
About this course
Overview
Design decisions made once get lived with by an operations team for thirty years. This covers network design and hydraulic modelling alongside treatment and daily operation, connecting what gets drawn to what a utility can actually run at the scale a growing city imposes.
What you will be able to do
Learning outcomes
- Size and lay out water and sewer networks
- Run hydraulic simulations to test designs
- Diagnose pressure, flow, and capacity problems
- Specify treatment and pumping requirements
- Coordinate design with operations teams
What the course sets out to do
Course objectives
- Explain water and wastewater network principles
- Design distribution and collection networks
- Build and interpret hydraulic models
- Integrate treatment and operational requirements
- Plan for capacity, resilience, and maintenance
Course content
Modules
01Water Demand and Supply
Estimating demand, source assessment, and reservoir and storage planning for urban supply.
02Distribution Network Design
Pipe sizing, layout, pressure zones, and material selection for water distribution.
03Hydraulic Modelling
Building, calibrating, and interpreting network models to test performance under load.
04Wastewater Collection
Gravity sewers, pumping stations, and hydraulic design of collection systems.
05Treatment Integration
Matching treatment processes and capacity to network flows and quality standards.
06Operations and Resilience
Maintenance planning, non-revenue water, and building resilience into system operation.
Who it is for
Target audience
Civil and water engineers, utility planners, and consulting engineers working on municipal water and sanitation infrastructure.
Before you start
Prerequisites
A civil, water or municipal engineering background.