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Operational and Technical Condition of Separation Equipment in Water Treatment Plants
Pešout, Jakub ; Roh, Robert (referee) ; Kučera, Tomáš (advisor)
The goal of this thesis was to determine the operational and technical parameters of the separation objects in water treatment. The first part is a theoretical and provides basic information on this issue. The second part contains the evaluation criteria created by the obtained information for individual objects and gained in practice by personal visits of selected treatment plants of water. In the last part we can find application of these criteria in water treatment in practice. There is also included the final evaluation of the researched condition.
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Reaction of surface water and groundwater to the hydrological drought in 2015-2018 in the Upper Lužnice river
Husarik, Pavel ; Burian, Alois (advisor) ; Šobr, Miroslav (referee)
The Bachelor's thesis focuses on the examination of drought as an extreme and complex phenomenon. It provides a clear overview of its types, causes, and impacts on the landscape and society. Furthermore, it discusses the response of surface and groundwater to dry periods. The theoretical conclusion specifically analyzes the period of hydrological drought in the Czech Republic between 2015 and 2018. In the practical part, the characteristics of monthly and annual discharges are evaluated, and the response of surface and groundwater is assessed using data. Data from both surface and groundwater, as well as precipitation totals from the ČHMÚ (Czech Hydrometeorological Institute) observation network, were utilized. Average precipitation totals were also taken into account. The evaluation of time series was performed in terms of precipitation-runoff regime, including exceedance lines and monthly flow distributions. The results indicated that the lowest average flows were recorded in 2018, which also saw the lowest average groundwater level. Conversely, the highest number of dry days occurred in the studied period in 2015. Keywords: surface water, groundwater, hydrological drought, the upper Lužnice river
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Dating of radioactive mineral springs of the Krkonoše-Jizera crystalline by 230Th/234U method
Fanta, Martin ; Goliáš, Viktor (advisor) ; Mizera, Jiří (referee)
The isotopes 238 U, 234 U and 230 Th, as members of the uranium-radium decay chain, are fractionated in the environment by changes of geochemical conditions, and they can be used for dating of recent or past geochemical processes in the Quaternary. Samples of water with uranium and of water-activated solids were taken of radioactive mineral water springs at two study sites in the area of Krkonoše-Jizera crystalline complex: Svatý Vojtěch (St. Adalbert) in Horní Malá Úpa, and Bukový Pramen in the Těsný důl valley in Janské Lázně. Uranium was co-precipitated in field conditions with hydroxides of FeIII+ in 50-liter water samples of the radioactive springs. In the lab, uranium and thorium were separated from water precipitates, as well as from solid samples after their chemical decomposition, using chromatographic extraction agent UTEVA. All the three isotopes of interest emit alpha particles, and so their activities were measured by alpha spectrometry and expressed as 234 U/238 U and 230 Th/234 U ratios. As an internal standard, 232 U/228 Th was used. The resulting 234 U/238 U activity ratios of four water samples measured ranged from 1.0747 to 1.423. In twelve samples of solid phases activity ratios 234 U/238 U from 0.861 to 1.129 were determined. The 230 Th/234 U activity ratios form two distinct...
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The issue of drugs in surface and ground waters
Šrot, Martin ; Hrkal, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Datel, Josef (referee)
The presented work deals with the state of research of medicinal substances in water formations of Czech Republic and in smaller ammount it deals with this issue abroad. It provides an overview of the most frequently occurring medicinal substances and methods for their detection and also describes the possible sources of pollution and impact of these substances on the environment. Keywords: ground water, surface water, drugs, contamination
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Anomalous occurences of arsenic in natural waters in the Czech Republic
Rodovská, Zuzana ; Drahota, Petr (advisor) ; Redlich, Aleš (referee)
This bachelor thesis reviews the data on the distribution of arsenic in surface and underground natural waters of the Czech Republic. In addition the thesis focuses on the occurrence of anomalous arsenic concentrations and tries to detect sources of arsenic contamination. Results of the thesis suggest high quality of the surface and groundwater in the Czech Republic with respect to arsenic. Its anomalous concentrations in the natural waters in Czech Republic have been rarely documented only in areas with strong anthropogenic impact and in areas affected by historical mining operations. Keywords: Arsenic, toxicity, contamination, surface water, groundwater, Czech Republic
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Bacterial role in silicate mineral alteration in near-neutral pH conditions
Duchoslav, Vojtěch ; Falteisek, Lukáš (advisor) ; Seydlová, Gabriela (referee)
It is well established that bacteria are able to catalyze dissolution of silicate minerals. Bacteria may dissolve silicates for two different purposes. They may use certain elements that can undergo redox transitions as substrates for their energetic metabolism or they can leach nutrients, that are otherwise unaccessible in their habitat. The main mechanisms of bacterially mediated silicate leaching are acidic or basic catalysis and surface complexation. The main nutrients extracted are K, Mg, P and Fe. The only element significantly exploited as substrate for dissimilative energetic metabolism is iron. In order to leach iron as a nutrient, even extremely strong complexants (i.e. siderophores) may be employed. However, only moderate complexing agents can serve to obtain iron as terminal electron acceptor. The second possibility is to reduce iron directly in the crystal grid by means of the conductive nanofibres. The oxidative dissolution of silicates by chemoautotrophs is rare, in contrast to that of sulfides. Bacterial dissolution of silicates leaves morphological and geochemical signatures, but it is still problematic to recognize and interpret them. Although it is well-known that bacteria can dissolve most of the rock-forming minerals in diverse environments we are unable to quantify their contribution...
