Short course/CPD
Environmental Management of Rivers and Wetlands
Course date: To be confirmed
Course overview
This subject provides an understanding of the control of water and the water table for semi-natural habitats in riparian lands.
Location
Course fee:
Course start dates prior to 30/09/2010 are available free of charge under the ECIF sector re-skilling initiative (conditions apply). *Minimum of five delegates.
- FREE – ECIF sector re-skill initiative
- £1380 - Standard. 20% discount for Cranfield alumni, 10% discount for colleagues of alumni
- £1315 - Professional/Trade association discount
- £1255 - Multiple bookings*
*Minimum of five delegates.
Accommodation fee:
Accommodation is not included in the price.
How to register
To request a place on this course, please complete the online Registration Form. If you have any queries please contact:
Academic Operations Unit.
T: +44 (0) 1234 754176
E: shortcourse@cranfield.ac.uk
F: +44 (0) 1234 751206
Cranfield University
Cranfield
Bedfordshire
MK43 0AL, UK
T: +44 (0) 1234 754176
E: shortcourse@cranfield.ac.uk
F: +44 (0) 1234 751206
Please be aware that short courses/CPD are subject to:
Booking ConditionsAccreditation
This course is accredited for CIWEM CPD.
Course description
- introduction: distinction between wetland and wet land
- types of water table control problem
- water budgets in shallow water table situations
- plant responses to water table control
- plant community mosaics in shallow water table situations
- drainage theories
- steady state and non-steady state solutions for water table control
- uses and limitations of equations in design
- the link between steady state and non-steady state theories
- design criteria
- field and laboratory methods of determining hydraulic conductivity and drainable porosity
- field variation of soil properties
- calculation of sum exceedence values
- pipes and pipe surround
- water flow to and into pipes
- entry resistance problems
- pipe sizes and water table control layouts, practical water table control design
- water table control structures
- types of machinery, machine performance and machinery selection for wet land water table control.
On successful completion of this module the delegate will be able to:
- Water abstraction systems (from groundwater and surface water sources).
- Water distribution systems (pumps, pumping and pipelines).
- Water storage (reservoirs and tanks).
- Water control (dams, drainage and river engineering).
- Water for irrigation.
- Water treatment (for domestic and industrial purposes).
- Wastewater collection: sewerage and drainages.
- Wastewater treatment and engineering.
- Water and sanitation technology for low and middle-income countries.
This short course is also a module associated with a Masters-level programme. For further information please click on the programme title directly above in the Quick navigation box.
