Course detail

Water Tanks and Pumping Stations

FAST-BPB007Acad. year: 2025/2026

Design the elevation and volume of water storage reservoirs, equipment fitting and storage chambers, types of water tanks, construction methods of water tanks, technical autit of water tanks.
Basic types of pumps, ways of involving pumps, pumps with variable speed, technological and service equipment of pumping stations, construction of pumping stations, cavitation, watre hammer protection , booster stations, technical audit of pumping stations.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Jan Ručka, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Municipal Water Management (VHO)

Entry knowledge

Hydraulic, Municipal Technical Equipment Networks, Water Supply

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

Extend a basic knowledge of water tanks and pumping stations that received the student in subject BP03 Water supply. The goal is to enable graduate students to solve a simple case of a water tanks and pumping stations design, the ability to work with specialists in dealing with complex issues.
Ability to design water storege tanks and water supply pumping stations, the ability of communication with the specialist - mechanical engineer in solving the technology of water supply pumping stations.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-SI Bachelor's

    specialization V , 4 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Jan Ručka, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Water tank as an object, function and types, location, water volume in tanks.
  • 2. Construction and construction of water tanks.
  • 3. Pipe fitting of water tanks and other equipment.
  • 4. Pump, pump clasification.
  • 5. Characteristics of pumps, functional equations, pumping systems (example).
  • 6. Introduction to mathematical modeling in water industry.
  • 7. Excursion to water tank / pump station.
  • 8. Utilization of means for mathematical modeling in the design of water tanks and pumping stations.
  • 9. Requirements for pumping stations, inlet and suction layout, discharge piping.
  • 10. Water hammer.
  • 11. Regulation and optimization of pump operation, automatic pressure stations.
  • 12. Pump manufacturers, working with digital catalogs, pump selection.
  • 13. Special fittings, optimization of the water systém.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Jan Ručka, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Armature chambre.
  • 2. Usable volume of tanks.
  • 3. Dimensions of accumulation tanks, levels.
  • 4. Water tank handling chamber – structure of pipe fittings.
  • 5. Handling chamber of the water reservoir – drawing, tutorial exercise.
  • 6. Pump systém.
  • 7. Excursion.
  • 8. Epanet – static model of the water supply network.
  • 9. Epanet – Dynamic model of the water supply network, water tank design.
  • 10. Epanet – Design of a water tank with software support.
  • 11. Seminar work elaboration.
  • 12. Pump manufacturers, pump selection.
  • 13. Credit.