To inspect, repair, renovate, replace and expand the existing drainage systems and respectively to adjust the sustainable development to the more stringent demands on the public health and safety as well as the environmental protection, is the great task of all in planning, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation and management involved persons of these systems. This requires expert knowledge. This module provides the essential basic knowledge of drain and sewer systems to understand the structure and mode of operation, to recognize their importance for water management and to classify the own actions as part of an „integrated sewer system management“.


Learning content: Water cycle, history of municipal drain and sewer systems, fundamentals of sewer drainage systems, sewers, manholes and sewer structures, wastewater collection systems.