Course detail

Natural ways of water treatment

FAST-DS58Acad. year: 2009/2010

Introduction, history and various ways of natural water treatment
Purification processes in soil, aquatic and wetland environment, importance of plants, research, polluted and water waters
Rain water disposal
Pretreatment of waste waters
Soils filters, reed bed treatment plants with horizontal and vertical flow
Aerobic biological reservoirs, anaerobic biological reservoirs, maturation ponds
Aqua-cultures, bio-reactors
Irrigation with municipal, industrial and agricultural waste waters
Legislation, combination of natural and artificial ways of treatment, modernization

Language of instruction

Czech

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Eva Hyánková, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Landscape Water Management (VHK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of hydraulics - pipe flow, hydrology - surface run-off, hydropedology, waste water treatment - mechanical pre-treatment, sludge management, chemistry and technology of water.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for successful completion of the subject are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction to natural ways of waste water treatment - advantages, disadvantages, possibilities of use, legislative.
2. Quantity and content of waste water, slurry and sludge, calculations, mesurement, mechanical treatment of waste water from the small polluters.
3. Reed bed treatment plants: purification processes in filtration environment, efficiency. Function, use and treatment of plants in reed bed treatment plant.
4. Construction of reed bed treatment plant: systems, basic construction with horizontal undeground flow.
5. Design of reed bed treatment plant: calculations, construction, sealing,.. Vertical reed bed treatment plant.
6. Objects
7. Siol filters: purification processes, system, construction
8. Biological reservoirs: purification processesin aquaeous environment, anoxic reservoirs.
9. Aerobic reservoirs: design, basic construction.
10. Aerobic aerated reservoirs, aerating systems. Final treatment aerobic reservoirs. Maintenence.
11. Aquacultures, bioeliminators: principle, plants, systems.
12. Irrigation with waste water: advantages and disadvantages, possibilities of use. Purification processes in soils. Basic design.
13. Irrigation with liquid manure amd with agricultural waste water. Combination of individual ways of natural waste water treatment.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Evaluation of possibilities of natural ways of water treatment use, advantages and disadvantages.
Specific of mechanical pre-treatment solution
Knowledge of purification processes in soil, water and wetland environment, their use in various types of equipment
Ability to use the principle of designing the most used types
Environmental impact assessment, overview of legislative.

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 D-K-C-SI Doctoral

    branch VHS , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective

  • Programme D-P-C-SI Doctoral

    branch VHS , 2 year of study, winter semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Eva Hyánková, Ph.D.