Co-UDlabs’ Applied course on UD metrology is a free course that will engage participants in practical training sessions at CITEEC’s facilities, with measurement, data collection and management, and simulation activities in UDC’s research facilities.
- water protection | water | water policy
- Tuesday 16 July 2024, 09:30 - Friday 19 July 2024, 17:30 (CEST)
- A Coruña, Spain
- Country
- Spain
Practical information
- When
- Tuesday 16 July 2024, 09:30 - Friday 19 July 2024, 17:30 (CEST)
- Where
- CITEEC Campus de ElviñaS/N 15008, A Coruña, Spain
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Part of
Description
Applied course on Urban Drainage metrology (UDC – July 2024). This course targets urban drainage practitioners and water utilities representatives interested in monitoring the main hydraulic and water quality parameters of sewers and drainage networks. The course will be held at CITEEC laboratories, allowing participants to access and see the STREET and BLOCK infrastructures in action.
Both facilities have been part of the research infrastructure of the H2020 Co-UDlabs research project, and both have been extensively used for the project’s Transnational Access programme (https://co-udlabs.eu/access/about-ta/) – which has offered free-of-charge access for experimental campaigns and research ideas of user groups from all over the world.
The course will also include a visit to UDC’s Campus-SUDS research infrastructure for additional practical work on pilot Sustainable Urban Drainage techniques (https://campus-suds.udc.es/). For logistical and practical reasons related to access to the research infrastructure, the course will be limited to 12 in-person participants.
The course’s programme spans over 4 modules, each to be carried out in one day:
- Module 1 – Measurement of hydraulic variables. Rainfall, flow rates, water depths and velocities will be measured using different technologies (direct measurement, ultrasound, pressure, acoustic velocimetry, etc.).
- Module 2 – Measurement of pollution parameters. Automatic grab samplers and on-line probes will be used to measure the most relevant variables and methods of analysis.
- Module 3 – Data collection and management. In this session different technologies to convert signals to data will be presented. Additionally, the course will present how parametrize hydraulic and pollution parameters linked to dry and wet weather flows.
- Module 4 – Demo Day – Simulation of a field campaign in the infrastructure of CITEEC.
A field work will be simulated in the BLOCK model and SUDS pilot techniques. Measurements of all relevant parameters will be made, online and by grab samples. The analyzed events will be parameterized assuming that the control sections are part of a specific urban area. Lunch and coffee breaks will be included. Registration is free.
