546-0132/01 – Introduction to Hydrosphere (UDH)
Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 3 |
Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Silvie Heviánková, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Silvie Heviánková, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2020/2021 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
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Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Elaboration and presentation of semester work. The course is completed by a combined exam.
E-learning
Other requirements
Continuous updating of current information from professional domestic and foreign publications.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Hydrosphere; water properties (physical, chemical, organoleptic); state.
2. Hydrological cycle - small and large; occurrence of water on Earth, distribution of water.
3. Surface waters, types (types of SW) and their characteristics.
4. Groundwater, types (types of GW) and their characteristics.
5. Hydrological balances.
6. Precipitation - distribution, measurement, atmospheric deposition. Rainwater management.
7. The impact of climate change on the hydrosphere. Anthropogenic influences on the hydrosphere.
8. Collection, treatment, transport, accumulation and supply of water, drainage and purification of waste water.
9. Waters of the seas and oceans - their properties, movements, pollution, reserves, possibilities of their treatment and use.
10. Drinking water, wastewater, mineral water, industrial, mining - definitions and basic characteristics.
11. Water as a strategic resource.
12. Water management companies and institutions operating in the Czech Republic, their importance and activities, web information portals.
13. Legislative regulations in the field of water and in the field of waste water, implementing regulations.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction