Course detail

Waterworks structures

FAST-BS01Acad. year: 2024/2025

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.

Guarantor

Ing. Rudolf Milerski, CSc.

Department

Institute of Landscape Water Management (VHK)

Entry knowledge

basic knowledge of physics

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

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

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Litton, R. Burton.: Water and Landscape. Hong Kong : Water Information Center,, 1974. (EN)
Mays, Larry W.: Water Resources Handbook. Hong Kong : McGraw-Hill,, 1996. (EN)
Šálek,J.,Hlavínek,P., Mičín,J.: Vodní stavitelství. VUT v Brně, 2002. (CS)
Milerski,R., Mičín,J., Veslý,J.: Vodohospodářské stavby. Akademické nakladatelství CERM, s.r.o., 2005. ISBN 80-214-2896-1. (CS)

Recommended literature

ERNSTBERGER, H. et all.: Landschaft wasserhaushalt. Paul Parey, Berlin, 1992. (DE)
Letterman, Raymond D.: Water quality and treatment. New York : McGraw-Hill,, 1999. (EN)
Twort, Alan C.: Water Supply. London : IWA Publishing,, 2000. (EN)

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Rudolf Milerski, CSc.

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 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Rudolf Milerski, CSc.

Syllabus

1. - 6. Excursions to the laboratories of water management institutes 7. - 13. Work up 6 basic hydraulic calculations