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PurdueX: Design of Urban Water Management Structures

Compute design rainfall, calculate runoff and stormwater flows; design storm sewer systems and detention storage structures.

5 weeks
5–6 hours per week
Instructor-paced
Instructor-led on a course schedule
This course is archived

About this course

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Detention storage structures and storm sewer systems are used to store and transport rainfall-runoff through open ditched and underground pipes.

In this course, we will:

  • Learn about spatial distribution of rainfall, perform statistical analysis, fit different distributions to the data, and calculate design rainfall.
  • Learn to estimate runoff using the rational method and time of concentration, and use the SCS-CN method to determine the time distribution of runoff. Unit hydrograph theory and computation of storm hydrographs will be covered.
  • Use regulations to design storm sewer systems using EPA-SWMM.
  • Compute storage volumes for detention storage structures.

At a glance

  • Institution: PurdueX
  • Subject: Engineering
  • Level: Advanced
  • Prerequisites:
    • An undergraduate course in hydraulics or fluid mechanics
    • CE59700.1 Analysis and Design of Water Distribution Systems and CE59700.2 Design of Sanitary Sewer Systems would be highly desirable.
  • Language: English
  • Video Transcript: English
  • Associated skills:Stormwater Management, Water Resource Management, Statistical Analysis

What you'll learn

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  • Determine design rainfall and calculate runoff using rational method, SCS curve number method and unit hydrograph theory.
  • Calculate stormwater flows.
  • Analyze and design storm sewer systems and detention storage volumes by rational method.
  • Identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems.
  • Week 1: Rainfall temporal and spatial variation, design rainfall and hydrologic risk
  • Week 2: Runoff using Rational Method, storm sewer design
  • Week 3: Detention storage design, SCS CN method
  • Week 4: Hydrographs, SCS triangular and curvilinear unit hydrographs
  • Week 5: Superposition, computing runoff hydrographs from unit hydrograph theory

Who can take this course?

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