Course detail

Water management in buildings

FAST-BPA015Acad. year: 2025/2026

The course focuses on the basic concepts in the field of (waste) water management.
Students will learn about environmentally efficient solutions for drinking water supply in buildings.
Students will be able to design reuse of rainwater and grey water in buildings and sewage purification.
Students will learn how to minimize water consumption in buildings and gain insights into island systems from the point of view of water management.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Petr Hluštík, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Municipal Water Management (VHO)

Entry knowledge

Wastewater

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

Not applicable.

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-EVB Bachelor's 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Hluštík, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction, legal background (Water act).
  • 2. Types of water in buildings and their disposal.
  • 3. Sources of drinking water in buildings, types of waste water in buildings.
  • 4. Technical solution and overview of equipment for rainwater and greywater management.
  • 5. Rainwater and gray water quality, mechanical pre-treatment of rainwater.
  • 6. Retention rainwater and gray water.
  • 7. Rainwater infiltration (soil, permeability, ...), calculations, evaporation from water level.
  • 8. Green and blue roofs, water town squares and water accumulation.
  • 9. Wastewater treatment methods, root and domestic wastewater treatment plants.
  • 10. Minimization of water consumption, use of rainwater, water recycling (use of gray water), heat recycling (gray water energy, heat recovery units).
  • 11. Rainwater management in municipalities and towns.
  • 12. Sustainable water management, island systems in buildings without access to fresh water supply.
  • 13. Microclimate stability: water, greenery.

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Hluštík, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Assignment of a project "Re-use of waste water in a single-family house". Input data for the building site: legal documents, maps, hydrological and, hydrogeological data, data from the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute.
  • 2. Calculation of the amount of waste water and rainwater, calculation of the demand for gray water, determination of the amount of water for irrigation.
  • 3. Design of waste water treatment technology, design of accumulation tank, possibilities of water utilization.
  • 4. Machinery for water use.
  • 5. Drawing: A technological scheme for the use of rain and waste water.
  • 6. Technical report
  • 7. Credit