Identifying Data 2020/21
Subject (*) Water supply and drainage systems Code 632844202
Study programme
Mestrado Universitario en Enxeñaría da Auga (plan 2012)
Descriptors Cycle Period Year Type Credits
Official Master's Degree 1st four-month period
First Obligatory 6
Language
English
Teaching method Face-to-face
Prerequisites
Department Dereito Público
Economía
Enxeñaría Civil
Matemáticas
Coordinador
Naves García-Rendueles, Acacia
E-mail
acacia.naves@udc.es
Lecturers
Martinez Lopez, Alberto
Naves García-Rendueles, Acacia
Rodríguez-Vellando Fernández-Carvajal, Pablo
Sanz Larruga, Francisco Javier
E-mail
alberte.martinez@udc.es
acacia.naves@udc.es
pablo.rodriguez-vellando@udc.es
javier.sanz.larruga@udc.es
Web http://caminos.udc.es/hosting/masteragua/
General description Introdución histórica aos sistemas de abastecemento e saneamento. Sistemas de captación e tratamentos de potabilización.
Redes de distribución: conceptos xerais, descrición e deseño. Redes de saneamento: conceptos xerais, descrición e deseño. Sistemas de drenaxe sostible. Tratamentos de auga residual previos á vertedura ao medio receptor. Marco legal.
Contingency plan 1. Modificacións nos contidos
Non se prevén modificacións significativas nos contidos. Se a situación de continxencia é moi prolongada é posible que se reduza a carga de traballo.

2. Metodoloxías
Metodoloxías docentes que se manteñen
Análises de fontes documentais
Aprendizaxe colaborativa
Solución de problemas
Prácticas a través de TIC
Proba obxectiva
Recensión bibliográfica

Metodoloxías docentes que se modifican
Actividades iniciais e Sesión maxistral impartiranse on- line en parte, pero outra parte será substituída por vídeos e/ou documentación para revisar.
Presentación oral farase por vía telemática ou mediante un vídeo.
As saídas a campo cancelaranse.

3. Mecanismos de atención personalizada ao alumnado
Estableceranse horarios nos que o alumno pode reservar cita mediante email. As reunións terán lugar mediante videoconferencia. Tamén se atenderán consultas por correo. En ningún caso atenderase por teléfono ou whatsup.

4. Modificacines na avaliación
O 5% asignado ás tarefas das visitas a campo, será traspasado á resolución de problemas que tomarán un peso do 15%.

Comentarios á avaliación: os test resolveranse a través de Campus Virtual. ou GoogleForms. As entregas realizaranse a través de Campus Virtual..

5. Modificacións da bibliografía ou webgrafía
Facilitarase maior cantidade de fontes bibliográficas e outra documentación, informándose ao alumno a través do Campus Virtual..

