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Drainage and Flood Mitigation

£175.00

LEARN MORE ABOUT DRAINAGE AND HOW TO MITIGATE FLOODING

Learn how to mitigate flooding and drainage when extreme weather events such as storms and flooding occurs. This short course will help you understand what you can do to divert damaging water away from your property and other areas.

This self- managed online course will help you understand the fundamentals of water management, drainage and water proofing your yard.

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Whats inside the ‘Drainage and Flood Mitigation’ Course?

LESSON 1 SCOPE AND NATURE OF WATER MANAGEMENT

  • What Needs to be Waterproofed in the Backyard?
  • Materials for Waterproofing
  • Why Drainage is Important
  • Reasons for Drainage
  • Lesson 1 Additional Reading
  • Review What You Have Been Learning

LESSON 2 WATER MOVEMENT IN SOILS

  • The Lateral Movement of Water
  • Review What You Have Been Learning

LESSON 3 UNDERSTANDING CAPILLARY ACTION

  • Review What You Have Been Learning

LESSON 4 MANAGING WATER AT THE SOURCE

  • Rainfall
  • Rainwater Harvesting
  • Stored Water – Dams, Reservoirs, Tanks
  • Diverting Storm Water
  • The Water Table
  • Leaks
  • Review What You Have Been Learning

LESSON 5 MANAGING SURFACE DRAINAGE

  • Types of Surface Drainage Systems
  • Surface Drainage
  • Lesson 5 Additional Reading
  • Additional Suggested Tasks
  • Review What You Have Been Learning

LESSON 6 MANAGING SUB-SURFACE DRAINAGE

  • Improving Soil Drainage
  • First decision: subsurface or surface drainage?
  • Types of Subsurface Drains
  • The Water Outlet
  • Gradients
  • Layout of Drains
  • Laying an Agricultural (Agi) Drain
  • Distance Between Drainage Pipes
  • Depth of Drains
  • Maintenance
  • Subsurface Drainage
  • Lesson 6 Additional Reading
  • Review What You Have Been Learning

LESSON 7 STORM DRAINAGE

  • Storm Runoff
  • Inlets
  • Manholes
  • Swales
  • Storm Water Management
  • Intensity of Rainfall
  • Stormwater Runoff Estimations
  • Lesson 7 Additional Reading
  • Selecting the Size (Diameter) of Pipes
  • Selecting the Size and Shape of Ditches and Swales
  • Set Tasks
  • Review What You Have Been Learning
  • Final Assessment

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