Management of Urban Water Systems

Code:

M.EA026

Acronym:

GSUA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Hydraulics

Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Civil and Georesources Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Environmental Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
M.EA	7	Syllabus	2	-	6	45,5	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

It is essential goal to introduce the design of urban water systems and their exploration and management through water management entities and other entities with intervention in the area of ​​the urban water cycle.

It is expected, with this discipline, that the students acquire general and specific knowledge about the management of water, solid wastes and other environmental companies, both in conditions of stability and of change (traditional and change management). The students are expected to be prepared for the basic operation of the mentioned system above:

o comprehensive training in the major scientific and technical areas of Environmental Engineering - and in terms of the characterization and use of water as a primordial element of culture and human life.

o Transmit and guarantee to all future Masters in Environmental Engineering knowledge that will enable them to practice design and exploration in the area of ​​urban water supply and wastewater and rainwater drainage systems.

o Expose and apply to practical examples, the technical, economic and normative criteria for the design, analysis and evaluation and sustainable management of the different components of the Systems through the development of general solutions (design and dimensioning) of design and engineering practices.

o Training for “new” and emerging problems in terms of water management and its use for different purposes related to human life.

Learning outcomes and competences

This UC is structured to give specific skills in the following domains:

- Experimentation and discovery of knowledge;

- Personal and professional skills and attitudes;

- Group work;

- Communication (oral and written);

- External and social context;

- Systems design and engineering:

- Management of hydraulic infrastructures that are part of the Urban Water Cycle.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

For an adequate frequency of this Curricular Unit, the student must have, in the degree, successfully completed Curricular Units with syllabus corresponding to those of Fluid Mechanics and Applied Hydraulics of the Licentiate Degree in Environmental Engineering (L.EA) at FEUP.

Program

1. Water Supply and Drainage Urbans Systems. Introduction. The hydrological cycle and the urban cycle. Pollution. Sanitation. Main components of Basic Sanitation Systems. Examples. Case Study.


2. General Design, Planning, Organization and Exploitation of Water and Waste Systems.


3. Strategic and Cross-cutting Themes to be developed:

A - Technicians - Supply and demand management • Performance indicators • Loss control • Recycling • Infrastructure rehabilitation • Desalination • Rainwater reuse • Energy efficiency • Reliability and risk management • Automation, remote measurement and remote management

B – Economic - Costs • Pricing • Financing • Asset management

C - Social and Environmental - Development and poverty • Tariff

D - Policy Option - Privatization • Regulation • Legislation and regulation.

1. Management of Environmental Systems. Introduction. General and specific goals. Organizational Management Components. Integrated management principles. The PDCA cycle. Characteristics of a management entity. Resource Management, Environmental Management, Asset Management, Customer Relationship Management, Information Management, etc.


2. Organizational Structure. Responsibilities. Task Organization. Planning. Operating Plans.


3. Maintenance. The maintenance function in an urban water system. Maintenance plans.


4. Infrastructure Asset Management. Examples.


5. Water Safety Plans. Case study.


6. Energy efficiency. Case study.


7. Excess Inflows on Drainage Systems. Origin and Problems. Control. Hydraulic and environmental solutions. Mitigating actions.

Mandatory literature

Joaquin Poças Martins/José Tentúgal valente; Apontamentos escritos de apoio à UC e disponibilizados no SIGARRA - “Conteúdos” da UC., 2021
Joaquin Poças Martins/José Tentúgal valente; Projeções de apoio às sessões teóricas e teórico-práticas

Complementary Bibliography

ERSAR; Guias Técnicos disponíveis no site da ERSAR - Entidade Reguladora de Águas e Resíduos
Normas; Normas Portuguesa NP ISO 24510;
Larry W. Mays; Water distribution systems handbook, , 2000
vários; Regulamentação e Legislação em vigor
Metcalf & Eddy,; Water and Wastewater Engineering Design Principles and Practice, Metcalf & Eddy, 2019, 2019

Teaching methods and learning activities

This UC favours the Case Method, where theory and practical exercises come from the analysis of the activities of relevant companies and institutions in the area of environment at a national and international level, by the analysis of account reports, activity reports and audit reports to be carried out in classes and in individual and group work.

keywords

Natural sciences > Environmental science > Water science > Urban water management

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	90,00
Frequência das aulas	45,50
Total:	135,50

Eligibility for exams

Theoretical-practical classes, individual and group practical assignments, test for research initiation and visits.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final exam with 50% weight and 2 practical works with 25% weight each.

Examinations or Special Assignments

There are none other than those referred to in "Calculation of Final Classification".

Internship work/project

NA

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students with Special Statutes are classified according to the method established in “Calculation of Final Classification”, EXCEPT when they take an exam in the Special Period.

Students with Special Statutes who submit to an exam in the Special Period are evaluated in a single moment, which will consist of a test with the characteristics of the Final Exam (EF).

Classification improvement

Students who have already obtained approval can perform CLASSIFICATION IMPROVEMENT, only once, exclusively by Final Exam (EF) to be held in the two Seasons (Normal or Appeal) immediately following the one in which they obtained approval.

As the classification improvement is carried out exclusively by the Final Exam (EF) (classification from 0 to 20 points, rounded to the unit), there is no place to improve the classification of the Distributed Assessment tests.

The Final Classification in the Course Unit is the highest, between the one that had been obtained initially and the one that results from the improvement in classification made.