GSE3203

Water supply and sewerage

(ENG)

L Soste

4 points + 26 lecture hours, 13 tutorial hours and 3 hours laboratory work, 10 hours field trips + 8 hour residential school (distance) + Second semester + Gippsland/distance + Prerequisite: GEG2743 or GSE2203 + Prohibition: GEG3343

Synopsis: Historical development of water supply practice in Victoria. Development of the resource at the headworks. Water resources planning. Gravity pipeline: hydraulic design and installation. Pumped system: pump selection, pump and pipe system economics, waterhammer. Balancing storage. Water quality and treatment. Distribution systems. Asset/maintenance management. Water supply for irrigation systems. Historical development of wastewater collection systems. Constituents of wastewater. Hydraulic design of sewer reticulation systems.

Assessment: Examination: 50% + Assignments: 50%