Course detail

Selected Chapters from Water Supply

FAST-NPB019Acad. year: 2024/2025

Drinking water sources, protection of water sources and its categories, new special methods and modern technologies, automation of water treatment plants, container WTP.
Water losses, technical equipment for leakage location
Water quality, measurement of turbidity, flushing of water distribution networks.
Technical audit of distribution systems, reliability of water distribution networks, risk analysis.
History of water supply sector in CZ, current international research projects in the field.

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

Chemistry and Technology of Water, 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

The aim is summary of knowledge in water treatment and its extension in new and special technologies and special problems of water distribution.
Studend will be able to implement in the practice the new knowledge in water treatment and its extension in new and special technologies and special problems of water distribution.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPC-SIV Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Jan Ručka, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Drinking water sources and their protection.
  • 2. New methods of coagulation, sludge blanket clarifiers inovation.
  • 3. New filtration materials, new types of filters, automation of water treatment plants.
  • 4. Container water treatment plants, membrane technologies.
  • 5. Water losses, indicators of water losses, using of Smart Water Meters.
  • 6. Technical equipment for leakage.
  • 7. Technical audit of water supply systems.
  • 8. Planning fo reconstruction and rehabilitation of water supply systems.
  • 9. Water quality in distribution systems.
  • 10. Risk analysis of public water supply systems.
  • 11. Reliability of water distribution networks.
  • 11. Water supply performance indicators, water losses.
  • 12. Control valves - excursion to ATJ company.
  • 13. Perfomance indicator in water supply sector, technical news, congferences and projects in the sector.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Jan Ručka, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Entering the seminar work S1 – description a characteristics of real water supply system.
  • 2. Working and consultation in seminar work S1.
  • 3. Working and consultation in seminar work S1.
  • 4. Presentation of seminar work S1.
  • 5. Presentation of seminar work S1.
  • 6. Presentation of seminar work S1.
  • 7. Participation in conference VODA Zlín.
  • 8. Entering the seminar work S2 – translation and presentation of the content of foreign scientific article.
  • 9. Working and consultation in seminar work S2.
  • 10. Working and consultation in seminar work S2.
  • 11. Presentation of seminar work S2.
  • 12. Presentation of seminar work S2.
  • 13. Presentation of seminar work S2, credit.

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course