Course detail

Care for Water Quality

FAST-DC53Acad. year: 2024/2025

hydrochemical characteristic of natural water, inorganic and organic pollutants, eutrophication and self-purification, basics of hydrobiology and aqueous ecotoxicology, classification of surface water quality, point pollution sources – sewage and industrial wastewater, diffuse pollution sources – water from agriculture, landfill leachates and underground water protection, pollutants in the atmosphere and rainwater quality, legal problems of water protection

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jitka Malá, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Chemistry (CHE)

Entry knowledge

hydrochemistry in the extent of subject Chemistry and Technology of Water

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

hydrochemical, hydrobiological, and ecotoxicological characteristic of natural water, pollutants and their sources, water protection, legislation
Student will master the aim of the subject, i.e. hydrochemical, hydrobiological, and ecotoxicological characteristic of natural water, pollutants and their sources, water protection, legislation.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended literature

Stanley E. Manahan: Environmental Chemistry. Lewis Publishers 1994

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jitka Malá, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. hydrochemical characteristic of natural water and sediments 2. inorganic pollutants 3. organic pollutants 4. nutrients, eutrophication and self-purification 5. basics of hydrobiology 6. basics of aqueous ecotoxicology 7. classification of surface water quality 8. point pollution sources – sewage 9. point pollution sources – industrial wastewater 10. diffuse pollution sources – water from agriculture 11. landfill leachates and underground water protection 12. pollutants in the atmosphere and rainwater quality 13. legal problems of water protection