The Urban Watersheds Research Institute is proud to present a workshop and training seminar on:

Storm Sewer System Design, Street Hydraulics and Inlet Selection

When:    Two consecutive workdays in February 2009 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Dates to be announced.

(Please arrive 15 minutes early on the first day to register and have your software installed)

Where:   To be announced.

Cost: To be announced (includes class notes and software).

CEU’s: You will be eligible to receive 1.6 CEU’s or 16 PDH’s for this course.

What Will You Learn?

You will learn how to design and analyze an urban storm drainage system consisting of street drainage, storm sewers, and inlets. You will also learn how use two spreadsheet models, UDINLET and UDSTREET, to estimate street capacities and to size different types of inlets.  

To help you with the task of storm sewer system design and/or analysis, you will learn how to properly use and apply Neo-UDSEWER.  This software package will help you size and analyze the hydraulic performance of storm sewers of different types and shapes. This is a very sophisticated program that helps the user analyze existing and new sewers with positive, flat, or negative slopes under flow conditions including: open channel, surcharged pipes, and pipes under pressure. You will learn how to use the software to calculate hydraulic and energy grade lines while accounting for friction losses, bend losses, hydraulic jump losses, and manhole losses.   

This Course Will Cover:

· Urban drainage System - Minor and Major systems,

· Rational Method and Design Rainfall statistics,

· Introduction to UDSTREET and UDINLET spreadsheets,

· Street hydraulic capacity and reduction factors,

· Inlet hydraulics and clogging factors,

· Grate inlets and Curb-opening inlets on a grade and in a sump,

· Combination inlets and Slotted inlets,

· Storm sewer system design and analysis,

· Introduction to Neo-UDSEWER software,

· Model sewer system design constraints,

· Storm sewer pipe sizing,

· Storm sewer flow friction and manhole losses,

· Hydraulic and Energy Grade Lines, and

· Excavated earth volumes.

Instructors:

James C.Y. Guo, PhD and P.E. is a professor at University of Colorado at Denver. In addition to teaching engineering hydrology and hydraulics since 1982, he is active in applied research and is a practicing engineer. Dr. Guo’s research work has been referenced in number of City and County drainage manuals in United States and he brings to the class cutting edge technology in street hydraulics and storm sewer design.

Ken MacKenzie, P.E. is a Senior Project Engineer at Urban Drainage & Flood Control District. He is the author of the UDINLET and UDSREET spreadsheet models, and has many years of experience in street drainage design and construction of such projects.

The size of the classroom will be limited to provide more direct contact with the instructors. To assure a space, fill out the accompanying enrollment form and send it to the address on the form as early as possible. For more information, call us at 720-873-0172, or e-mail us at enrollment@urbanwatersheds.org.