546-0479/02 – Water Management (HSV)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Tomáš Dvorský, Ph.D. Paed.IGIP | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Tomáš Dvorský, Ph.D. Paed.IGIP |
| 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 | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
After completing the course, students will be familiar with the issue of water regime of the landscape, they will be able to apply the acquired knowledge in solving specific applications in the field of irrigation or drainage. Students will be able to propose suitable measures for sustainable water management in the landscape.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the issue of influencing the water regime of the landscape by means of drainage and irrigation equipment. The main emphasis is placed on the identification of already built facilities, their maintenance and possible removal, together with the design of suitable irrigation systems for sustainable water management in the landscape.
Compulsory literature:
SEILER, R.L. Irrigation-induced contamination of water, sediment, and biota in the western United States - synthesis of data from the National Irrigation Water Quality Program. Denver: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 2003.
Twort C.A.: Water Supply. 2000, London
Recommended literature:
Irrigation and drainage. New York: Wiley-Blackwell, 2001-. ISSN 1531-0353
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Credit will be awarded for processing the calculation of irrigation for a specific location. The exam will be written and then oral.
E-learning
Other requirements
Individual study of current professional publications.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Introduction
2. Water regime of the landscape
3. Water demand for supplementary irrigation according to ČSN 750434
4. Definition and division of individual types of irrigation
5. Definition of micro-irrigation and its subdivision and design
6. Division, definition and design of spray irrigation
7. Theoretical principles of underground drainage
8. Funcke and drainage channels design
9. Protection of the area from external waters in the form of dikes
10. Design and location of drainage pumping stations
11. Function and design of horizontal drainage
12. Hydrological and water management balance
13. Legislation of surface and groundwater
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction