Stormwater Management by NTUA / UB

Start: February 2013
Duration: 15 weeks
Credits: 8 ECTS
Web-link: http://www.water-msc.org/en/wrem203.htm

AIMS
This module aims to provide a basic knowledge of classical and contemporary problems in stormwater management for planning, modelling, design, operational management and research of storm water collection and disposal. It also offers gaining basics of physically based modelling of storm water networks and its interactions with SUDS (Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems).

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Subject Specific Knowledge, Understanding and Skills
By the end of this module, the students should:
have acquired understanding of the physical (meteorological, hydrodynamic) processes affecting surface runoff and its interactions with storm drainage components their characteristics and functioning of such systems;
have acquired basic knowledge of storm drainage planning, water supply and distribution system management problems;
be able to make appropriate and critical use of storm drainage modelling and management principles.
2. Core Academic Skills
By the end of this module, the students should:
be able to identify, formulate and analyse a management problem in a given water storm water collection system;
be able to critically assess research results;
have acquired some practical experience of conceptualising and analysing storm drainage modelling tools.
3. Personal and Key Skills
By the end of this module, the students should have:
improved further the necessary skills for independent learning;
enhanced report and presentation skills;
improved some IT skills.

SYLLABUS PLAN
The role and concepts of storm drainage systems
Rainfall characteristics and analysis
Catchment characteristics and data management
Rainfall-Runoff modelling and system design
Course work (Essay) for rainfall-runoff modelling
Storm wash-off
Interactions with wastewater, CSO, system separation, health issues
Structural vs. non-structural measures & SUDS
Urban flooding analysis and management
Coursework or essay on urban flood management
Asset management in Urban Drainage systems
Research and professional issues for the future