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Groundwater protection legislation
Rybka, Jakub ; Sobotka, Michal (advisor) ; Franková, Martina (referee)
Groundwater Protection Legislation The theme of this thesis is the issue of legislation of protection of groundwater in the context of Czech and European legislation. At the outset, this work deals with the historical development of the legislation concerning the protection of waters in the Czech Republic and the legal nature of water to which they relate and adjustment of their property. The main emphasis of this work is put on administrative-legal, conceptual and economic tools for protecting groundwater and deals also with the Water Framework Directive, which is the main regulation of the European Union in this area. Also presented are the main changes proposed by the amendment to the Water Act. This study thus provides an overview of current legislation on protection of groundwater, its evaluation and is concluded with author's forecast for world development in this area in the 21st century.
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Use of microbial community structure as a marker of conditions in underground biotops
Burkartová, Kateřina ; Falteisek, Lukáš (advisor) ; Drahota, Petr (referee)
The amount of data obtained by barcoding of prokaryotic 16S rDNA from natural habitats is increasing exponentially. Thus, methods enabling us to extract useful information from these data are of increasing importance. In this thesis microbial communities from water, sludge and drilling dust were analyzed by 16S rDNA sequencing in three geologically well described sedimentary aquifers in Bohemian Massif. The main goal of this research was to establish how different analytical approaches can be useful in interpretation of groundwater biogeochemical processes. Three approaches were used: First, taxonomy and metabolic traits of the most abundant microorganisms were assessed. Second, ordination methods showing metabolic and taxonomic variability between communities were used. Last the analysis of phylogenetic dissimilarity using UniFrac metrics was performed. When analyzing individual localities separately, the shift in microbial community composition corresponds with the change of environmental conditions. The unconstrained ordination method based on the variability in metabolic traits indicated, that sludge samples are more informative than water samples when asking which electron donor is used in microbial communities. On the other hand, unconstrained ordination methods were useless when the...
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Dating of radioactive mineral springs of the Krkonoše-Jizera crystalline by 230Th/234U method
Fanta, Martin ; Goliáš, Viktor (advisor) ; Mizera, Jiří (referee)
The isotopes 238 U, 234 U and 230 Th, as members of the uranium-radium decay chain, are fractionated in the environment by changes of geochemical conditions, and they can be used for dating of recent or past geochemical processes in the Quaternary. Samples of water with uranium and of water-activated solids were taken of radioactive mineral water springs at two study sites in the area of Krkonoše-Jizera crystalline complex: Svatý Vojtěch (St. Adalbert) in Horní Malá Úpa, and Bukový Pramen in the Těsný důl valley in Janské Lázně. Uranium was co-precipitated in field conditions with hydroxides of FeIII+ in 50-liter water samples of the radioactive springs. In the lab, uranium and thorium were separated from water precipitates, as well as from solid samples after their chemical decomposition, using chromatographic extraction agent UTEVA. All the three isotopes of interest emit alpha particles, and so their activities were measured by alpha spectrometry and expressed as 234 U/238 U and 230 Th/234 U ratios. As an internal standard, 232 U/228 Th was used. The resulting 234 U/238 U activity ratios of four water samples measured ranged from 1.0747 to 1.423. In twelve samples of solid phases activity ratios 234 U/238 U from 0.861 to 1.129 were determined. The 230 Th/234 U activity ratios form two distinct...
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Groundwater protection legislation
Rybka, Jakub ; Sobotka, Michal (advisor) ; Franková, Martina (referee)
Groundwater Protection Legislation The theme of this thesis is the issue of legislation of protection of groundwater in the context of Czech and European legislation. At the outset, this work deals with the historical development of the legislation concerning the protection of waters in the Czech Republic and the legal nature of water to which they relate and adjustment of their property. The main emphasis of this work is put on administrative-legal, conceptual and economic tools for protecting groundwater and deals also with the Water Framework Directive, which is the main regulation of the European Union in this area. Also presented are the main changes proposed by the amendment to the Water Act. This study thus provides an overview of current legislation on protection of groundwater, its evaluation and is concluded with author's forecast for world development in this area in the 21st century.
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