Urban Drainage

Auteur

David Butler is Professor of Water Engineering and Co-director of the Centre for Water Systems at the University of Exeter, UK.

Chris Digman is an Executive Technical Director at Stantec and a Visiting Professor at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Christos Makropoulos is a Professor in the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece, and the Director of NTUA's Laboratory of Applied Hydraulics.

John W. Davies is a Lecturer in Civil Engineering at the University of Plymouth, UK.

Texte du rabat

This new edition of a well-established textbook covers the health, environmental and engineering aspects of the management of rainwater and wastewater in areas of human development. It includes a new chapter on urban drainage planning and covers emerging contaminants, wastewater surveillance, AI, digital twins and cyberphysical security.

Contenu

1. Introduction. 2. Water quality. 3. Wastewater. 4. Rainfall. 5. Stormwater. 6. System components and layout. 7. Hydraulics. 8. Hydraulic features. 9. Foul sewers. 10. Storm sewers. 11. Sustainable drainage systems (SuDS). 12. Surface water flooding. 13. Combined sewers and combined sewer overflows. 14. Storage. 15. Pumped systems. 16. Sewer construction and rehabilitation. 17. Sediments. 18. Operation and maintenance. 19. Planning. 20. Modelling in practice. 21. Innovations in modelling. 22. Smart systems. 23. Low-income communities. 24. Towards sustainable and resilient urban water management.