Integrated Water Design
Overview
This unit provides the fundamental knowledge of the objectives, design and management strategies adopted for integrated water design. The unit will focus on the design and management of issues related to both water quality and quantity within urban catchments and natural catchments supplying water to urban areas. Design of water infrastructure, including, weirs, storage dams and urban stormwater drainage. Students will be given the opportunity to develop skills in the application of computer models in the design and assessment of urban water management strategies, and use these models to develop a better understanding of the application of best design and management practice in integrated urban water systems.
Requisites
Rule
Postgraduate
Admission to cognate PG degree
Undergraduate
CVE30001 Urban Water Resources
02-November-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Identify the fundamental objectives of urban water systems, including management of both water quantity and quality (K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, S3)
- Identify the issues affecting the supply of potable water to urban communities (K1, K2, K5, K6, S1)
- Analyse the processes by which floods are generated in urban drainage systems and the different mitigation strategies adopted (K4, K5, K6, A4, A5)
- Interpret the processes by which pollutants are generated within urban catchments and the different processes used in the treatment of urban stormwater quality and develop treatment strategies for the management of urban stormwater quality (K5, A3, A6, S4)
- Address the impact of urban stormwater on the ecosystems in urban stream systems (S2, S3, S4)
- Formulate the use of life cycle costing to assess the suitability of different water management strategies (A1, A2, A3, A6)
- Use computer based models to develop and investigate integrated urban water management strategies (K2, S4, A1, A4, A5, A6)
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Online Lecture | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Computer Laboratory | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| Online Contact (Phasing out) Online Learning Activities | 1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
| Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out) Independent Learning | 7.50 | 12 weeks | 90 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Individual | 60 - 70% | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
| Quizzes | Individual | 20 - 30% | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
| Tutorial Exercises | Individual | 10% | 1,2,4,6,7 |
Content
- Climate and hydrology
- Rainfall, streamflow and floods
- Soil and groundwater
- Geographic Information Systems in water resources
- Hydrological modelling
- Hydraulic modelling
- Stormwater design
- Urban drainage modelling
- Stormwater quality improvement devices
- Water-sensitive urban design
- Water quality modelling
- Water demand management measures
- Urban water supply
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.