Abstract:In recent years, the flood disaster of urban underpass tunnel occurs from time to time, which will not only cause the traffic interruption, but may also cause the great economic losses and casualties. Combined with the drainage design of underpass tunnel in the area of Guangzhou, the design method, characteristics and main technical parameters of underpass tunnel drainage pumping station are summarized. The position, quantity and type of drainage pumping station, the volume and effluent pipe of catchment tank, and the water and rain monitoring and early-warning system are analyzed one by one. The common problems in the design of tunnel drainage engineering including the arrangement of transverse drainage, the installation of gates in catchment tank, the separation of tunnel rainwater and sewage, the flow reduction of parallel operation of pumps, and the combination of drainage pumping station and sponge city are discussed, which can provide some useful reference for the drainage design of similar tunnel projects.