Year No. Offer Mode Description Cred. Pts 96 79003 S2 X WATER SUPPLY SEW & DRAIN 1.00
The local authority engineer must be able to design, construct and operate systems for communities which delivers water of acceptable standard, collects wastewaters, and collects and disposes of rainfall runoff.
This units seeks to revise and substantially expand design methods introduced in most undergraduate civil engineering degree courses. Particular emphasis is placed on hydraulic aspects of pipe and channel flow, distribution networks, pipeline and pumping requirements and urban drainage design.
Upon successful completion of this unit, the student should be able to:
Description Weighting(%)
- Water Supply and Sewerage 5.00
- Water and wastewater quantities. Demand. Population 5.00 Predictions
- Hydraulics 10.00 . Flow in pipes water hammer and surge. Flow in channels, including unsteady flow.
- Water Storage and Distribution 10.00 . Distribution network analysis. Storage capacity - yield analysis. Probability matrix methods.
- Sewerage Systems 15.00 . Design. Construction. Maintenance. Appurtenances.
- Structural Design of Pipelines 5.00
- Pumping Stations 10.00 . Design, construction, operation, maintenance.
- Materials 5.00 . Material properties and selection. Corrosion problems in water mains and in sewers. DRAINAGE
- Rainfall 5.00 . Intensity. Frequency of rainfall events. Rainfall duration. Estimation of parameters. Temporal patterns of rainfall.
- Runoff 10.00 . Catchment and runoff data. Stream discharge measurement. Estimation of peak flowrate. Runoff hydrographs. Flood frequency analysis. Runoff Routing (eg Clark Johnstone, RORB).
- Design of Urban Drainage Systems 20.00 . Selection of design flood. Rational Method of drainage design including its us as a statistical model. Design of a drainage system. Retention basins. Computer software. Design of Road Culverts . Typical operating conditions. Headwater and tailwater levels. Inlet and Outlet control. Design methods.
Institution of Engineers, Australia, "Australian Rainfall and Runoff",
Revised Edition, 1987.
Queensland Water Resources Commission, Guidelines for the Planning and
Design of Sewerage Schemes, Vol 1 and 2.
Twort A C, Law F M and Crowley F W, "Water Supply", 3rd Edition,
Edward Arnold, 1985.
Main Roads Department, Queensland, "Urban Road Design Manual, Volume
2", 1975.
Barnes, Bliss, Gould and Vallentine, "Water and Wastewater Engineering
Systems", Longman Scientific and Technical, 1986.
Metcalf and Eddy, Inc "Wastewater Engineering: Collection and Pumping
of Wastewater", McGraw Hill, 1981.
ACTIVITY HOURS Residential School 2 Directed Study 130 Examinations 3 Assessments 40
No *F/S Marks Due Description Wtg(%) LBL 1 S 200.00 19/08/96 ASSIGNMENT - WATER SUPPLY 20.00 Y 2 S 100.00 16/09/96 ASSIGNMENT - SEWERAGE SYSTEMS 10.00 Y 3 S 200.00 21/10/96 ASSIGNMENT - DRAINAGE DESIGN 20.00 Y 4 S 500.00 END S2 3 HOUR OPEN BOOK EXAMINATION 50.00 N
1 Students must achieve at least 45% of the maximum possible marks
in each assessment, and at least 50% of the total marks for all
assessments to complete the unit successfully.
2 Penalty for Late Submission of an Assignment. The penalty for
being late, without legitimate reason (eg illness substantiated
by a medical certificate) is loss of all marks up to limits as
follows :
(i) up to 1 week late - 20% of marks scored (applied pro rata);
(ii) over 1 week late :
(a) 40% of marks scored, if (b) does not apply;
(b) loss of all marks if feedback to other students may
potentially give you an advantage.
3 There is a voluntary residential school for this unit.
4 It is the policy of the Faculty of Engineering and Surveying NOT
to accept submission of assignments by facsimile or email.
Students in remote locations who do not have regular access to
postal services may be given special consideration.