Basics of Urban Drainage and Sewerage

Learning targets

Citizens should be able to rely on a municipality that effectively fulfills its responsibilities regarding watermanagement. This is essential for a healthy living environment. What knowledge and skills do you, as a water professional, need to ensure that urban wastewater, stormwater, and groundwater are well-managed?

In the Basics of Urban Drainage and Sewerage course, we have divided the municipality’s broad water-related responsibilities into three clear modules: Policy, Future City, and Existing City. You will gain insight into relevant legislation and learn the ins and outs of sewerage management. We make concrete how topics like policy and goals, as well as the interaction between existing and future cities, are connected.

Upon completing the training, you will be able to apply essential skills, such as developing a water and sewerage program. You will learn to design and size a simple sewer system, considering important factors like climate change. You will gain strategic knowledge of sewerage management and be able to create a management plan. Additionally, you’ll know how to assess and evaluate the condition of sewer systems.

The Basics of Urban Drainage and Sewerage course offers a diverse package to guide your municipality toward a sustainable and water-resilient future.

The following topics will be covered:

Module 1: Policy

Module 2: Future City

Module 3: Existing City

Upon completion of this training, you will have the following knowledge and skills:

• legislation and regulations, as well as the organization of sewerage management
• policy framework and goals for the future
• development of a water and sewerage program
• designing and sizing a sewer system
• strategic-level sewerage management

Program

Module 1: Policy

How does the municipality fulfill its responsibilities regarding watermanagement, and what tools can it use?

Topics:

• introduction to sewerage, urban water, and water systems
• legislation and policy
• integration: Sewerage in the existing and future city (Goals, Functional requirements, Standards, and Measurement methods)
• planning and organization
• finances

Module 2: Future City

How do you design a sewer system?

Topics:

• integration of policy and the future city
• basic knowledge of urban water
• system selection and layout
• basic knowledge of hydraulics
• basic knowledge of hydrostatics
• basic knowledge of hydrodynamics
• sizing
• calculation models
• how to ensure the city remains resilient for the future

Module 3: Existing City

All aspects of watermanagement in the existing city.

Topics:

• integration of policy, future city, and existing city
• information systems
• research – inventory and measurements
• research – calculations, analysis, and inspections
• classification and assessment
• execution
• progress monitoring

Personal Contribution

At World Water Academy, it’s all about both knowledge and practice. That’s why we expect each participant to bring their own work experience to the training. What challenges are you facing? And what experiences can you share so that others can learn from them?

Target group

This course is intended for professionals working in sewerage and urban watermanagement, such as projectmanagers, advisors, designers, or policy officers.