OVERVIEW

The course will introduce students to understanding the functioning and verification of hydraulic infrastructures for water distribution and urban drainage, including aspects of sustainability and risk management in urban areas.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to provide students with the theoretical foundations of hydrology and hydraulics necessary to understand the functioning of water distribution (aqueducts) and urban drainage (sewerage) infrastructures. 

By the end of the course, students will be familiar with the components of such infrastructures and the basic principles for their design. They will have acquired knowledge of the current regulations regarding aqueducts and sewerage and will understand the related technical terminology. Additionally, they will be able to interpret and evaluate the design of hydraulic infrastructure in reference to the Italian regulatory framework and current design criteria, as well as identify potential issues within the existing infrastructure. 

The students will learn the specific terminology, enabling them to communicate with technicians to express any limitations and requirements regarding the projects to be examined or proposed. They will also have acquired the necessary foundational knowledge and critical analysis skills, enabling them to independently study future developments in the field. This will allow them to flexibly approach the various technical problems they will encounter in the management of water resources at different scales.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

• Correctly apply technical terminology
• Apply basic hydrological concepts to evaluate design rainfall
• Apply basic principles of hydraulics governing the flow of water in open channels and pressurized conduits
• Describe the components of water supply and urban drainage infrastructure and the basic principles for their design and verification
• Report the current regulations regarding aqueducts and sewerage

PREREQUISITES

No specific prerequisites are needed, except for basic knowledge of mathematics and physics.

TEACHING METHODS

• Frontal teaching
• Exercises 

Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities on file with the University and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with Professor Federico Scarpa (federico.scarpa@unige.it  ), the Polytechnic School's disability liaison.

For further details, please refer to the course's AulaWeb page (https://aulaweb.unige.it)

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course is organised into 2 parts:

1. Water supply systems

• Demand estimation
• Intake, diversion, storage, and conveyance infrastructures
• Distribution networks
• Selection and sizing of pipelines

2. Urban drainage systems

• Overview of legislation related to stormwater management
• Design techniques for urban drainage systems: construction methods for separate, combined, and unitary networks
• Methods for analysis and verification of drainage networks in urban areas

The understanding of the contents will be supported by the introduction of brief insights into hydrology and hydraulics, covering the following concepts:

• Watershed and water balance
• Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) curves, design rainfall
• Basic equations of steady-state hydraulics
• Pressurized and open channel flows

This course contributes to the achievement of the following Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda: Goal 6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all; Goal 11, Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable; Goal 13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Digital course material: slides of the lectures available on AulaWeb

Further readings (optional):

• Appunti di costruzioni idrauliche. Ippolito G., ed. 1995, Liguori Ed., Napoli. ISBN: 9788820720827
• Acquedotti. Milano V., 1996, Hoepli. ISBN: 9788820322922 
• Fognature. Da Deppo L., Datei C., 3a ed. 2003 Libreria internazionale Cortina, Padova. ISBN: 8877842296

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ANNA PALLA (President)

GIORGIO BONI (President Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Lectures will run from 13 January to 14 March 2025.
https://corsi.unige.it/corsi/11428/studenti-orario

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written exam

Working students and students with certified SLD (Specific Learning Disorders), disability or other special educational needs are advised to contact the teacher at the beginning of the lessons to agree on teaching and examination arrangements so to take into account individual learning patterns, while respecting the teaching objectives.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The written examination will cover topics related to the entire course program with the aim of evaluating

• the capacity to express the program contents with clarity and precision of terminology
• the capacity to link the theoretical topics discussed in the program, including examples and real applications

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities on file with the University and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with Professor Federico Scarpa (federico.scarpa@unige.it), the Polytechnic School's disability liaison.

For any further information, please visit the page Aulaweb of the course (https://aulaweb.unige.it)