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Water Protection

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Course Unit Code546-0409/05
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KYN43prof. Dr. Ing. Miroslav Kyncl
LAN116Ing. Silvie Drabinová, Ph.D.
Summary
The subjetc includes topics as the protection of the amount and quality of
surface and ground water from the technical and legislative solution.
Purpose and importance, factors influencing water sources in the Czech
Republic, posibilities to increase the amount and quality of ground water,
water uptakes and use, water recources balance, development of the amount and
quality of water.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The subjetc includes topics as the protection of the amount and quality of
surface and ground water from the technical and legislative solution.
Purpose and importance, factors influencing water sources in the Czech
Republic, posibilities to increase the amount and quality of ground water,
water uptakes and use, water recources balance, development of the amount and
quality of water.

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with water protection. Explain the principles of legal and technical protection of water, protection of water quantity and quality. The coursThe aim of the course is to acquaint students with water protection. Explain the principles of legal and technical protection of water, protection of water quantity and quality. The course includes protection of water resources and waterworks, waste water discharge, accidental water pollution and legislative water protection.
Course Contents
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.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Punčochář P.: Zákon o vodách s komentářem,Sondy,2004-11-05
Chaloupka V.: Zákon o vodovodech a kanalizacích,Sondy,2003
Prováděcí předpisy k vodnímu zákonu
Zákon o ochraně ZPF,zákon o ochraně přírody a krajiny, zákon o odpadech, stavební zákon
Tchobanoglous, G.: Wastewater engineering: treatment, disposal and reuse.
Metcalf and Eddy, Inc., 1991.
SYNÁČKOVÁ, M. Čistota vod. Praha: ČVUT, 1994. ISBN 80-01-0183-X
Platné technické normy (ČSN,TNV,ČSN-EN,ČSN-ISO), platné koncepční materiály v oblasti plánování vod
FILDÁN, Z. Příručka pro oblast životního prostředí: Chemické látky a přípravky, prevence závažných havárií, odpadové hospodářství, využívání a ochrana vod, ochrana ovzduší, nakládání s obaly, integrovaná prevence - EMS (ISO 14001). Tachov: Envi Group, 2016
METCALF, L., H. P. EDDY a G. TCHOBANOGLOUS. Wastewater Engineering: Treatment, Disposal, and Reuse. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004, 1819 s. ISBN 007124140X
Recommended Reading:
Czech Laws in English, 254/2001 Sb.
Czech environmental regulations
www.cenia.cz
www.ochranavod.cz
www.vitejtenazemi.cz
Czech Laws in English, 254/2001 Sb., Czech Environmental Regulations
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials, Project work
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 15
        ExaminationExamination67 51