Course - Urban Water systems: Grey, blue and green - TVM4130
TVM4130
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.
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.
Recommended previous knowledge
TVM4125 Water Supply and Wastewater Engineering, Basic Course, or equivalent knowledge.
Course materials
Will be announced at semester start.
Credit reductions
| Course code | Reduction | From |
|---|---|---|
| SIB5030 | 7.5 sp |
Subject areas
- Water Supply and Wastewater Systems
- Technological subjects
Contact information
Course coordinator
Lecturers
Department with academic responsibility
Examination
Examination
Examination arrangement: Aggregate score
Grade: Letter grades
Ordinary examination - Autumn 2025
School exam
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
Re-sit examination - Summer 2026
School exam
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.