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Introduction to Water Management

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Course Unit Code546-0307/07
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated3 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer 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
LAN116Ing. Silvie Drabinová, Ph.D.
Summary
The subject should give you basic knowledge of water, its importance and
qualities.
-problems of world and Czech hydrosphere
-system of running the water management in the Czech Republic
-legislation and directives in EU
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Contens of the subject is to introduce development, terminology of water management and its existing problems.
Course Contents
1. Water and its basic physical and chemical properties, group states, water cycle in nature.
2. Natural waters, atmospheric, surface, ground, mineral, marine and their basic characteristics.
3. Drinking and service waters, quantity and quality requirements, balance of needs.
4. Wastewater, sewage, industrial, mining and their characteristics.
5. Watercourses and objects on watercourses
6. Rainwater, water balance, water pollution.
7. Water supply, abstraction, transport, storage and drinking water supply.
8. Water treatment, overview of basic processes and equipment for surface and groundwater treatment.
9. Wastewater and stormwater drainage - sewerage.
10. Wastewater treatment, an overview of basic processes and equipment at wastewater treatment plants.
11. Organisation and management of water management in the Czech Republic, overview of basic statistical data.
12. Floods and droughts. Flood protection and drought mitigation.
13. Water management legislation - Water Act and Water Supply and Sewerage Act, implementing regulations to the Act.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Ministry of agriculture. Water in the Czech Republic, Praha: Consult, 2006. ISBN 80-903482-2-X.
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.
Gregory Vogt. The Hydrosphere: Agent of Change.Twenty-First Century Books, 2006. ISBN:0761328394.
PITTER, P. Hydrochemie. 4. vyd. Praha: Vydavatelství VŠCHT, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7080-701-9
HYÁNEK, L. a kol. Čistota vod. Bratislava: ALFA, 1991. ISBN 80-05-00700-0
Vodní zákon č. 254/2001 Sb.
Zákon o vodovodech a kanalizacích pro veřejnou potřebu č. 274/2001 Sb.
SYNÁČKOVÁ, M. Čistota vod. Praha: ČVUT, 1994
EDZWALD, J. K. Water Quality & Treatment: A Handbook on Drinking Water. McGraw-Hill Education, 2010. ISBN 978-0071630115
Recommended Reading:
www.epa.gov
Zelenakova, Martina at al. Management of Water Quality and Quantity. Springer-Verlag GmbH. 2019. ISBN: 3030183580.
Desonie Dana. Hydrosphere. Chelsea House Publishers 2008. ISBN: 9780816062171.
KRIŠ, Jozef. Water treatment. Ostrava: Montanex, 2013. ISBN 978-80-7225-389-0.
BLAŽEK, V. a kol. Voda v České republice. Praha, 2006. ISBN 80-903482-1-1
HORÁKOVÁ, M. a kol. Analytika vody. Praha: VŠCHT Praha, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7080-520-6
BINDZAR, J. a kol. Základy úpravy a čištění vod. Praha: Vydavatelství VŠCHT, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7080-729-3
Kolektiv autorů. Water in the Czech Republic. Praha: Consult, 2006. 250 s. ISBN 80-903482-2-X
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
Graded creditGraded credit100 51