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Waterworks structures
FAST-BS01Acad. year: 2016/2017
History of waterworks engineering, organization of water management in CR and EU, The Water Act
Torrents, water courses
Water courses regulations, flood control, weirs, water courses restoration
Water abstraction from water courses, artificial channels, waterways, water reservoirs
Construction, arrangement and use of water reservoirs, ponds and purpose reservoirs
Watershed protection,land consolidation
Landscape restoration,landscape water management
Irrigation, drainage, municipal engineering, catchment of water sources
Water supply, water treatment, water reservoirs and water towers
Sewerage, sewage water treatment, sludge management, sewage water treatment plants, waste disposal, landfills
Balneology, water management research.
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2. Dikes, weirs
3. River dams.
4. Flood control, navigation, water-power utilization
5.-7. Basic terms, relations and calculations in hydraulics and water management
8. Ponds and purpose reservoirs, watershed protection
9. Drainage and irrigations
10. River and reservoirs restoration, water purity, self-purification process
11. Municipal engineering, waste management.
12. Drinking water supply, balneotechnology
13. Sewerage and sewage water treatment.
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Basic literature
Mays, Larry W.: Water Resources Handbook. Hong Kong : McGraw-Hill,, 1996. (EN)
Milerski,R., Mičín,J., Veslý,J.: Vodohospodářské stavby. Akademické nakladatelství CERM, s.r.o., 2005. ISBN 80-214-2896-1. (CS)
Šálek,J.,Hlavínek,P., Mičín,J.: Vodní stavitelství. VUT v Brně, 2002. (CS)
Recommended reading
Letterman, Raymond D.: Water quality and treatment. New York : McGraw-Hill,, 1999. (EN)
Twort, Alan C.: Water Supply. London : IWA Publishing,, 2000. (EN)
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