Course detail

Reservoirs and Water Management Systems

FAST-BSA003Acad. year: 2025/2026

Control of river basin runoff, means for this activity, basic function of a reservoir, relevant equations
Categorization of the reservoirs, function volumes, water management solution of reservoir storage function, water management solution of reservoir protection function
Water management plan, dispatcher control of the reservoir, water management systems
Assembling of mathematical model of water flow in water management system, solution of water management systems storage function, use of simulation model and methods of optimal programming for solution of optimal control and development of water management systems, protection function of water management systems

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Tomáš Kozel, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Landscape Water Management (VHK)

Entry knowledge

Basic knowledge of mathematics, physics, operational and system analyses and hydrology

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

Basic knowledge of river basin runoff control with the use of isolated reservoirs and water management systems, ability to determine basic functional vulumes of water in reservoirs, obtaining information necessary for construction of mathematical models of water flow through the water supply sytem and flood control system, ability to use adequate tools suitable for solving basic type of tasks.
Basic knowledge of river basin runoff control with the use of isolated reservoirs and water management systems.

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 , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Tomáš Kozel, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Control of river basin runoff, basic terms.
  • 2. Fundamental for water management solution of the reservoirs and systems.
  • 3. Reservoirs, distribution, basic equation of the reservoirs, functional volumes.
  • 4.–6. Water management solution of the supply function of the reservoir (water management balance, basic types of the tasks – numerical and graphical solution, losses).
  • 7.–8. Water management solution of the protection function of the reservoir (retention volume controllable and uncontrollable and their combination, simulation of the reservoir behavior).
  • 9. Reservoirs operation, manipulation order and dispatcher graph.
  • 10. Reservoirs in natural environment, definition of water managenet system,, basic characteristics.
  • 11. Water management systems, common procedure for solving basic types of the tasks, schematization.
  • 12. The role of optimum control of the water supply systems and role of optimum development of water supply system, protection function of water management systems.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Tomáš Kozel, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Reservoir characteristics determination
  • 2. Determination of the reservoir storage volume - graphically
  • 3. Determination of the reservoir storage volume - graphically
  • 4. Determination of the reservoir storage volume - numerically
  • 5. The input of loss of water from the reservoir to the solution
  • 6. Determination of the retention capacity of the reservoir and solution the parameters of functional objects
  • 7. Determination of the retention capacity of the reservoir and solution the parameters of functional objects
  • 8. Water management plan of the reservoir
  • 9. Dispatching chart construction
  • 10. Water management solutions of the cascade water supply function
  • 11. Task formulation of optimal control water supply subsystem
  • 12. Task formulation of optimal control water supply subsystem