Course Details

Sewerage Systems – town drainage

Academic Year 2026/27

DPB030 course is part of 4 study plans

​ DPA-V Winter Semester 2nd year

​ DKA-V Winter Semester 2nd year

​ DPC-V Winter Semester 2nd year

​ DKC-V Winter Semester 2nd year

The course provides an in-depth study of urban drainage, with a focus on hydrological and hydraulic processes and on the design, assessment and management of sewer systems. Attention is given to the determination of design hydrological and hydraulic parameters, the conveyance of stormwater and wastewater, sewer materials and structural solutions, and technologies used for the construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of sewer networks.

The course also covers the reliability, operation and management of sewer systems, the application of hydroinformatics tools, and relevant technical standards and legislation.

Emphasis is placed on the integrated assessment of urban drainage systems, independent solution of professional problems, and the application of acquired knowledge to the planning, design, operation, rehabilitation and management of sewer systems. The course also develops the ability to critically evaluate professional and scientific sources, formulate and address research questions, and apply appropriate analytical, computational and modelling approaches in research related to urban drainage and water management.

Credits

8 credits

Language of instruction

Czech

Semester

winter

Course Guarantor

doc. Ing. Jaroslav Raclavský, Ph.D.

Institute

Institute of Municipal Water Management

Forms and criteria of assessment

examination

Entry Knowledge

Knowledge of hydraulics, hydrology, sewerage and utility networks at the level of previous university studies. Basic knowledge of water chemistry and technology.

Aims

Upon successful completion of the course, students will acquire advanced professional knowledge, skills and competences required for the independent solution of professional and research problems in the field of urban drainage and sewer systems.

Knowledge

Upon successful completion of the course, students will:

  • understand the hydrological and hydraulic principles of urban drainage,

  • know advanced principles of the design, assessment, operation and management of sewer systems,

  • be familiar with the reliability, construction, reconstruction and rehabilitation of sewer networks,

  • be familiar with relevant technical standards, legislation and professional sources related to urban drainage,

  • understand the potential of hydroinformatics, computational and modelling tools for the analysis of sewer systems,

  • be familiar with current professional and research approaches in the field of urban drainage.

Skills

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • analyse the hydrological and hydraulic conditions of urban areas and assess their impact on the performance of sewer systems,

  • solve professional tasks related to the design, assessment, operation and rehabilitation of sewer systems,

  • select and apply appropriate analytical, computational and modelling methods,

  • critically evaluate professional and scientific sources and interpret their results,

  • formulate a professional or research problem, propose an appropriate approach to its solution and evaluate the obtained results,

  • professionally justify and defend the methods and conclusions of the semester project.

Competences

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • independently solve complex professional and research problems in the field of urban drainage,

  • critically assess the suitability of applied methods, models and proposed technical solutions,

  • integrate knowledge from hydrology, hydraulics, hydroinformatics and the technical design of sewer systems,

  • work independently with professional and scientific sources and further develop their knowledge in the field,

  • professionally discuss, interpret and defend the results of their own work and apply them to research and practical tasks.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of hydraulics, hydrology, sewerage and utility networks at the level of previous university studies. Basic knowledge of water chemistry and technology.

Offered to foreign students

Not to offer

Course on BUT site

https://www.vut.cz/en/students/courses/detail/302313

Lecture

13 weeks, 3 hours/week, elective

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction to the problems and meet with the topics and basic concepts.
  • 2. Sorts of sewerage systems and their schematics.
  • 3. Assesment of design discharge of sewerages.
  • 4. Assesment of design discharge of rainy sewerage water and processing udometric data.
  • 5. Hydraulics - summary axiom for non-pressure streaming.
  • 6. Pipe materials of sewerage networks and objects on sewerage networks.
  • 7. Sewer connections, overfow and rainy basin.
  • 8. Verification of watertightness on sewerage networks.
  • 9. Servicing and maintenance of sewerage networks.
  • 10. Non-traditional means of sewers (pressure, vacual and small-profile sewerage).
  • 11. Build-up of sewerage networks.
  • 12. Rehabilitation of sewerage networks.
  • 13. Information about examinations, exercise in examine problems.