Study programme competencies
Code Study programme competences
A1 Knowledge, understanding and capacity to apply legislation related with water engineering during professional development. Capacity to analyse the working mechanism of the economy and public and private management of water
A2 Capacity to resolve basic physical problems of water engineering and theoretic and practical Knowledge of the chemistry, physics, mechanics and technologic properties of the water
A3 Capacity to apply the mechanics of the fluids and the fundamental flow equations in calculate for conductions at pressure and in free layer
A4 Capacity to apply the hydrology knowledge and the principles of flow mechanics in the method of calculations about hydrology as well as surface and underground. Capacity to make the evaluation of the hydraulic resources and apply the principal tools to do the hydrologic planning and the regulation and lamination of the inputs Capacity to analyse the river hydraulics and to apply the knowledge acquired in the restauration of the river direction and other works about rivers and their surroundings
A5 Knowledge of the basic concepts about ecology applied to water engineering. Capacity to act in the respectful way and enriching way about the environment contribution to the sustainable development. Capacity to analyse the ecological quality of water. Knowledge of the basic principles of the ecology and basic understanding of the working continental water systems
A6 Capacity to analyse the mechanism of the economy working and the public and private management of water
A11 Knowledge of numerical models applied to hydraulic engineering. Capacity to use and analyse the results of the hydraulic models. Capacity to design, develop and analyse numerical schemes used in a hydraulic models
A12 Capacity to use commercial numerical models for flux in free layer, flow pressure, drainage, hydrologic calculations for avenues, sediment transport in rivers and costal zones, transport of contaminants and wave propagation
A13 Knowledge of the experimental technics applied to the water engineering. Capacity to design experiments. Capacity to develop reduced models in the laboratory. Capacity to use different types of experimental instrumentation, including flowmeter, depth probes, three-dimensional speedometer, limnimeter, windlass..
A15 General vision and balanced of the basic aspects and application of underground hydrologic from the needs of civil engineering. Capacity to Project or interpret the different hydraulic trials of hydrodynamic characterization, interpret hydrogeological maps and know the constructive aspects of the water uptake
A16 Knowledge of the chemical basis of water which totally condition its behaviour in nature and its uses. Understanding and knowledge of the different water regulations for quality at local, national and European level
A17 A global vision of water supply by the distinct elements which form it, at the same time having the necessary knowledge for its basis dimensioning and technological aspects related to its management and constructive implementation
A18 Capacity to realize an integral use and efficient use of water resource. Knowledge of the working of the basin organisms and general analysis of water engineering projects in the area of cooperation and development and humanitarian aid.
A19 Knowledge of advanced water treatment with different conclusions: depuration, re-use, purification, elimination of nutrients and regeneration treatments
A24 Capacity to design and manage the water supply and treatment in a population area, including design and Project for solutions regarding water treatment, drainage, and advanced management of residual waters in the city. Knowledge regarding advanced processes for the water treatment, elimination of nutrients, and management strategy in times of rainwater
A25 Knowledge and understanding of water in different situations: the working of ecosystems, environmental factors with the purpose of to make an inventory of medium, applying the methodology to value the impact and its use in studies and evaluations of the environmental impact.
B1 To resolve problems effectively
B2 To apply critical thinking, logic and creativity
B3 To work individually with initiative
B4 To communicate effectively in work surroundings
B5 Continuous recycling of knowledge in a general perspective in a global situation of water engineering
B6 Understanding of the need to analyse history to understand the present
B7 Facility to integrate in multidiscipline teams
B8 Capacity to organize and plan
B9 Capacity for analysis, synthesis and structure of information and ideas
C1 To understand the importance of the enterprising culture and to know the means at the reach of the enterprising people
C2 To value knowledge critically, technology and available information to resolve problems that they will face
C3 To assume as a professional and citizen the importance of learning throughout life
C4 To value the importance of the investigation, innovation and technology development in the social –economic advance and cultural in society
C5 To posses and understand knowledge that gives a base or oportunity to be original in the development and for applications of ideas, often in the context of investigation
C6 The students must be able to apply the acquired knowledge and their capacity to resolve problems in new surrandings or not well known within wider contexts (or multidiscipline) related with the study area
C7 The students must be able to integrate knowledge and to affront the complexity to formulate judgements from information that, been incomplete or limited, include reflexions about social responsabilities and ethics related to the application of the knowledge and judments
C8 The students must be able to comunicate their conclusions, knowledge and the last reasons that support them, to spezialated publics and not spezialated in a clear and unambiguous way.
C9 The student must possess the learning ability with permits them to continues to study in a manner wich will be in a great measure self directed and individual

