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Water Protection

Type of study Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0409/06
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 object of the Water Act, legal nature of water in the Czech Republic.
2. Water management - basic obligations for water management, extension, repeal, amendment. Use of surface waters for navigation, general water management and water management permits.
3. Other permits and measures for water management - permits, statements and consent as a tool for water protection.
4. Water works, types of water works, TBD obligations, operating and handling schedules.Authorisation for the construction of water works.
5. Protection of water conditions - PDOA, water protection zones, groundwater, sensitive and vulnerable area master plan, surface water used for bathing and supporting fish life, minimum residual flow.
6. Water planning, flood protection, drought and water scarcity management.
7. Water balance and its compilation. Surface and groundwater conditions.
8. Wastewater, types of wastewater, conditions for discharge (emission standards, volume measurement).
9. Hazardous substances in water, particularly hazardous substances according to the Water Act.
10. Management of hazardous substances, requirements of emergency plans, obligations in case of accidents and their disposal.
11. Measures to remedy the defective condition - emergency deterioration of water quality, oil pollution, methods of remediation.
12. Fees and payments under the Water Act and registration and entries in the Land Registry.
13. Performance of state administration in water protection - water authorities (their competences) and water administration supervision, Czech Environmental Inspectorate, water administration proceedings. Offences and administrative offences.

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