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Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Water Protection

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0409/05
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 and special water protection, legal protection of water in the Czech Republic.
2. Water Act, purpose and subject of the law, basic duties for water management, general water management, use of water for navigation.
3. Surface and groundwater, conditions, rights and obligations for water management, validity, change and cancellation of water management permit.
4. Statement and consent as a tool of water protection, permission for some activities, building permit for water structures.
5. Waterworks, types of waterworks, duties of the owner, duties in technical-safety supervision, operating and handling regulations.
6. Protection of water conditions and water resources, protected areas and protected areas for the accumulation of water, groundwater.
7. Protective zones of water resources, principles for their determination, sensitive areas of surface water, vulnerable areas and their determination.
8. Protection of water quality, waste water, types of waste water, legislative conditions for their discharge.
9. Harmful substances in water, harmful substances, types of these substances, character of pollution, especially dangerous substances according to the Water Act.
10. Waste water discharges into surface waters, pollution indicators, discharge permits, emission standards.
11. Handling of harmful substances, requirements of emergency plan, accident and their disposal.
12. Accidental pollution of water quality, oil pollution, their properties and methods of remediation.
13. Protection against floods, flood plans, flood areas, degrees of flood activity, flood measures, flood inspections.
14. Water quantity protection, Influence of water circulation, runoff conditions, water balance, compilation of water balance.
15. Execution of state administration, water supervision, Czech Environmental Inspection, water management proceedings, offenses and administrative offenses in water protection.

Literature

Act on Water 254/2001 Coll.
Building Act 283/2021 Coll.
Act on Water Supply and Sewerage 274/2001 Coll.
Necessary implementing decrees/regulations to these acts
Valid technical standards (CSN,TNV,CSN-EN,CSN-ISO), valid conceptual materials in the field of water planning
SYNÁČKOVÁ, M. Water Purity. Prague: Czech Technical University, 1994. ISBN 80-01-0183-X

Advised literature

Hlavínek P., Říha J.: Water quality in the basin. CERM s.r.o., 2004. ISBN 80-214-2815-5. (CS)
FILDÁN, Z. Handbook for the environment: Chemical substances and preparations, prevention of major accidents, waste management, water use and protection, 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 p. ISBN 007124140X