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63323 Urban hydrology
Danish title: Urban hydrology

Type: Å, Language: EEE
Credit points: 5 point
Offered by: Department of Environmental Science and Engineering (IMT)
Prerequisite: 57003+63130+63220/57131
Desirable: C5701.C0401.C6350
Recommended semester: 7th - 9th semester
Examination: Approval of coursework with oral exam. (13 point scale )
Contact person: Stilling under besættelse, IMT
Aim: To give a holistic understanding of the urban hydrological cycle with emphasis on stormwater and wastewater., including the related mass flows and the most important environmental effects abd potential interventions.
Contents: The course includes rainfall-runoff in urban areas, pollution sources, polluting substances and environmental effects, pollution wash-off, re-use and infiltration of stormwater, influence on urban groundwater, source control, transport and transformation in sewer systems, attenuation of pollution in structures, decentral treatment technologies, processes in urban wetlands and streams, monitoring and real time control of sewer systems. The course introduces both determinstic and stochastic model descriptions, and quantification of modelling uncertainties is an important element.