic.
2. Water Act, purpose and object of the Act, basic obligations for water management. Use of surface waters for navigation.
3. Permission, statement and consent as an instrument of water protection. Permission to construct a water works.
4. Water works, types of water works, TBD obligations, operating and handling schedules.
5. Protection of water conditions and water resources, groundwater (PDOAV, master plan, sensitive and vulnerable areas).
6. Water resource protection zones, surface water used for bathing and fish life support.
7. Protection of water quantity and water quality, wastewater, types of wastewater, conditions for discharge (emission standards, volume measurement).
8. Pollutants in water, nature of pollution, particularly hazardous substances according to the Water Act.
9. Water planning, flood protection, drought and water scarcity management.
10. Management of hazardous substances, details of emergency plans, accidents and their disposal.
11. Accidental deterioration of water quality, oil pollution, methods of remediation.
12. Water balance and its compilation. Surface and groundwater conditions.
13. Performance of state administration in water protection, Czech Environmental Inspectorate, offences and administrative offences.

Literature

SYNÁČKOVÁ, M. Čistota vod. Prague: CTU, 1994. ISBN 80-01-0183-X
Valid technical standards (ČSN, TNV, ČSN-EN, ČSN-ISO), valid conceptual materials in the field of water planning
FILDÁN, Z. Handbook for the environment: Chemical substances and preparations, prevention of major accidents, waste management, use and protection of water, air protection, packaging management, integrated prevention - EMS (ISO 14001). Tachov: Envi Group, 2016
METCALF, L., H. P. EDDY and G. TCHOBANOGLOUS. Wastewater Engineering: Treatment, Disposal, and Reuse. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004, 1819 pp. ISBN 007124140X 

Advised literature

Czech Laws in English, 254/2001 Sb.,
Czech Environmental Regulations