Course detail
Design and Operation of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants
FSI-MUV Acad. year: 2025/2026 Winter semester
Problems about water treatment becomes more and more acute. It is very difficult to find drinking water in the nature because the droughts and environmental pollution. The waste water treatment is also very important nowadays. We have to clean a waste water before returning it back to the nature.
Municipal waterworks and sewage works design – the basics of the waterworks and the municipal waste water treatment plants is presented as to range, scope, technologies, structure, operation, control, measurements and economy
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
3
Supervisor
Department
Entry knowledge
Knowledge, during the previous courses of Hydromechanics and Pipe engineering obtained, is the pre-requisite.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Presence at the seminars. Given topics presentation on the seminars.
The examination is in written form.
Total classification is in accordance with the ECTS scale.
Presentation of given topics in seminars.
Aims
The goal of this subject is to make students familiar with the basic of the design and operating of municipal water-treatment and waste-water treatment plants and waterworks.
Introduces the basics of the design of water treatment plants, waterworks and city waste water treatment plants is the goal
Knowledge of theory, simulation methods, of the basic approach to design, technology and operation of the water treatment and waste water treatment plants and waterworks.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-ETI-P: Power and Thermo-fluid Engineering, Master's
specialization FLI: Fluid Engineering, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Syllabus
1. Water types on the Earth. Water pollution and basic principles of its determining. Characteristics of water, water as a raw and product.
2. Collection of raw water, Collection facilities types, Water well dynamic tests, Darcy’s law, water table drawdown.
3. Pump station design, basic layout PS, pump types, right pump selection, all pump curves, pipe curve, pump operating point, pump cooperation.
4. Basic layout of water treatment plant with one or two separation steps. Rakes and its types, design of rakes.
5. Chemical management of water and waste water treatment plants. Disinfection treated water.
6. Quick and slow mixing. Principles of this processes and examples of technical some solutions.
7. The clarification and its principle.
8. Filtration, principle, types of filtrations. Slow filtration, principles of separation, basic terms and processes.
9. Quick filtration, different types of quick filters, basic terms and processes.
10. Special filtration and membrane technology
11 Sludge and sludge treatment in the water and waste water treatment plants, sludge types and its production. Sludge treatment technology.
12.Sludge stabilization and disinfection. Biogas treatment, stabilized sludge treatment.
13. Waste water transport. History of the sewerage systems. Sewerage system types and its advantages and disadvantages.
Laboratory exercise
13 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
The previous lecture-related workshops. Students will show presentation on a given topic. The theme is taken from a specialized magazines focused on the water and waste water treatment plants. The discussion takes place after each presentation.