Course Details

Water Supply

Academic Year 2024/25

DPB031 course is part of 4 study plans

​ DKA-V Winter Semester 2nd year

​ DPA-V Winter Semester 2nd year

​ DKC-V Winter Semester 2nd year

​ DPC-V Winter Semester 2nd year

Consumption and water demand, optimization of the water distribution systems, optimization of pressure conditions, using of PRV, water losses, methods of water losses reduction, technical equipment of leakage reduction, technical audit of water distribution network, evaluation criteria and indicators, rehabilitation planning.

Credits

8 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

Ing. Jan Ručka, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Municipal Water Management

Forms and criteria of assessment

examination

Entry Knowledge

The knowledge on the level of subjectc BP003 Water Supply and CP053 Selected chapters of water supply.

Aims

Development and improvment of the knowledge in public watre supply sector, especially in design of water supply systems, estimation and increasing of reliability of these systems and rehabilitation planning etc.
Advanced knowledge in some special problems of water supply as water losses, technical auditing and rehabilitation planning, risk analysis etc.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/282246

Lecture

13 weeks, 3 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 2. Analysis of water consumption, methods of water need calculation.
  • 4. Optimization of water system design.
  • 6. Optimization of water distribution networks pressure condition.
  • 8. Water losses, methods of their reporting, economic level of water losses, Smart water meters.
  • 10. Indicators of technical state and methods of their determination.
  • 11. Assessment of technical condition of water supply systems.
  • 12. Reconstruction planning.
  • 13. Risk analysis of water supply systems.