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TVM4130

Urban Water systems: Grey, blue and green

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Credits 7.5
Level Second degree level
Course start Autumn 2025
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement Aggregate score

About

About the course

Course content

  • The urban water system above and below the surface.
  • Challenges and opportunities.
  • System thinking for urban water systems.
  • Modelling theory, data requirements and model building, available software, objectives and possible information content, limitations, calibration and uncertainties.
  • Modelling of Water distribution networks and Urban drainage systems.
  • Stormwater technology, design of normal runoff situations as well as extreme events, stormwater pollution.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

Students can describe and discuss:

  • Concepts and procedures for design, construction, and operation of urban systems for water distribution and urban drainage (including grey and green infrastructure)
  • Concepts of system thinking, asset management and risk assessment.
  • Concepts and procedures of modeling approaches in urban water systems, including calibration and uncertainty assessment of said models.
  • Technologies for the construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of pipe systems for water and waste water.
  • Concepts and procedures of condition monitoring and functionality measurements for urban water and wastewater networks.

Skills

Students can:

  • execute flow and pressure calculations for water distribution networks using state-of-the-art software.
  • execute flow calculations for wastewater networks using state-of-the-art software.
  • interpret and compare and discuss model results.
  • select the appropriate system boundaries and tools for solving engineering problem in the urban water systems field.
  • develop plans for a sustainable management of stormwater runoff in an urban environment for grey and green infrastructure

General competence

Students shall be able to abstract engineering problems in the field of urban water systems and develop engineering solutions in an analytical and reflected way.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures combined with exercises. The lectures and exercises will be given in English.

Further on evaluation

Both parts of the assessment is given a letter grade. The final grade will be calculated on the basis of the letter grades. 3 exercises account for 60 % of the grade, the written exam accounts for 40%.

If there is a re-sit examination, the examination form may be changed from written to oral.

Course materials

Will be announced at semester start.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
SIB5030 7.5 sp
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Water Supply and Wastewater Systems
  • Technological subjects

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Aggregate score
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2025

School exam
Weighting 40/100 Examination aids Code D Duration 1 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment
Place and room
The specified room can be changed and the final location will be ready no later than 3 days before the exam. You can find your room location on Studentweb.
3 exercises
Weighting 60/100 Exam system Inspera Assessment

Re-sit examination - Summer 2026

School exam
Weighting 40/100 Examination aids Code D Duration 1 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment
Place and room
The specified room can be changed and the final location will be ready no later than 3 days before the exam. You can find your room location on Studentweb.