Sanitary Sewer System Design Course

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