Course Details

Water Supply

Academic Year 2025/26

BPA003 course is part of 2 study plans

​ BPC-SI / V Summer Semester 3rd year

​ BPC-MI Summer Semester 3rd year

Course Guarantor

doc. Ing. Tomáš Kučera, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Municipal Water Management

Language of instruction

Czech

Credits

5 credits

Semester

summer

Forms and criteria of assessment

course-unit credit and examination

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/289838

Lecture

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Guidelines for drinking water, water resources, water intake, pre-treatment of water.
  • 2. Conceptual design of water supply systems, pressure zones, water consumption and water demand.
  • 3. Water treatment, coagulation, homogenization devices, flocculation tanks.
  • 4. Sedimentation, clarification flake cloud.
  • 5. Filtration.
  • 6. Oxidation and other forms of water treatment.
  • 7. Water sanitation, chemical and sludge treatment plants.
  • 8. Water tanks, Pumping station.
  • 9. Hydraulic analysis of water distribution network, software tools.
  • 10. Water network, service connections, design of pipe diametrs.
  • 11. Pipe materials, fittings, valves.
  • 12. Blocks on the pipes, pressure testing, project documentation, maintenance and operation.
  • 13. Sector structure in the Czech Republic, types of utilities, the price of water.

Exercise

13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory

Syllabus

  • 1. Calculation of head losses in pipes.
  • 2. Water demand calaculation.
  • 3. Index of raw water treatability.
  • 4. Design of water intake.
  • 5. Design of floculation tank.
  • 6. Design of sedimentation tank.
  • 7. Technological scheme of WTP.
  • 8. Height layout of WTP, chemical management.
  • 9. Design of water tank elevation.
  • 10. Pumping station, pumps working point.
  • 11. Design of service connection and water meter manhole.
  • 12. Fittings scheme.
  • 13. Credit.