This module is proposed to enhance the existing water and environmental engineering content and to supplement existing modules in the development of the B.E. in Civil Engineering. The module seeks to train students in the design and modeling of water distribution and water collection systems including hydraulic design of treatment plants and will synthesise the principles learned in the prerequisite modules.

Context and principles of water management from catchment to consumer; structural and hydraulic components of water distribution systems (reservoirs, pump stations, surge tanks) and water / wastewater collection systems (manholes, combined sewer overflows, siphons, pumping stations, attenuation tanks); pipeline construction techniques and their application for specific site and ground conditions; development and use of simple numerical analysis tools for the design and sensitivity analysis of hydraulic systems; analysis and design of water storage and distribution systems, including flow demand, storage requirements, flow pressure and control; analysis and design of surface / wastewater collection systems, including assessment of hydraulic loads, network capacity, flow velocity, sediment transport, design & application of hydraulic structures; hydraulic design of treatment plants; hydraulic profiles; long term economic and sustainability design and operation of hydraulic systems.

Describe in broad terms the history and current context and trends in water management; Identify and describe components of water distribution systems and surface / wastewater collection systems; Compare available pipeline construction methods and techniques; Develop simple numerical analysis tools for hydraulic systems, units and structures; Analyse and design water storage & distribution systems, surface water collection and attenuation systems, incorporating Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) as well as wastewater collection systems; Design hydraulic structures at water and wastewater treatment plants; Develop hydraulic profiles through plants; Evaluate economics of water distribution and collection systems.

Demonstrate the critical importance of sustainable management of water resources. Synthesise the previous modules to formulate water management systems from abstraction and collection through treatment and finally to distribution and / or disposal.

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