- Identification: 103/96/1710 - Grant Agency of the Czech Republic
- Duration: 1996 - 1998
- Principal investigator: Doc. Ing. Jiří Váška CSc. (Faculty of Civil Engineering CTU)
- Co-investigator: RNDr. Marcela Balejová CSc.
- Co-investigator: Ing. Josef Hejzlar CSc. (Hydrobiological Institute ASCR)
- Co-investigator: RNDr. Karel Segeht CSc. (Mathematical Institute ASCR)
Improvement of surface water resources qualify, mostly of reservoirs, requires a decrease in the input of pollutants from catchments and to implement a reservoir operation system that is in agreement with water quantity and quality requirements. The objective of the project is to analyze the main transport processes of pollutants in a catchment-reservoir system. The transport of solid particles and dissolved substances within the catchment of surface water resources (mostly from diffuse sources), and the hydrodynamic, chemical and biological processes in thermal stratified reservoirs will be studied. The results of the project will contribute to the knowledge of the impact of these processes on water quality in reservoirs and, together with optimisation of real-time reservoir operation and restriction of pollutant inputs, will contribute to water quality improvement. The project is based on the application of mathematical simulation models and monitoring of input data for their calibration and verification The theoretical results will be applied to a selected model system "catchment - reservoir", e.g. the Pastviny reservoir (Eastem Bohemia) or the Římov reservoir (Southern Bohemia).
