Water quality

Lecturer:

Dana Komínková (gar.)

Tutor:

Dana Komínková (gar.), Gabriela Šťastná

Supervisor:

Department of Sanitary and Ecological Engineering

Synopsis:

Composition of natural waters. Types of water pollution, its effects and characteristics. Pollution sources. Running waters. Reservoirs. Water quality monitoring. Water quality classification in the Czech Republic. Water quality protection.

Requirements:

none

Syllabus of lectures:

Composition of natural waters. Types of water pollution, its effects and characteristics. Pollution sources. Running waters - processes, self-purification. Reservoirs - stratification, eutrophication, acidification. Water quality monitoring. Water quality classification in the Czech Republic. Water quality protection - legislation.

Syllabus of tutorials:

Characterization of water composition. Mass balances, transport and transformation processes. Ideal reactors. Hydraulic behaviour of systems. Pollution mixing and transport in rivers, modelling of selfpurification. Simple models of reservoir eutrophication.

Study Objective:

To get acquinted with water pollution, its transport and transformation as well as with priciples of water protection.

Study materials:

1] Synáčková M.: Čistota vod. Vydavatelství ČVUT, Praha 1996. [2] Pitter P.: Hydrochemie. Vydavatelství VŠCHT, Praha 1999. 3] Laws, E.: Aquatic Pollution: An Introductory Text. Wiley 1993

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon	roomTH:B-785 Šťastná G. 18:00–19:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.189) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) B785
Tue
Fri	roomTH:B-779 Komínková D. 16:00–17:50 (lecture parallel1) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) B779
Thu	roomTH:B-779 Šťastná G. 10:00–11:50 (lecture parallel1 parallel nr.188) Thákurova 7 (FSv-budova A) B779
Fri

The course is a part of the following study plans: