The department’s main goals:

• Increasing the volume of research work; solving scientific and technical issues of housing and communal services of the leading organizations in St. Petersburg and Russia.
• International cooperation with the universities of Belarus, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Finland in accordance with the international cooperation programs through Russian Railways and SUE «Vodokanal of St. Petersburg».
• Maintaining an up-to-date computer base; equipping the laboratory of hydraulics and water supply with multimedia complexes.

Main research areas include:

• Water hammer in pressure pipelines and the development of shockproof devices.
• Technology of thin-layer sedimentation and adsorptive treatment of water.
• Computer technologies in the water supply and sewerage system.
• Improving the regulatory framework in the field of wastewater disposal.

Here students study for a Bachelor’s degree in 08.03.01 Civil Engineering, specialization Water Supply and Sewerage; for a Master’s degree in 08.04.01 Civil Engineering, specialization Water Supply and Sewerage at Transport Enterprises and Housing and Communal Services Systems.