WS V17 - Water and Wastewater Hydraulics

    Recent Professors
    Mary Woo
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024
    Class Size
    35–40 students
    Credits
    3
    Spring 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    Not transferable
    Description
    This course presents the hydraulics necessary to operate water or wastewater plants and systems. The hydraulic basics of pressure, force, velocity, flowrate, and flow continuity are studied as a foundation for the course. The ideas of energy conservation and losses due to friction and turbulence in pipelines and open channels is discussed. Numerical calculations of these losses are practiced for application on the job site. The effect of pumps on pipeline and channel hydraulics is addressed and pump type, application, and efficiency are weighed.
    Usually Held
    Tue Thu 5:30pm–6:45pm