Course detail

Urban Drainage

FAST-CP52Acad. year: 2024/2025

Introduction, sewer system planning; patterns of collection systems, quality and quantity of dry weather flow, rainfall data for urban drainage design; characterization of stormwater, rational method and other design procedures for storm sewers, hydraulic transport in drainage network, Saint Venant equation for dynamic wave, elements of urban hydrology, modelling of stormwater runoff, quantity and quality, modelling of urban sewer systems on computers, new drainage concepts, pipe materials, structures on sewerage and sewer connections, management and control of urban drainage.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jaroslav Raclavský, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Municipal Water Management (VHO)

Entry knowledge

Hydrology, Hydroinformatics, Hydraulics, Sewerage, WWTP

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

The primary purpose of this course is to review the current of art in urban drainage, with emphasis on drainage impacts on the receiving waters, means of impact mitigation and implementation of the national standards and management programs. The subject brings groudings about Planning, Design, Operation, Rehabilitation of Sewer systems and information about hydroinformatics tools.
Student will manage aim of course: planning, proposal, operating and rehabilitation of sewer networks including hydroinformatics.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

MAYS Larry W.: Stormwater collection systems design handbook. The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2001. ISBN-10: 0071354719. (EN)

Recommended literature

Fair, G. M., Geyer, J. Ch., Morris, J. C.: Water Supply and Waste-water Disposal. John Wiley&Sons, Inc., New York, 1954. (EN)
Marsalek, J., Maksimovic, C., Zeman, E., Price, R.: Hydroinformatics Tools for Planning, Design, Opration and Rehabilitation of Sewer Systems. Kluver Academic Publishers, 1998. (EN)
Marsalek, J., Watt, E., Zeman, E., Sieker, H.: Advanced in Urban Stormwater and Agricultural Runoff Source Controls. Kluver Academic Publishers, 2001. (EN)

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jaroslav Raclavský, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction, sewer system planning; patterns of collection systems. 2. Quality and quantity of dry weather flow. 3. Rainfall data for urban drainage design; characterization of stormwater. 4. Rational method and other design procedures for storm sewers. 5. Hydraulic transport in drainage network. 6. Saint Venant equation for dynamic wave. 7. Elements of urban hydrology, modelling of stormwater runoff, quantity and quality. 8. Modelling of urban sewer systems on computers. 9. New drainage concepts. 10. Pipe materials. 11. Objects on sewer networks. 12. Other objects and sewer connections. 13. Management and control of urban drainage.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Jaroslav Raclavský, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Assessment of the capacity of a combined sewer system I. 2. Assessment of the capacity of a combined sewer system II. 3. Dimensioning of the sewer system with simulation model SWMM-I. 4. Dimensioning of the sewer system with simulation model SWMM-II. 5. Dimensioning of the sewer system with simulation model MIKE URBAN-I. 6. Dimensioning of the sewer system with simulation model MIKE URBAN-II. 7. Dimensioning of the sewer system with simulation model MIKE URBAN-III. 8. Design of a selected object I. 9. Design of a selected object II. 10. Design of a selected object III. 11. Seminar work - presentation. 12. Seminar work - presentation. 13. Credit.