Storm Water Loading of Greater Copenhagen Sewage Treatment Plant

1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (12) ◽  
pp. 183-186
Author(s):  
O. B. Hansen ◽  
C. Jacobsen ◽  
P. Skat Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Real Time Control ◽  
Combined Sewer Overflows ◽  
Sewer System ◽  
Time Control ◽  
Combined Sewer ◽  
Modelling Studies ◽  
Plant Modelling

Copenhagen's plans to cut pollution loads from combined sewer overflows involves increased storage capacity in the sewer system, real time control of that system, and increased hydraulic loading for the treatment plant. Modelling studies have been used to examine the consequences.

Evaluation of total emissions from treatment plants and combined sewer overflows

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 333-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joachim Guderian ◽  
Andreas Durchschlag ◽  
Jürgen Bever
Keyword(s):  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Design Flow ◽  
Simulation Tool ◽  
Combined Sewer Overflows ◽  
Flow Management ◽  
Sewer Systems ◽  
Optimal Value ◽  
Combined Sewer

Based upon the connection of a simulation program for combined sewer systems with the IAWQ-Activated Sludge Model No.1 the new simulation tool GEMINI was developed, which allows the calculation of sewer and sewage treatment plant as a unit. Some obtained results are presented in an example. They suggest, that for every treatment plant a rate of inflow is determinable, which leads to a minimum of total emissions out of sewer and treatment plant. The optimal value of sewage treatment plant inflow in the example is distinctly greater than the design flow rate fixed in German design rules. So it is recognizable that a rigid flow management for sewer and treatment plant does not always fulfil the aim of minimization of total emissions.

Stochastic Modeling of Combined Sewer Flows

1991 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 35-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuhai Zheng ◽  
Vladimir Novotny
Keyword(s):  
Daily Rainfall ◽  
Real Time Control ◽  
Combined Sewer Overflows ◽  
Sewer System ◽  
Flow Models ◽  
Stochastic Nature ◽  
Time Control ◽  
Combined Sewer ◽  
Identification Techniques ◽  
Good Agreement

Modeling of sewer flow and quality is essential for real-time control (RTC) of sewer system and minimization of combined sewer overflows (CSOs). In this paper, the Box-Jenkins type transfer function is applied to the daily rainfall and sewer flow data to incorporate the stochastic nature of the rainfall and flow series. Two system identification techniques, different from the traditional Box-Jenkins', approach, are developed to identify sewer flow models. Both techniques are illustrated through their application of modeling sewer flow with actual time series of flow and rainfall from a combined sewer system. The onestep ahead predicted flow values are found to be in good agreement with the measured values.

Real-Time Control of Combined Sewer Overflows in Hamilton-Wentworth Region

1997 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Stirrup ◽  
Z. Vitasovic ◽  
E. Strand
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Simulation Models ◽  
Real Time Control ◽  
Combined Sewer Overflows ◽  
Hydraulic Simulation ◽  
Time Control ◽  
Combined Sewer ◽  
Sewer Overflows

Abstract The Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth operates and maintains a large combined sewer system in the Great Lakes basin. During dry weather and small storm events, two large interceptor sewers convey all sanitary and storm flows to the Woodward Avenue wastewater treatment plant. Larger rainfall events, specifically high intensity summer thunderstorms, generate flows which exceed the design capacity of the sanitary interceptors and result in combined sewer overflows to Hamilton Harbour and Cootes Paradise, which ultimately discharge to Lake Ontario. The Region is implementing a comprehensive program for reducing the pollution caused by these overflows. This program includes the construction of several off-line detention storage facilities and the implementation of a real-time control system for combined sewer overflow reduction. Real-time control will enable maximum utilization of the storage available within the combined sewer network and help reduce the frequency and volume of combined sewer overflows. New hydrologic and hydraulic simulation models have been specially developed for this project to help identify, test and implement optimal real-time control strategies. This paper discusses some of the more important aspects related to the design and implementation of the Region’s real-time control system, and focuses mainly on the development of these hydrologic and hydraulic simulation models.

INTEGRAL CONTROL REQUIREMENTS FOR SEWERAGE SYSTEMS

1994 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-138
Author(s):  
Andrea G. Capodaglio
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Ideal Condition ◽  
Real Time Control ◽  
Combined Sewer Overflows ◽  
Integral Control ◽  
Time Control ◽  
Combined Sewer ◽  
Harmful Effects

Sewerage systems and sewage treatment plants are often planned, designed and operated as totally separate entities. As a result, sewage treatment efficiency is subject to considerable variability, depending both on general hydrologic conditions in the urban watershed (wet versus dry periods), and on specific “instantaneous” operating conditions. It has been postulated that the integration of design and operation in urban drainage and wastewater treatment could allow minimization of the harmful effects of discharges from treatment plants, combined sewer overflows and surface runoff. This “ideal condition” can be achieved through the introduction of so-called “Real-Time Control” technology in sewerage collection and treatment operations. This paper examines the requirements of a hypothetical integrated sewer flow and sewage treatment model, the mathematical tools used to design and operate Real-Time Control systems, and the issues emerging from an integration of the conveyance and disposal aspects of the sewerage cycle.

scholarly journals Influence of the amount of inflowing wastewater on concentrations of pollutions contained in the wastewater in the Nowy Targ sewerage system

2019 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 00024 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elwira Nowobilska-Majewska ◽  
Piotr Bugajski
Keyword(s):  
Distribution System ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Sewer System ◽  
Sewerage System ◽  
Combined Sewer ◽  
Wastewater Samples ◽  
Sewerage Network ◽  
Raw Wastewater

