Urban Drainage and Stormwater Management

• Design simple urban drainage and stormwater management systems, below and above ground
• Analyse existing systems to identify areas in risk of flooding
• Quantify frequency and volume of overflows
• Estimate pollutant loads to recipients
• Propose a range of solutions to solve flooding/surcharge, sewer overflow and stormwater pollution problems, and document the effect of these solutions
• Dimension the most important system structures such as pipes, basins and combined sewer overflow structures as well as nature based solutions and local infiltration devices
• Use advanced digital tools simulation software for urban stormwater systems (e.g. MIKE+)
• Understand the perspective of latest trends in digitalization of urban drainage systems – including new data and model products and digital twins
• Choose between different types of raindata for use on different types of problems
• Identify the main sources of uncertainty in model assessments and compare to uncertainty from climate change and growth of cities

Urban drainage and stormwater management; cloudburst; pluvial flooding; sewer overflow; dimensioning new system components; hydraulics; urban hydrology; backwater; modelling; simplification; st. Venants Equations; sewer separation; nature based solutions (LAR, SUDS, LIDS, WSUD…); rainfall statistics; return period; sources of pollution; effects of climate change, adapting to climate change, rainwater harvesting and water circularity, real time modelling and control.

41102/12320, Basic understanding of hydraulic and hydrological phenomena and calculations

Lectures, tutorials, computer simulations, excursions, project work in groups, presentations, report writing and quizzes.