Learning aims
Learning outcomes Study programme competences
Overview of water supply and sanitation systems through their components AC1
AC5
AC6
AC17
AC24
AC25
BC2
BC3
BC4
BC5
BC7
BC8
BC9
CC2
CC3
CC5
CC8
CC9
Ability to design solutions and basic dimensioning water catchment, water treatment, water supply, sewer systems, waste water treatment and SUDS AC2
AC5
AC11
AC16
AC17
AC18
AC24
AC25
BC1
BC2
BC3
BC4
BC5
BC6
BC7
BC8
BC9
CC2
CC3
CC4
CC5
CC6
CC7
CC8
CC9
Ability to design solutions and basic dimensioning water catchment, drinking water treatment , water supply networks, sewer systems, wastewater treatment and systems of urban water. AC1
AC2
AC3
AC4
AC5
AC11
AC12
AC13
AC15
AC17
AC18
AC19
AC24
AC25
BC1
BC2
BC3
BC4
BC5
BC7
BC8
BC9
CC1
CC2
CC3
CC4
CC5
CC6
CC7
CC8
CC9

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1. Introduction to water supply systems 1.1. Basic concepts and description of the elements of a water supply system
2. Water catchment systems 2.1 Introduction and review of hydrology
2.2. Catchment of surface water: rivers, lakes, reservoirs,..
2.3. Spring catchments
2.4. Pumping wells
3. Tratamiento de agua para consumo humano 3.1. Introducción a los tratamientos de potabilización de agua
3.2. Pretratamientos
3.3. Elementos primarios
3.4. Tratamientos secundarios
3.5. Desinfección
3.6. Tratamientos avanzados
4. Water supply networks 4.1. General concepts: overview of water supply and review of basic concepts of hydraulics
4.2. Description of each component: pipes, valves, pumps, reservoirs and other elements.
4.3. Design and modelling

5. Urban drainage systems
5.1. General concepts: runoff generation and management, sewer systems and wastewater treatments
5.2. Urban drainage management
5.3. Structures of runoff detention and treatment
5.4. Sustainable urban drainage systems
6. Sewer systems 6.1. Description
6.2. Design and modelling
7. Hystoryof water supply and sanitation systems and their role in society 7.1. Historical introduction to supply and sewer systems
7.2. Characteristics of nowadays water services
8. Legal Framework 8.1. European legal framework

Planning
Methodologies / tests Competencies Ordinary class hours Student’s personal work hours Total hours
Introductory activities A17 B2 B3 B4 B6 B8 B9 C2 C3 C8 C9 4 0 4
Guest lecture / keynote speech A1 A4 A5 A6 A16 A17 A18 A19 A24 B2 B6 B9 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C9 24 0 24
Document analysis A2 A3 A4 A5 A11 A15 A17 A18 A24 B2 B3 B7 B8 B9 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 2 10 12
Collaborative learning A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A15 A16 A17 A18 A24 A25 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 C1 C2 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 4 14 18
Problem solving A1 A2 A3 A4 A13 A15 A16 A17 A18 A24 A25 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B7 B8 B9 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 4 10 14
ICT practicals A2 A3 A4 A11 A12 A17 A18 A24 B1 B2 B3 B5 B8 B9 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 8 20 28
Field trip A17 A18 A19 A24 A25 B1 B2 B4 B5 B7 B9 C2 C3 C4 C5 C7 C8 C9 8 2 10
Objective test A2 A3 A5 A11 A15 A16 A17 A18 A24 A25 B2 B3 B8 B9 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C9 4 12 16
Oral presentation A24 A25 B2 B3 B4 B8 B9 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 2 6 8
Critical bibliographical A1 A5 A6 A18 A25 B2 B3 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 C1 C3 C4 C6 C7 C8 C9 0 6 6
 
Personalized attention 10 0 10
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies Description
Introductory activities Opening of the sessions with an activity that helps to put the student in context and to motivate him/her.
Guest lecture / keynote speech Lectures where the main theoretical contents of the subject are regarded.
Practical examples and real cases are shown also.
Document analysis Individual review of documentation as introduction to concepts or as review and deepening methodology.
The understanding and asimilation of the mean ideas should be shown in a collaborative learning activity or in an objective test.
Collaborative learning Go in depth in supply and sewer systems elements and design methodologies.
Working will be divided between groups and shared at the end.
Problem solving Solution of problems proposed by the theachers to strengthen theoretical concepts.
ICT practicals Design and dimension of components of supply and sewer systems by usign technical software.
Field trip Visit to drinking water and/or wastewater treatment in A Coruña
Visit to works on a water supply or sewerage system
Objective test Multiple choices or true/false tests answered individually or in groups.
Oral presentation Preparation of a poster or a set of slides and oral presentation at class. Not only the contents are evaluated but the prepared material and the performance.
Critical bibliographical Reviewing an article and writing an essay based on it

