Urban Water Management

Overview

This unit of study aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills in basic hydrology and hydraulics, water supply infrastructure, stormwater management and design, and sewerage reticulation and onsite systems.

Unit learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

1. Apply basic principles of hydraulics when designing drains and culverts
2. Understand the interaction between the processes of the hydrological cycle and urban water resources when planning civil infrastructure projects
3. Understand the water supply infrastructure system and the importance of water quality when planning urban water resources management
4. Analyse hydrologic data and catchment to estimate design flow when planning stormwater management
5. Understand and apply the strategies in urban stormwater management, including retention/detention when planning stormwater management
6. Analyse and design, using design aid software when applicable, stormwater reticulation and drainage when planning stormwater management
7. Understand sewerage reticulation and on-site systems when working on civil engineering projects

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Assessment

(i) an aggregate mark of 50% or more, and
(ii) at least 40% in the final exam.

Students who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirement (ii) will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.

Content

• Fundamental hydraulics of pipeflow
• Hydrological cycle, rainfall and runoff analysis
• Water supply: water quality, water sources, water supply infrastructure system
• Urban stormwater management: stormwater reticulation and drainage design, culvert, stormwater retention and detention, storage and re-use
• Municipal wastewater management: sewerage reticulation system, on-site systems
• Use of design aids (HEC-RAS, DRAINS, EPANET)