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Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

Water Protection and Cleaning

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0476/01
Abbreviation OČV
Course title Water Protection and Cleaning
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Petra Malíková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1.Presence of water on Earth, global issues, international law, pollution of water resources, the main influences on the hydrosphere.
2.Legislation water - the EU, the Czech Republic. Wastewater. Indicators of pollution. Characteristics of water per occurrence, according to the origin of pollution.
3.Monitoring and sampling.
4.Contaminants - inorganic substances, nitrogen compounds, phosphorus compounds, heavy metals, organic compounds, oils, surfactants. Agricultural pollution.
5.Eutrophication. Acidification. Possible solutions.
6.Modeling of water quality in streams - EQS. Models forecasting, optimization.
7.Floods. Possible ways to protect against floods.
8.The most common causes of accidents. Partitioning sources of pollution (blanket, points, lines).
9.Migration and self cleaning in ground and surface waters.
10.Development and current status of wastewater treatment in Europe and in the Czech Republic.
11.Quality assessment of urban wastewater - BOD5, COD, NL, N, P
12.Modern methods of wastewater treatment with regard to the elimination of nitrogen and phosphorus
13.Wastewater to 2000 EO.
14.Options for disposal and utilization of sewage sludge.

Literature

Van Neuwenhuijzen, A.Handbook on Particle Separation Processes. London: IWA Publishing. 2009.
URL: <http://www.epa.gov
URL: <http://www.szu.cz/chzp/voda/intod.html

Using Statistical Methods for Water Quality Management: Issues, Problems and
Solutions, Graham B. McBride, John Wiley, ISBN: 0-471-47016-3 , Hardcover, 344 pages, May 2005

Water Treatment Made Simple: For Operators, Darshan Singh Sarai, ISBN: 0-471-74002-0 , Paperback, John Wiley, 272 pages, November 2005

Clark, Robert M, Simon Hakim, and Avi Ostfeld. Handbook of Water and Wastewater Systems Protection. New York: Springer, 526 pages, 2011.

Advised literature

Butler, David, and John W. Davies. Urban Drainage. 3rd ed. London: E&FN Spon, 2000. Print.