Potable water sources in Windhoek, Namibia

Jiří Rohovský

Bakalářská práce

Abstract:

This bachelor thesis is a literary research dealing primarily with the quantity and quality of drinking water in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. In the first part, the thesis dealt with general but related information, whether for example climate or economic aspect of the state.It describes the water shortage situation in which Windhoek is located, its current sources of drinking water and its quality. There are mentioned the technologies used here for the recycling and reusing of wastewater as drinking water source. Described water recycling processes in thesis are pre-ozonation, flotation, rapid sand filtration, filtration through biological and granular carbon.The work also noticed the contents of water and the characters of water that determine its quality. These substances are the total dissolved solids, total suspended solids, the electrical conductivity, acidity, fecal coliform, the total and free chlorine content.In the last part of the thesis offers partial solutions in the process of increasing water shortage, which can be implemented in the future.

Keywords

Water purification technologies, Water, Windhoek, Namibia

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 19. 4. 2018

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedoucí: doc. Ing. Vladimír Krepl, CSc.

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze

Fakulta tropického zemědělství

Bakalářský studijní program / obor:
Zemědělská specializace / Zemědělství tropů a subtropů