Owners of dams in the Czech Republic are obliged to ensure the safety management. Part of it is measurement that covers comparing of measured values with limit values (threshold limits). Czech legislation provides principles of safety management e.g. regular observation and monitoring, their periodicity or measured variables. Expectation of reducing the probability of failure, automatic data acquisition system and dam ageing are reasons for adjusting limit values systematically. The aim of this thesis is to specify the method of determination the limit values of displacement for making a vertical survey of embankment dams. The method is demonstrated on the case study of Moravka dam. Sensitivity analysis of hydro-mechanical coupled model of embankment dam is included.

Along with industrial and economic growth there is a persistent risk of permanently increasing air pollution. Air pollution has especially grown in the second half of the 20th century due to intense development of energy, industry and transport sectors. These pollution sources still remain the largest air polluters. Solvents, paints, glues, ink and other substances, emitting volatile organic compounds to air are used in such industries like reel, metal and wood coating, covering with glue sticks, footwear production, production of pharmaceutical products, printing, dry (chemical) surface cleaning etc. Emissions of volatile organic compounds make harm both to people and environment as well as damage the ozone layer. Volatile organic compounds also affect smog formation and green house effect. In the paper it is hypothesised that after implementation of EU legislation, observing the given emission limit values, improving technologies and implementing new treatment technologies, applying the measures to reduce pollution with volatile organic compounds and replacing the materials, emitting volatile organic compounds, with less polluting ones or those without pollution, air emission of volatile organic compounds will reduce dramatically. This master’s paper reviews the measures and ways to manage pollution with volatile organic compounds (VOC): directives and their requirements, transferred to the national laws of the member states, addressed to solve the VOC pollution problem... [to full text]