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Wersja polska

Course code: IPN10205f12
Semester: 2012/2013 summer
Name: Managing water resources in non-urban areas
Major: Land Management
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 4
ECTS points: 8
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 10 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. inż. Józef Sasik
Language of instruction: Polish / English
The course in English will be available if a minimum of 6 students sign up for a group.

Learning outcomes: Knowledge: knows the basic climatic and ecophysiographic determinants of the formation of water resources; has knowledge regarding the water needs of the national economy; knows the basic contemporary problems and directions for development with regard to water economy; possesses knowledge regarding the systems of managing water; knows the tools for strategic management and planning in water economy; knows the practices of integrated water management in non-urban areas; possesses knowledge regarding the problems of household waste discharge and purification; Abilities: can gather and analyse basic climatic data and estimate the water resources of a given area; can perform hydrological calculations for a selected watercourse; can formulate elements of an aquatic legal survey regarding household waste discharge and purification; Social competence (attitudes): understands the need for social participation and control in managing water resources.

Competences:

Prerequisites: none

Course content: The climate and its tendency to change. Water resources and ways of using them. Water policy and water management systems (institutions, organisational-functional solutions, administrative mechanisms, social control). Planning in water economy. The economic aspects of water economy. The integrated systems of managing water resources. The quantity and quality of household waste. household and housing estate sewage systems. Problems related to the purification of small amounts of waste. The localisation determinants of household and housing estate purification plants. Building small water-sewage management facilities.

Recommended literature: Heidrich Z.: Przydomowe oczyszczalnie ścieków. C.O.J.B., Warszawa 1998. Kuczewski K., Paluch J., Oczyszczanie ścieków bytowo – gospodarczych na terenach wiejskich w oczyszczalniach roślinno – glebowych. Wyd. AR we Wrocławiu, 1997. Lanz K., Scheuer S. Polityka wodna Unii Europejskiej. Instytut na rzecz ekorozwoju, Warszawa, 2001. Łomotowski J., Szpindor A.: Nowoczesne systemy oczyszczania ścieków. Arkady, Warszawa 1999. Mannion A.: Zmiany środowiska ziemi, PWN Warszawa 2001, Mikulski Z. Gospodarka wodna. PWN, 1998. Paluch J., Paruch A., Pulikowski K. Przyrodnicze wykorzystanie ścieków i osadów. Wyd. AR we Wrocławiu, 2006. Richling A., Solon J.: Ekologia krajobrazu, PWN Warszawa 2002.

Assessment methods: evaluation of 3 project tutorials, 3 partial examinations

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