Course detail

Rehabilitation of Water Infrastructure

FAST-BPA010Acad. year: 2025/2026

The course deals with conception problems of solving rehabilitation of water and sewer systems (water mains, sewerage), planning methods, survey methods of current conditions, overview of trenchless technology methods use for rehabilitation of water mains and sewerage systems focused on local repairs, general repairs of networks and new line and repairs of objects.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jaroslav Raclavský, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Municipal Water Management (VHO)

Entry knowledge

Utility Networks, Water Supply, Wastewater collection.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

- Knowledge about standards and regulations, pipe material and material used at rehabilitation, inspection and failure detection of water and sewer pipes, cleaning of water and sewer pipes
- Design of rehabilitation methods

Student will manage to design of restoration plan and technical design and planning of rehabilitation of water and sewer networks and design of nodig rehabilitation technologies.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-SI Bachelor's

    specialization V , 4 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jaroslav Raclavský, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction, basic indicators of the technical condition of sewerage network, sewerage and drainage - basic information.
  • 2. Maintenance and cleaning of sewer networks, failure of sewerage networks and sewage connections.
  • 3. Inspection, classification and assessment of the condition of sewer system.
  • 4. Repair of sewer systems and sewer connections.
  • 5. Renovation of sewer systems and sewer connections.
  • 6. Replacement and construction of sewer systems and sewer connections.
  • 7. Technical condition of water networks.
  • 8. Repair of water supply networks.
  • 9. Renovation of water supply networks.
  • 10. Replacement and construction of water networks.
  • 11. Plans for rehabilitation of water and sewer networks.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jaroslav Raclavský, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Video presentation – Paris sewer system, discussion.
  • 2. The technique used in the exploration of sewer networks, technology presentations, discussions.
  • 3. Evaluation of camera survey by CCTV video recording.
  • 4. Project – Rehabilitation of selected parts of the sewer system 1.
  • 5. Project – Rehabilitation of selected parts of the sewer system 2.
  • 6. Project – Rehabilitation of selected parts of the sewer system 3.
  • 7. Evaluation of the technical condition of water mains.
  • 8. Project – Rehabilitation of selected parts of the water network 1.
  • 9. Project – Rehabilitation of selected parts of the water network 2.
  • 10. Practical examples of technologies – discussion.
  • 11. Credit.