This study presents the results of the analysis concerning the influence of the amount of inflowing wastewater on concentrations of organic and biogenic pollutants, as well as chromium ions in wastewater flowing into the collective sewage treatment plant in Nowy Targ. The research was carried out in 2016 and 2017, where in the period of 24 months a total number of 87 wastewater samples were collected in order to determine the concentration of the analyzed pollution indicators. During this period, the average daily inflow of wastewater to the sewage treatment plant was also analyzed. Based on the analysis of linear correlation, it was stated that there is a high dependence of concentrations of organic and biogenic pollutants on the amount of inflowing raw wastewater. Furthermore, it was found that there is an average dependence of chromium ion concentrations in raw wastewater on the amount of inflowing wastewater. In order to minimize the high variability of the concentration of pollutants in raw wastewater, it is recommended to reconstruct the sewerage system from the combined sewer system to the distribution system. Additionally, it is recommended to monitor the sewerage network in order to eliminate illegal inflows of rainwater and industrial wastewater from furrier’s production facility.

Monitoring runoff conditions in a combined sewer system: experience and results of ten years' application

1996 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 257-264
Author(s):  
M. Weyand
Keyword(s):  
Monitoring System ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Actual Condition ◽  
Real Time Control ◽  
Sewer System ◽  
Time Control ◽  
Combined Sewer ◽  
Complete Breakdown ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Detention Facilities

To get knowledge about the runoff, storage and combined sewer overflow (CSO) conditions since 1985 a measuring and monitoring system is working in the sewer network of the community Ense-Bremen (near Dortmund). Within this semi-urban catchment seven detention facilities are fitted out with devices for monitoring information about basin outflow, grade of volume and CSO. Since October 1986 the determined data are also used for the real-time control of that sewerage. Since its installation the monitoring system works rather satisfyingly. Especially the operating staff use its possibilities to get information about the actual condition of the sewer system. Thus, differences to the normal runoff conditions can be realised in very short time. That allows an immediate reaction in order to clear malfunctions or errors as well. However, within the ten years there have also occurred some failures at the measuring devices caused by different reasons up to a complete breakdown of the whole system during thunder-storms. All in all the results of that pilot project have been positive and are now the basis for the equipment of further detention facilities in other sewer systems with monitoring devices.

Optimisation and control of the inflow to a wastewater treatment plant using integrated modelling tools

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 347-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ole Mark ◽  
Claes Hernebring ◽  
Peter Magnusson
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Integrated Modelling ◽  
Real Time Control ◽  
Sewer System ◽  
Time Control ◽  
The Impact

The present paper describes the Helsingborg Pilot Project, a part of the Technology Validation Project: “Integrated Wastewater” (TVP) under the EU Innovation Programme. The objective of the Helsingborg Pilot Project is to demonstrate implementation of integrated tools for the simulation of the sewer system and the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), both in the analyses and the operational phases. The paper deals with the programme for investigating the impact of real time control (RTC) on the performance of the sewer system and wastewater treatment plant. As the project still is in a very early phase, this paper focuses on the modelling of the transport of pollutants and the evaluation of the effect on the sediment deposition pattern from the implementation of real time control in the sewer system.

Radar-aided CSO-control-criteria for an ecological approach

1997 ◽  
Vol 36 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 223-228
Author(s):  
A. Petruck ◽  
F. Sperling
Keyword(s):  
Critical Time ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Real Time Control ◽  
Sewer System ◽  
Time Control ◽  
Physical Measurements ◽  
Combined Sewer ◽  
Receiving Stream ◽  
Control Criteria

The control strategy of a combined sewer system incorporating three stormwater storage tanks with overflows presented here attempts to consider all aspects of acute CSO effects. These are the hydraulic and the composition components as well as the time factor. The result is an integrated approach, which is not based on the classic emission view (i.e. reduction of volume), but on pollution criteria (i.e. possible harm to the biotic community). The aim is to reduce the exceeding of critical peak values of the CSO components at critical time intervals. Control decisions will be based on continuous measurements in the sewer system and in the receiving stream. Furthermore the measurements are carried out to determine the effects (both hydraulic and chemical) of particular CSO discharges in order to evolve the critical values for the project area. The chemical and physical measurements are accompanied by a biological monitoring programme. Macroinvertebrates are sampled upstream and downstream of outfalls and at a reference site. This allows the evaluation of the control measures on an ecological basis, and thus an assessment of the ecological potential of radar-aided real-time control of the combined sewer systems.

An application of Austrian legal requirements for CSO emissions

2011 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 1081-1088 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manfred Kleidorfer ◽  
Wolfgang Rauch
Keyword(s):  
Model Calibration ◽  
Model Building ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Combined Sewer Overflows ◽  
Sewer System ◽  
Legal Requirements ◽  
Innovative Methods ◽  
Combined Sewer

The Austrian standard for designing combined sewer overflow (CSO) detention basins introduces the efficiency of the combined sewer overflows as an indicator for CSO pollution. Additionally criteria for the ambient water quality are defined, which comprehend six kinds of impacts. In this paper, the Austrian legal requirements are described and discussed by means of hydrological modelling. This is exemplified with the case study Innsbruck (Austria) including a description for model building and model calibration. Furthermore an example is shown in order to demonstrate how – in this case – the overall system performance could be improved by implementing a cost-effective rearrangement of the storage tanks already available at the inflow of the wastewater treatment plant. However, this guideline also allows more innovative methods for reducing CSO emissions as measures for better usage of storage volume or de-centralised treatment of stormwater runoff because it is based on a sewer system simulation.

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