Description:

The subject is applied on practical introduction to modelling water balances, sediment and nutrient transport, including real case studies and applications.

Contents:

Introduction to water resources balances in basins
Surface waters and pollution sources
Basic principles of landscape water retention assessments
Surface flow modelling and water balancing
Soil erosion modelling principles
Sediment transport modelling principles
Balances of nutrients and nutrient sources
Sediment trapping in reservoirs
Integrated modelling of sediment transport in watersheds
Application of sediment transport models in watersheds
Landscape management scenarios for water resources protection
Agricultural management scenarios for water resources protection
Scenarios of technical measures implementation for water resources protection

Seminar contents:

following the lectures.

Recommended literature:

!Bauer, M., Dostal, T., Krasa, J., Jachymova, B., David, V., Devaty, J., Strouhal, L., Rosendorf, P., 2019. Risk to residents, infrastructure, and water bodies from flash floods and sediment transport. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 191, 85. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-019-7216-7
!Krasa, J., Dostal, T., Jachymova, B., Bauer, M., Devaty, J., 2019. Soil erosion as a source of sediment and phosphorus in rivers and reservoirs - Watershed analyses using WaTEM/SEDEM. Environmental Research 171, 470-483. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ENVRES.2019.01.044
?Boardman, J., Poesen, J., 2006. Soil Erosion in Europe: Major Processes, Causes and Consequences, in: Soil Erosion in Europe. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK, pp. 477-487. https://doi.org/10.1002/0470859202.ch36

Keywords:

watershed modelling, water balance, environmental protection, sediment transport, nutrient transport.

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar