On-site training
Urban Drainage Networks
Description

In this course, starting from the essential minimum of theoretical knowledge, the necessary foundations for understanding the principle of operation of urban drainage networks are given.

These networks becoming increasingly complex as time goes by, as they quite understandably have to incorporate pumping stations, valves, dumps, regulation tanks, etc. Urban drainage mixes two very closely-related but completely independent fields - hydrology and hydraulics, not forgetting the environmental component inherent to these systems.

The final aim of the course is to provide sufficient knowledge to be able to assess the operation of this kind of systems, as well as to be able to design these from the hydraulic angle.

Duration
40 hours
Course contents
  • Introduction to drainage networks.
  • Types of networks.
  • Hydrological data.
  • Rain/runoff ratio.
  • IDF curves.
  • Unitary hydrograms.
  • Design of networks by the rational method.
  • Advantages and limitations.
  • The problem of water quality associated with drainage networks.
  • The problem of CSO.
  • Conception of retention systems.
  • Hydraulic calculations in existing networks.
  • Dimensioning of auxiliary works.
  • The management of networks.
  • Introduction to the SWWM program.
  • Pumping in drainage networks.
  • Introduction to non-steady movement.