Water management

environmental protection
geography

obligatory courses

Students of master stationary studies in Geography, profiled in hydrology and climatology who completed the course in Hydrology and Oceanography (during bachelor studies). All data for the exercises are available in digital form only. It is therefore recommended to use portable computers during classes (e.g. 1 for 2 people).

Classroom

The course presents the basic problems of water management in Poland and its relationship with the environment protection. It focuses on the estimation of available water resources, water management balance in the basin and the water quality assessment.

The main goal of the lecture is to show the difficult situation of the country and the world: water scarcity and serious pollution of water resources. Proper water management is considered as an important factor contributing to the protection of the natural environment in terms of sustainable development. Much attention is paid to issues related to the risk management (floods, soil erosion, drought). The ways to use hydropower and waterways is also important task. Hydrosphere protection is presented as quantitative and qualitative protection of water resources and on this background the sources of pollution (agricultural, industrial, municipal) and ways of their limitations, remediation and use in the perspective of water law and international treaties requirements.

Exercises are designed to widen the knowledge coming from lectures and enable its practical application. The first part is devoted to the introduction to the legal regulations relating to water management in Poland (eg Water Framework Directive, Floods Directive, Nitrates Directive, the Water Law, Environmental Protection Law). In the principal part examples of calculating water resources, water demand and wastewater production in the administrative unit, water quality assessment based on the results of chemical analyzes and the economic water balance are discussed .

Duration of the course:

Lecture: 20 h (10 x 2 hours)

Exercise: 20 hours (10 x 2 hours)

Student's preparation for the classes:

Lecture and exam: 15 h

Exercises: 20 h

TOTAL: about 75 hours

Anisfeld S.C., 2010, Water Resources. Island Press, Washington

Chełmicki W., 2001, Woda: zasoby, degradacja, ochrona. Wyd. Naukowe PWN, Warszawa.

Ciepielowski A., 1999, Podstawy gospodarowania wodą. Wyd. SGGW, Warszawa.

Ferrier R.C., Jenkins A., 2010, Handbook of Catchment Management. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford

Kowalczak P., 2007, Konflikty o wodę. Wyd. Kurpisz S.A., Przeźmierowo.

Meire P., Coenen M., Lombardo C., Robba M., Sacile R., 2008, Integrated Water Management. Practical Experiences and Case Studies. NATO Science Series, Springer, Dordrecht.

Mikulski Z., 1998, Gospodarka wodna. Wyd. Naukowe PWN, Warszawa.

Gospodarka wodna (miesięcznik) – wybrane numery.

Ochrona Środowiska – Rocznik Statystyczny GUS (ostatni dostępny).

Prawo Wodne. Ustawa z dnia 20 lipca 2017 r. (Dz. U. 2017 poz. 1566, z późniejszymi zmianami).

Ramowa Dyrektywa Wodna (WFD), (2000/60/EC).

Witkowski K., Filipkowski A., Gromiec M.J., 2008, Obliczanie przepływu nienaruszalnego. Poradnik, IMGW, Warszawa

www.kzgw.gov.pl

KNOWLEDGE. The graduate knows and understands:

1. the main research directions and achievements of contemporary geography and the relationship between the disciplines of natural and social sciences

2. complex social, political and cultural processes in territorial communities

3. the role and significance of natural resources, in particular water resources, for human functioning and the mutual relations between nature and society

4. contemporary environmental problems on a local, regional and global scale and explains their origins and consequences

5. principles of spatial development on a local scale i

regional in accordance with the principles of spatial order and sustainable development

6. functional and spatial conflicts and explains the causes and proposes optimal ways of solving them

7. the importance of economics in the management of the environment, in particular of water resources

8. legal conditions of socio-economic and natural processes

9. the most important issues that deal with water management in Poland and in the world

10. what are water and economic systems

SKILLS. The graduate is able to:

1. use theoretical knowledge to describe and solve a research problem on water management

2.select and apply the optimal methods of acquiring, analyzing and presenting spatial data on water management, including advanced information and communication techniques

3. develop a diagnosis of the condition of the environmental components, in particular water resources, and evaluate the effects of environmental impacts

4. forecast changes in social processes related to water resources

5. develop procedures, select test methods to be applied to problems on water management, set up an observation and measurement network, make a correct measurement and interpret the results

6. describe and characterize the types of water resources and apply the acquired knowledge to the planning of a comprehensive water resources management system

7. identify and explain the hazards associated with the water element (floods and droughts)

SOCIAL COMPETENCE. The graduate is ready to:

1. broadening professional competences and updating geographic knowledge, enriched with an interdisciplinary dimension and their critical evaluation

2. actions with a sense of responsibility for the condition of the Earth's ecosystems and resources

3. to act in accordance with the principles of ethics, understanding the special responsibility of scientific staff for the future of civilization

4. acting in an entrepreneurial manner in the preparation and implementation of social, environmental and economic projects related to water management

5. research in the field of water management

Lecture - presence and activity during the lectures and written final exam (after completion of classes);

Classes - based on assessment of exercises and presentations carried out in the frames of the classes.

Final evaluation: classes - 50%, lecture - 50%.

Detailed passing requirements will be given during the first lecture and class.

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