Personalized attention
Methodologies
Critical bibliographical
Oral presentation
Document analysis
Problem solving
Field trip
Collaborative learning
ICT practicals
Guest lecture / keynote speech
Description
Answering of questions arising from the theoretical contents exposed in class, problem resolution and other activity.
Monitoring of collaborative tasks.

Assessment
Methodologies Competencies Description Qualification
Critical bibliographical A1 A5 A6 A18 A25 B2 B3 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 C1 C3 C4 C6 C7 C8 C9 Essay based on an article which should be previously reviewed 10
Oral presentation A24 A25 B2 B3 B4 B8 B9 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 Short oral presentation of a subject at class using support material (poster or slides). 5
Problem solving A1 A2 A3 A4 A13 A15 A16 A17 A18 A24 A25 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B7 B8 B9 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 Resolution of proposed problems individualy or in teams 10
Field trip A17 A18 A19 A24 A25 B1 B2 B4 B5 B7 B9 C2 C3 C4 C5 C7 C8 C9 Attendance and related activities 5
Objective test A2 A3 A5 A11 A15 A16 A17 A18 A24 A25 B2 B3 B8 B9 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C9 Multiple choice or true/false tests 30
ICT practicals A2 A3 A4 A11 A12 A17 A18 A24 B1 B2 B3 B5 B8 B9 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 Resolution of proposed simulations usign technical software. 40
 
Assessment comments

Sources of information
Basic

Advanced water distribution modeling and management. Haestad Methods, Thomas M. Walski...[et al.] http://kmelot.biblioteca.udc.es/search~S8*gag?/dAgua+--+Depuraci{226}on./dagua+depuracion/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=dagua+distribucion&6%2C%2C30

Analysis of water distribution networks. P.R. Bhave, R. Gupta. http://kmelot.biblioteca.udc.es/search~S8*gag?/dAgua+--+Depuraci{226}on./dagua+depuracion/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=dagua+distribucion&8%2C%2C30

Design of water supply pipe networks. Prabhata K. Swamee, Ashok K. Sharma. http://kmelot.biblioteca.udc.es/search~S8*gag?/dAgua+--+Depuraci{226}on./dagua+depuracion/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=dagua+distribucion&10%2C%2C30

Urban Drainage. 3rd Ed. Butler y Davies (2011). Taylor Francis. http://kmelot.biblioteca.udc.es/search~S8*gag?/turban+drainage/turban+drainage/1%2C3%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=turban+drainage&2%2C%2C2/indexsort=-

Wastewater hydraulics theory and practice. Hager (2010). Springer. http://kmelot.biblioteca.udc.es/search~S8*gag?/twastewater+/twastewater/1%2C25%2C27%2CB/frameset&FF=twastewater+hydraulics+theory+and+practice&1%2C%2C2/indexsort=-

EPANET: https://www.epa.gov/water-research/epanet
SWMM: https://www.epa.gov/water-research/storm-water-management-model-swmm

ITOGH Instruccións Ténicas para Obras Hidráulicas en Galicia. http://augasdegalicia.xunta.gal/seccion-tema/c/Obras_AHG_saneamento_depuracion?content=/Portal-Web/Contidos_Augas_Galicia/Seccions/itohg/seccion.html&std=itohg.html
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Recommendations
Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before

Subjects that are recommended to be taken simultaneously
Hydrological planning and projects/632844201
Physico-chemistry and quality of water/632844203
Water treatment and energy efficiency/632844206
Groundwater engineering/632844207

Subjects that continue the syllabus

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