| NAME OF THE COURSE |
Water Protection |
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Course teacher |
Prof Nediljka Vukojević Medvidović |
Credits (ECTS) |
4.0 |
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Associate teachers |
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Type of instruction (number of hours) |
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Status of the course |
Elective |
Percentage of application of e-learning |
0 % |
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| COURSE DESCRIPTION |
Course objectives |
Students will become familiar with the types, distribution and quality of water in nature, the properties of aquatic ecosystems, and the methods and legislation to preserve their quality. |
Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course |
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Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes) |
It is expected that the outcome of learning to provide knowledge about:
- understanding the concepts ecosystem, biotope, biocenose, food chain
- cycling of matter and energy in the ecosystem
- abiotic and biotic ecological factors
- importance of water and its physico-chemical properties
- characteristics of fresh water and seawaters
- physical, chemical and biological indicators of water quality
- water resource management
- sustainable use of water
- water protection through preservation of good water condition, preventing the devastation of waters that are under risk, and remediation of degraded water status in order to preserve human health and the environment
- point and nonpoint sources of pollution
- protection from the harmful effects of water
- classification of fresh waters and coastal sea
- reuse of treated wastewater
- guidelines for water reuse
- legislation for wastewater and treated water
- final disposal of sludge generated in the wastewater treatment plant. |
Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus) |
1st week: Ecosystem. Biotope. Ecological factors.
2nd week: Fresh waters. Seawater. Physicochemical properties of water.
3rd week: Water quality indicators.
4th week: Seminar. Checking the accuracy of the chemical analyzes.
5th week: Disorders in aquatic ecosystems quality. Eutrophication. (I written evaluation). Autopurification of water systems.
6th week: Water management. Water legislation. Classification of fresh waters and coastal seas.
7th week: Seminar: Water quality assessment in Dalmatia (part 1).
8th week: Seminar: Water quality assessment in Dalmatia (part 2).
9th week: The state plan for water protection. Planning and environment management.
10th week: Conservation and improvement of water quality.
11th week: Monitoring of natural waters quality. Legislation for effluent disposal.
12th week: Seminar. Monitoring of migration and distribution of pollution in the environment through pollution index ( part 1).
13th week: Seminar. Monitoring of migration and distribution of pollution in the environment through pollution index ( part 2).
14th week: Wastewaters treatment.
15th week: Waste management and conservation of aquatic environment. |
Format of instruction: |
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Student responsibilities |
Attending lectures is 80%, while seminars 100% of the total hours. |
Screening student work (name the proportion of ECTS credits for eachactivity so that the total number of ECTS credits is equal to the ECTS value of the course): |
Class attendance |
1.5 |
Research |
0.0 |
Practical training |
0.0 |
Experimental work |
0.0 |
Report |
0.0 |
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Essay |
0.0 |
Seminar essay |
1.0 |
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Tests |
0.5 |
Oral exam |
0.5 |
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Written exam |
0.5 |
Project |
0.0 |
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Grading and evaluating student work in class and at the final exam |
The entire exam can be applied over the three written evaluation during the semester. Passing threshold is 60%. Students who have not passed written evaluation during the semester should attend at the final exam in the regular examination period. Final exam will include written and oral exam. Passing threshold is also 60%. Rating: 60%-70% - satisfactory, 70%-80% - good, 80%-90% very good, 90%-100% - excellent. |
Required literature (available in the library and via other media) |
Title |
Number of copies in the library |
Availability via other media |
S. Tedeschi, Zaštita voda, HDGI, Zagreb, 1997. |
1 |
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Strategija upravljanja vodama, Hrvatske vode, AKD Zagreb, 2009. |
1 |
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D. Mayer, Kvaliteta i zaštita podzemnih voda, HDZVM, Zagreb, 1993. |
1 |
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B. Tušar, Ispuštanje i procišcavanja otpadne vode, Croatija knjiga, Zagreb, 2004. |
1 |
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D. Dikic et al., Ekološki leksikon, Ministarstvo zaštite okoliša i prostornog uređenja RH, O.P. Springer (ur.), Zagreb, 2001. |
1 |
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N. Š. Giljanović, Vode Dalmacije, Nastavni zavod za javno zdravstvo Splitsko-dalmatinske županije, 2006. |
1 |
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Laboratorijske vježbe iz Zaštite voda (interna skripta) |
0 |
kod predmetnog nastavnika |
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Optional literature (at the time of submission of study programme proposal) |
H.D. Sharma and S.P. Lewis, Waste Containment System, Waste Stabilization, and Landfills, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994; D. Mayer, Voda od nastanka do upotrebe, Prosvjeta, Zagreb, 2004.
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Quality assurance methods that ensure the acquisition of exit competences |
Quality assurance will be performed at three levels:
(1) University Level; (2) Faculty Level by Quality Control Committee; (3) Lecturer’s Level. |
Other (as the proposer wishes to add) |
Suggestions and reactions of participants during the semester.
Student survey. |
