LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon completion, the student should be able to:
- Recognize the profound influence of water supply services and water quality on public health [identity]
- Understand and manage risks related to drinking water quality [knowledge, skill]
- Build and calibrate hydraulic simulation models of water distribution and wastewater collection systems [skill]
- Estimate, forecast and manage water demand [skill]
- Design and operate water distribution and wastewater collection systems [skill]
- Understand the multi-objective optimization problems related to system design and operation [knowledge, skill]
Credits: 5
Schedule: 28.02.2022 - 07.04.2022
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Riku Vahala
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):
Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):
Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
valid for whole curriculum period:
This course gives an introduction to the design, operation and management of water distribution and wastewater collection systems. Additionally, the course incorporates multiple stormwater collection system aspects, including network design, evaluation of catchment parameters, and sensitivity analysis of the area representing changed land use and climate. The course is useful for students interested in the operation, planning and design of these networks.
Lectures: Hydraulic modelling of water and wastewater networks, basics of hydraulics, management of pressure transients, water demand management, leakage, inflow and infiltration, sewer overflows, system optimization, pump design, Health and aesthetic aspects of water quality, water quality control in the networks.
Assignments: sewer and water supply modeling, hydraulics and management of pressure transients, modeling leakage, RDII, reducing energy use and leakage in water supply system, water quality modeling
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
Lectures, exercises and group work.
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
Contact hours
- Lectures 22h
- Exercise sessions 22h
Independent work
- Simulation exercises 80h
- Reading materials 7 h
DETAILS
Substitutes for Courses
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Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals
6 Clean Water and Sanitation
11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
Teaching Language : English
Teaching Period : 2022-2023 Spring IV
2023-2024 Spring IVEnrollment :
Registration for courses will take place on Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi). A limited number of students will be accepted to the course, with preference given to our own WAT Master's Programme students. Other students may be selected based on Motivation Letter and/or other criteria. The course may not be organized if fewer than 5 students register to the course.