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Course code: RSSS20184f12
Semester: 2012/2013 summer
Name: Programming of the protection of waters
Major: Environmental Protection
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 3
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 30 / 0
Lecturer: Prof. dr hab. inż. Andrzej Drabiński, dr inż. Bartosz Jawecki
Language of instruction: Polish


Learning outcomes: The student acquires the knowledge and skills to understand the need to protect groundwater; political conditions and legal and economic in water protection and water management, environmental policies for the protection of waters. Moreover, the practical use of acquired knowledge on the issues of water protection and water management in the education and formation of ecological awareness and the creation of water protection programs at various levels of government.

Competences: Student after the course has the power to analyze the strategic documents and policies and to draw conclusions from them and use in different areas of life. Acquired skills, and knowledge in addition to the retraining courses and postgraduate studies can be used to create strategies, programs in other areas of environmental protection and public administration.

Prerequisites: hydrology, hydrobiology, surface water protection, environmental consulting, environmental policy, law, environmental management

Course content: Classes include issues of water protection in strategic documents, programs and policies. Is also discussed access to information on the aquatic environment, division of powers and the administration of water, and the responsibility to protect water and water management. Also sets out rules for water conservation programs and public participation in the creation of such documents.

Recommended literature: Act of 18 July 2001 Water Law. Act of 27 April 2001 Environmental Protection Law Second National Environmental Policy. National Environmental Policy in 2009-2012 with a view to the year 2016.  National Program for Municipal Wastewater Treatment. Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources. Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC (WFD) of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy. Code of Good Agricultural Practice The small water retention in the province of Lower Silesia. Program for Odra 2006. Programme for Wisła River and Its Catchment Area by 2020. Water and Environmental Programs. The draft water management plans at the International Odra River Basin Jendrośka Bar J. M.: The Environmental Protection Law, Environmental Law Center, Wrocław 2005. A. Lipinski: Legal basis for environmental protection, Wolters Kluwer Poland Sp. z o.o., Warsaw 2007. K. Górka, Poskrobko B., W. Radecki: Environment, Polish Economic Publishing House, 2001.

Assessment methods: Course ends with exam. Count the item consists of a positive evaluation of the project or the protection of waters of the river water reservoir (50% of the final) and test the knowledge of the subjects to be discussed in class (50% of the final).

Comment: The course is carried out in the departure area in connection with the creation of water protection program, and meetings with representatives of the government making up such documents.