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Course code: IWS10252o15Semester: 2015/2016 summer
Name: Water engineering and management
Major: Water Engineering and Managment
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 6
ECTS points: 5
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Dorota Olearczyk
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: Student knows the environmental, technical and social basis for storage reservoirs design and operation. Knows the methods of determination a reservoir parameters and reservoir impact on the environment. Knows basic principles of water management in reservoir, understand the main principles of planning and management of water resources in case of flood risk. Identifies sources of water eutrophication in reservoir. Skills: Can elaborate the basis of design of storage reservoir. Can choose and apply an appropriate method of construction a hypothetical flood wave hydrograph. Can use an appropriate method of flood routing through reservoir. Can describe a problem in the field of water management in reservoir.
Competences: Understands the importance of water for social and economic development; is aware of the responsibility for the economical and rational management of water resources; understands the non-economic importance of water for society; feels the need to deepen knowledge in the field of own specialization.
Prerequisites: meteorology, hydrology, hydraulics, law.
Course content: The role of retention in water management, types of retention. The objectives and tasks of storage reservoirs, their role in water management and flood protection. Classification and characteristics of reservoirs, dry reservoirs, multipurpose reservoirs. Basis of design: topographical studies, hydrological and hydrogeological. Parameters of water reservoirs. Division of a reservoir capacity. Legal regulations of reservoir designing and operation. Types of dams. Earth dams: dams parameters. Outlet installations. Water management in reservoirs. Hydrological basis of reservoir water management. Methods of construction the hypothetical flood waves. Methods of flood routing through reservoir. Computer model of reservoir. Methods of elaboration the water management in reservoirs. Eutrophication of water stored in reservoir. Pre-reservoirs. The impact of a reservoir on the environment. Feasibility study for reservoir construction. Social aspects of reservoir construction.
Recommended literature: 1. Dziewoński Z. Rolnicze zbiorniki retencyjne, PWN, Warszawa 1971. 2. Depczyński W., Szamowski A. Budowle i zbiorniki wodne. PW, Warszawa 1997. 3. Czyżewski K., Wolski W., Wójcicki S., Żbikowski A.: Zapory ziemne. Arkady, Warszawa 1973. 4. Sobota J.: Hydraulika i mechanika płynów. Wyd. AR Wrocław 2003. 5. Byczkowski A.: Hydrologia, t. 1, 2, SGGW-AR, Warszawa 1996.
Assessment methods: credit of individual project, 2 tests, written exam
Comment: Lecture 1: Types of retention. The role of retention in water management. The objectives and tasks of storage reservoirs, their role in water management. Classification and characteristics of reservoirs. Lecture 2: Basis of design: topographical studies, hydrological and hydrogeological. Lecture 3: Parameters of water reservoirs. Division of a reservoir capacity. Characteristic curves of a reservoir. Dry reservoirs. Multipurpose reservoirs. Lecture 4: Legal regulations of reservoir designing and operation. Lecture 5: Types of dams. Earth dams: dams parameters, examples of existing objects. Outlet installations. Lecture 6: Water management in reservoirs. Hydrological basis of reservoir water management. Lecture 7: Methods of construction the hydrographs of design and control flood waves. Lecture 8-9: Methods of flood routing through reservoir. Computer model of reservoir. Lecture 10: Water requirements and water supply warranty. Losses due to water scarcity, flood damages and cost of reservoir construction. Lecture 11: Methods of elaboration the water management in reservoirs. Short-term, annual and multiyear alignment. Lecture 12: The role of reservoir in flood protection. Lecture 13: Eutrophication of water stored in reservoir. Pre-reservoirs. The impact of a reservoir on the environment. Lecture 14: Feasibility study for reservoir construction. Lecture 15: Social aspects of reservoir construction. Type and scope of the practical classes: individual project. Project 1. Technical conception of storage reservoir on a chosen river.