The Role of Hydraulic Design Engineers

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The Role of Hydraulic Design Engineers
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• Every developed city has its own network of
  pipelines that are meant for different purposes.
  Some carry water, some sewerage and other wastes
  whereas some others carry natural and LP gas. And
  the design and the planning of these networks are
  of high importance. Problems in the planning can
  lead to damage and even disasters and thus the
  responsibility for the design and planning of
  these systems rests on the experts who can
  responsibly and efficiently figure out the
  composition and functions of each of these
  networks.

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• The Hydraulic Design engineer deals with the
  different concerns of the Hydraulic design and
  provides consultancy and services in planning out
  the entire project. Starting from a housing
  project to a commercial building, a shopping mall
  or even a hospital requires hydraulic engineer to
  design and plan their projects. The hydraulic
  design encompasses a number of categories
  starting from the industrial effluent systems,
  treatment of the sewerage, sanitary plumbing and
  drainage, treatment of industrial wastes, storm
  water drainage, cold and hot water services,
  natural and LP Gas designs for projects of all
  types from commercial to industrial etc. Thus
  these major areas of the domestic and the public
  life are heavily dependent on the hydraulic
  engineers to plan and design hydraulic for their
  projects.

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• The treatment of the industrial wastes and the
  sewerage is an important environmental factor.
  The industrial wastes and the effluents if goes
  untreated can cause a lot of damage to the
  environment by contaminating water, soil etc.
  This would result in widespread health hazards
  over the time to both humans and animals. Proper
  treatment of the sewage is also necessary as a
  matter of hygiene and healthy living. The
  sewerage stemming from the households, hospitals
  and other buildings are treated so that they lose
  their toxic content. Proper treatment of the
  wastes is a big responsibility that should never
  be ignored.

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• Also, sanitary plumbing and drainage is necessary
  for the passage of the sewer water from the
  buildings before being treated. The hydraulic
  engineer determines and designs the every facet
  of the storage, treatment and passage of the
  recycled, non potable or potable water systems.
  The pipes and the valves are also selected basing
  on the quality of the water. Drainage of storm
  water is also another important responsibility.
  The storm water design determines the drainage of
  the storm water from the roof, overland and
  surface, etc. It also helps mitigating minor
  floods as well. The drainage of the storm water
  is necessary to avoid flood or water getting
  stagnant.

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• The plumbing design too is a determining factor
  in relation to the LP Gas and Natural Gas. Thus
  in order to ensure proper treatment and drainage
  of wastes, sewers, hot water and cold water every
  settlement from a single house to a complex,
  hospital, schools, colleges, shopping malls,
  commercial buildings and offices, factories etc
  must all depend on a viable hydraulic and
  plumbing design and this can only be provided by
  an efficient hydraulic design engineer.