COURSE DESCRIPTION This course brings together aspects of land management, engineering, hydraulics, surveying and engineering to help the student understand the factors that affect both movement and retention of water above and below the ground surface. It provides an awareness of ways drainage is mitigated and provides a foundation for better water management on any property.   WHAT THE COURSE COVERS – 7 LESSONS 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

  COURSE FEATURES

• 20-hour, self-paced course
• Fully online, flexibly paced
• Optional practical tasks throughout
• Automated self-assessment tests
• “Certificate of Completion” on achieving a 60% pass rate on a final assessment

WHO SHOULD STUDY THIS COURSE?

• Amateur gardeners or Homeowners
• Water conservationists
• Property managers and developers
• Construction or irrigation professionals
• Civil or engineering students