Design of water supply and sewerage networks

Learning Outcomes:

• Understanding the principles of water consumption estimation

• Understanding the principles of water supply water transfer

• Understanding the principles of design and distribution of water supply networks

• Understanding the principles of design and sizing of sewerage networks

• Understanding the principles of waste-water pumping stations design and sizing

General Skills

• Design and sizing of water transfer to the cities
• Design and sizing of water distribution networks
• Design and sizing of sewerage networks
• Design and sizing of pumping station

Course Content:

1. Introduction. Significance of water supply and sewerage networks. Water resources acquisition
2. Water consumption. Estimation of water volume needed for fire extinction purposes
3. Water transfer for water supply purposes: open channels and closed pipes. Choice of the adequate method and design principles.
4. Resolution of problems related to cavitation and water hammer occurrence in the case of long distance water transfer.
5. Sizing of water storage supply tanks and towers. Sizing of water supply pumping stations
6. Principles of design and sizing of water distribution networks.
7. Computation of hydraulic characteristics of water supply distribution networks. Method Newton-Raphson, method Cross etc.
8. Use of EPANET software for the design and sizing of water distribution networks
9. Types of sewerage networks. Combined and separate networks. Computation of the flowrates. Principles of hydraulics of sewage networks
10. Design and sizing of waste water networks. Application examples.
11. Design and sizing of storm drain and combined sewage networks. Application examples.
12. Design and sizing of pumping stations for sewage and stormwater transport
13. Alternative systems for waste water sewerage networks. Bill of quantities for sewerage and water supply networks

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