Sewerage and Urban Drainage

This course aims at providing an explanation of the elements and processes involved in the urban drainage systems and a recommendation of appropriate application.

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Describe the purpose, need and importance of urban drainage and discuss the challenges of modern urban drainage. Describe different types of sewer systems and discuss design, construction, operation and maintenance aspects, conditions of applicability.

2. Describe the hydrological processes relevant to urban storm drainage and impacts of urbanization on hydrological processes and discuss basic concepts in catchment modelling. 

3. Describe the inputs, outputs and functioning of urban drainage systems, explain the standard practice in designing urban drainage systems and develop simple drainage system designs