Course Description

This course focuses on the essential aspects of designing sanitary sewer systems, crucial for efficient wastewater management and maintaining healthy municipal environments.

What students will learn

• Understanding and application of the Manning equation to define normal depths in open channels
• Ability to design and analyze small to medium-sized sanitary sewer systems
• Proficiency in computing gradually varied flow profiles and handling complex engineering challenges in hydraulics

Prerequisites or skills necessary

A solid foundation in hydraulics or fluid mechanics, specifically:

• An undergraduate-level course in hydraulics or fluid mechanics.
• Prior completion of CE59700.1 Analysis and Design of Water Distribution Systems is highly recommended.

Course Content

• Fundamentals of flow in open channels and specific energy diagrams
• Detailed study on different sources of wastewater and their management
• Hands-on project on designing a gravity flow based sanitary sewer system

Intended Audience

This course is suitable for advanced-level students and professionals who are involved in civil and environmental engineering, particularly in water resources and urban infrastructure development.

Application of Skills in Real-World

Skills acquired from this course can be utilized in planning, designing, and maintaining sanitation systems for cities, ensuring sustainable and environmentally friendly wastewater management practices.

Syllabus

• Week 1: Basics of open channel flow, emphasis on uniform and critical flow dynamics
• Week 2: Techniques for calculating gradually varied flows and handling hydraulic jumps
• Week 3: Insights into wastewater generation, collection, and estimation methodologies
• Week 4: Detailed exposure to designing norms, regulatory adherence, calculation of peaking factors
• Week 5: Practical project on engineering a sanitary sewer system using gravity flow methods