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Area Drainage Systems - 5 PDH

Back to: Civil Engineering This course will introduce you to normal requirements for design of surface and subsurface drainage systems for residential, commercial, institutional and industrial areas. 

This course will introduce you to normal requirements for designof surface and subsurface drainage systemsfor residential, commercial, institutional and industrial areas.  You will learn about predesign investigations, environmental considerations, hydrologic studies, hydraulic design considerations, erosion control and subsurface drainage.  References and a bibliography are provided that will allow you to advance beyond this introductory course and begin to address area drainage issues or real projects in your company or agency.


1.  Introduction

2.  Hydrology

3.  Hydraulics

4.  Erosion Control and Riprap Protection

5.  Subsurface Drainage

Appendix A:  References

Appendix B:  Notation

Appendix C:  Bibliography



This course is intended for civil engineers and other design and construction professionals wanting an introduction to the analytical and design approaches to design of urban and rural area drainage plans and hydraulic structures.

Benefit for Attendee

This course will give civil engineers and others an introduction to the hydrological and hydraulic design of area drainage plans, including hydraulic structures, erosion control and riprap design.


This is an introduction to the hydrology and hydraulic design of urban and rural drainage areas.



After completion of this course you will be prepared to advance to design of real projects using many of the resources cited as references and in the bibliography for the course.

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