2026
Management of water supply and sewage system
Name: Management of water supply and sewage system
Code: ERU14246O
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Engenharia Hidráulica
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Presentation
Optional
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
This curricular unit provide a comprehensive training in the concepts related to the calculation, design and construction of pipes both in pressure and in open channel flow, as well as the study of distribution networks and sewage networks.
Knowledge and skills focus on fundamental notions about water needs for supply and other uses, design of distribution infraestructures, and the transportation to the wastewater treatment plants. The training is complemented with the knowledge of the possibilities that hydrological and hydraulic models offer in the planning and design of hydraulic infrastructures, as well as the ability to predict and evaluate the repercussions that changes may generate in them or in their uses.
Knowledge and skills focus on fundamental notions about water needs for supply and other uses, design of distribution infraestructures, and the transportation to the wastewater treatment plants. The training is complemented with the knowledge of the possibilities that hydrological and hydraulic models offer in the planning and design of hydraulic infrastructures, as well as the ability to predict and evaluate the repercussions that changes may generate in them or in their uses.
Contents
1. Water distribution infraestructure
2. Supply network and storage infraestructures and elements
3. Design and legal requirements
4. Monitoring and follow-up network: integration with SCADA systems
5. Auscultation and new data capture technologies
Seminar: Numerical modelization of supply networks.
6. System maintenance: ageing and economic evaluation of a sustainable maintenance
Technical visit to the command centre of a supply system
7. Sewage network and storage infraestructures and elements
8. Design and legal requirements
9. Monitoring and environmental assessment processes
10. System maintenance and management
Seminar: Numerical modelization of sewage networks.
2. Supply network and storage infraestructures and elements
3. Design and legal requirements
4. Monitoring and follow-up network: integration with SCADA systems
5. Auscultation and new data capture technologies
Seminar: Numerical modelization of supply networks.
6. System maintenance: ageing and economic evaluation of a sustainable maintenance
Technical visit to the command centre of a supply system
7. Sewage network and storage infraestructures and elements
8. Design and legal requirements
9. Monitoring and environmental assessment processes
10. System maintenance and management
Seminar: Numerical modelization of sewage networks.
Teaching Methods
Master classes combined with practical exercises for the application of the content of each topic carried out during the proposed seminars. In those seminars, the students will learn to use different technical software to analysis and assessment supply and sewage networks and systems. The evaluation will be carried out through submitting activities (50%) and theoretical test (50%).
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