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Terminated in academic year 2012/2013

Publics Water Supply

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0485/02
Abbreviation ZV
Course title Publics Water Supply
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator Ing. Hana Škrobánková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1.Purpose and significance of water supplies. Basic concepts in water. Water resources (species occurrence in the country). General and specific quality requirements for drinking, domestic and process water.
2.Water requirements, water needs assessment for population, industry, agriculture and fire fighting purposes. Irregularity needs water losses in water supply facilities.
3.Horizontal and vertical and combined collecting objects. Protection of water resources.
4.Extraction of surface water in running waters. Receivers´ objects reservoirs.
5.Increasing the yield of water resources, transmission, infiltration, use of rainwater.
6.Transport and distribution of water, types of water mains, gravity, pressure, pressure zone.
7.Water network types. Objects and water supply equipment, fittings and water meters, switches.
8.Sizing water supply networks and systems. Draft tube diameter, the determination of pressure losses.
9.Accumulation of water reservoirs (types, amenities, location, construction, calculation of accumulation.
10.Materials water supply networks and their implementation.
11.Pumping and transportation of water, used equipment, water pumping stations. Protection against surges.
12.Design, construction, operation and maintenance of water supply networks. Pressure testing of water supply networks.
13.Corrosion and incrustation of water supply networks. Protection of piping materials.
14.Subways under the mains water flow, communications, on rolling body, saving water pipe on bridge construction.

Literature

Butler D., Davies J. (2010): Urban Drainage. 3rd Edition, 632 p., ISBN: 978-0-415-45526-8 . Imprint: Spon Press.
Twort C.A.: Water Supply. 2000, London (https://vannpiseth.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/water-supply-1.pdf)

Advised literature

www.sovak.cz
www.vodnihospodarstvi.cz
www.enviweb.cz