In 2015 Georgetown, Guyana suffered from major flooding due to heavy rainfall. The use of a centuries-old agricultural drainage system for the urban drainage of the largest urbanized area of Guyana, poses problems considering flood safety. In 2016 a report was published by a ‘Dutch Risk Reduction Team’ (DRR Team) with recommendations on how to reduce the current flood vulnerability. Based on the recommendations from this DRR report. A team of seven students from the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, went to Georgetown and analysed the drainage system in more detail. Several methods were developed in collaboration with local students and experts which can be used to analyse the system. This was done to increase the local capability of knowledge-based decision making on drainage issues in Guyana. This student’s induced project comprises three elements of the urban drainage system: the primary drainage channels, the local (secondary and tertiary) drainage canals, and the outlet structures. The work focussed primarily on the catchment area named South-Ruimveldt.