Drinking Water Management

Lecturer:

Iva Čiháková

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Sanitary and Ecological Engineering

Synopsis:

Water Supply

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Water supply in the Czech Republic, in Prague.

2. Water supply in the countries / in regions from them the students come. - Assignment of student work.

3. Water demand, disproportion in water demand, leakage of water.

4. Groundwater. Collection of water. Types of wells.

5. Surface water. Lake intakes. River intakes.

6. Storage Necessary. Pressure zones.

7. Pumps and pumping stations

8. Distribution of water.

9. Design of water distribution systems.

10. Hardy Cross Method of Analysis of flow in a pipe network.

11. Quality of water supplies

12. Water treatment plant

13. Materials of pipe system.

14. Construction and maintenance of distribution systems

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1. R. K. Linsley, J.B. Franzini: Water-Resources Engineering, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York

2. E.W.Steel, T.J.McGhee: Water Supply and Sewage, fifth edition, McGraw-Hill International Edition

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans: