Course detail

Waterworks Structures

FAST-BS001Acad. year: 2018/2019

History of waterworks engineering, organization of water management in CR and EU, The Water Act. Torrents, water courses
Water courses regulations, flood control, weirs, water courses restoration. Water abstraction from water courses, artificial channels, waterways, water reservoirs. Construction, arrangement and use of water reservoirs, ponds and purpose reservoirs. Watershed protection,land consolidation. Landscape restoration,landscape water management. Irrigation, drainage, municipal engineering, catchment of water sources. Water supply, water treatment, water reservoirs and water towers. Sewerage, sewage water treatment, sludge management, sewage water treatment plants, waste disposal, landfills. Balneology, water management research.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Landscape Water Management (VHK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students obtain a view about the water management,a piece of knowledge about a usage of a water circuit with base of hydrology, hydraulic bases of hydrotechnical calculations, make the one's acquaintance with basis water structures and theirs designing.

Prerequisites

basic knowledge of physics

Co-requisites

Structures and traffic buildings

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of VUT Rules for Studies and Examinations. Verbal lectures, excursions to the laboratories with special interpretation, basic hydraulic calculations on practice

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Students pass in terms of practice 6 excursions to the laboratories of water management institutes, work up 6 basic hydraulic calculations and lastly draw up a test from all of range read maters

Course curriculum

1. Hydrological cycle in nature, development of rivers,torrent control and stream regulations
2. Dikes, weirs
3. River dams.
4. Flood control, navigation, water-power utilization
5.-7. Basic terms, relations and calculations in hydraulics and water management
8. Ponds and purpose reservoirs, watershed protection
9. Drainage and irrigations
10. River and reservoirs restoration, water purity, self-purification process
11. Municipal engineering, waste management.
12. Drinking water supply, balneotechnology
13. Sewerage and sewage water treatment.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Basic knowledge of water management, simple water management calculations and design of structures.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B-K-C-SI (N) Bachelor's

    branch VS , 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-C-SI (N) Bachelor's

    branch VS , 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme B-P-E-SI (N) Bachelor's

    branch VS , 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Hydrological cycle in nature, development of rivers,torrent control and stream regulations
2. Dikes, weirs
3. River dams.
4. Flood control, navigation, water-power utilization
5.-7. Basic terms, relations and calculations in hydraulics and water management
8. Ponds and purpose reservoirs, watershed protection
9. Drainage and irrigations
10. River and reservoirs restoration, water purity, self-purification process
11. Municipal engineering, waste management.
12. Drinking water supply, balneotechnology
13. Sewerage and sewage water treatment.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. - 6. Excursions to the laboratories of water management institutes
7. - 12. Work up 6 basic hydraulic calculations