Course detail
Water Supply
FAST-BPA003Acad. year: 2025/2026
Water intake, basic technological processes of water treatment, water disinfections, balance declaration of water consumption, calculation of water demand, conceptual design of water supply systems, pressure zones, reservoirs and pumping stations, design and assessment of water distribution network, pipe materials, fittings and armatures, design and maintenance documentation, organisation and structure of this sector in Czech Republic.
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Aims
The student manages the basic knowledge of water intake, water treatment processes and water distribution
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Syllabus
- 1. Guidelines for drinking water, water resources, water intake, pre-treatment of water.
- 2. Conceptual design of water supply systems, pressure zones, water consumption and water demand.
- 3. Water treatment, coagulation, homogenization devices, flocculation tanks.
- 4. Sedimentation, clarification flake cloud.
- 5. Filtration.
- 6. Oxidation and other forms of water treatment.
- 7. Water sanitation, chemical and sludge treatment plants.
- 8. Water tanks, Pumping station.
- 9. Hydraulic analysis of water distribution network, software tools.
- 10. Water network, service connections, design of pipe diametrs.
- 11. Pipe materials, fittings, valves.
- 12. Blocks on the pipes, pressure testing, project documentation, maintenance and operation.
- 13. Sector structure in the Czech Republic, types of utilities, the price of water.
Exercise
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- 1. Calculation of head losses in pipes.
- 2. Water demand calaculation.
- 3. Index of raw water treatability.
- 4. Design of water intake.
- 5. Design of floculation tank.
- 6. Design of sedimentation tank.
- 7. Technological scheme of WTP.
- 8. Height layout of WTP, chemical management.
- 9. Design of water tank elevation.
- 10. Pumping station, pumps working point.
- 11. Design of service connection and water meter manhole.
- 12. Fittings scheme.
- 13. Credit.