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Course code: IISS10091o14
Semester: 2014/2015 winter
Name: Drainage
Major: Environmental Engineering
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 3
ECTS points: 5
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Wojciech Orzepowski
Language of instruction: Polish / English
The course taught in English if the group has ≥6 students. The course taught in Polish with a possibility of support in English if the group has <6 students - Contact person: dr inż. Beata Olszewska

Learning outcomes: Knowledge Student knows the basic technical and environmental conditions determining the character of water relations of the area; possess general knowledge of on ways the regulation of excessively waterlogged areas in different soil conditions, meteorological and usage; knows the basic principles of systematic and unsystematic design of drainage systems, buildings in these systems and security selection. Skills Student is able to determine the need of drainage area on the basis of symptoms of environmental and soil factors and hydrography; is able to make the choice of technical and non-technical methods of regulating the area water relations, depending on the causes of excessive humidity occurring; is able to define the basic parameters of drainage ditches; is able to design the basic elements of systematic drainage area; is able to propose additional action to improve drainage treatments.

Competences: Demonstrates understanding of the importance of optimal water conditions regulation for food production in agriculture and the possibility of non-agricultural land development.

Prerequisites: Physics and chemistry of soils, meteorology and hydrology

Course content: Objectives and tasks land improvement of agricultural areas and urban areas. Factors influencing the water relations of these areas, causes, symptoms and effects of excessive humidity, ways of regulating of water relations, drainage norms. Drainage by means of ditches, their technical parameters, stabilization scarps and bottoms, buildings in the drainage ditches. Basics of drainage, network elements of drainage, drainage materials, technical parameters of the drainage network, safeguards, buildings of on network drainage, intake foreign water, of spring, interior drainage depressions, agrotechnical measures cooperation with drainage, drainage of orchards, places, fields, settlements, roads, objects and building land.

Recommended literature: Hillel Daniel: Soil in the environment. Crucible of terrestrial life. Elsevier Inc 2008. Prochal Piotr (red): Podstawy melioracji rolnych t. I i II, PWRiL, Warszawa 1989.

Assessment methods: score of project, 2 tests, written exam

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