Managing the Collection System to Balance Local Water Reclamation vs. Regional Treatment at the City of Scottsdale, Arizona

Stimulated by droughts and inability to construct new freshwater projects, water suppliers in California, U.S.A. have taken a heightened interest in water reclamation in the last decade. Since 1980 the California State Water Resources Control Board has approved financial assistance to local water supply agencies to design and construct water reclamation facilities. Nineteen of these are now operating. There is an opportunity to assess how well projects are performing in relation to their planned objectives, in particular, deliveries of reclaimed water to users. Based on reports on many of these projects, it is found that two-thirds of the projects are delivering 75 percent or less of the expected amounts of water. Data are provided on project performance. A discussion is provided of the problems encountered on many of the projects that account for these deficiencies in yields and have caused other problems in implementation.

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ANALISIS KEBIJAKAN SISTEM PEMUNGUTAN PAJAK REKLAME DI KOTA TOMOHON ( Studi Pada Dinas Pendapatan, Pengelolaan Keuangan dan Asset Kota Tomohon )

GOING CONCERN : JURNAL RISET AKUNTANSI ◽

10.32400/gc.11.1.10559.2016 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Christo A. Sualang ◽

Ventje Ilat ◽

Anneke Wangkar

Keyword(s):

Asset Management ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Tax Rates ◽

Collection System ◽

Tax Collection ◽

Local Revenue ◽

Voting System ◽

Force Planning ◽

Taxation System ◽

The City

Advertisising tax collection system is essential in supporting the implementation of billboards orderly and neat and can create and atmosphere conducive bussines climate, public tranquility and public order can be realized. Therefore, if the better the organization and arrangement of adversement in the district/region, then the optimal well as local revenue from the tax sector. The purpose of this study was to determine policy adverstising tax collection system in the city tomohon and to determine obstacles in the collection of adversticement tax in tomohon. The data used in this research is secondary data is yhe data coming from the department of refenue, finance and asset management tomohon. The result showed that the adversment taxation system policy has not completely go according to the legislation in force. Planning policy and adversment tax voting system includes how the arrangement regarding the implementation, licensing, system and incidental arrangement permanent billboard, rental values and tax rates billboard, as well as system and procedures adverstisement taxation. Advertisement taxation obstacles in tomohon, among others: implementation of billboards not in accordance with the applicable local regulations and constraints in terms of licensing advertisement.

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GIS-BASED INFECTIOUS DISEASE DATA MANAGEMENT ON A CITY SCALE, CASE STUDY OF ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA

ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ◽

10.5194/isprs-archives-xliii-b3-2020-1463-2020 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol XLIII-B3-2020 ◽

pp. 1463-1467

Author(s):

I. Kuznetsov ◽

E. Panidi ◽

A. Kolesnikov ◽

P. Kikin ◽

V. Korovka ◽

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Keyword(s):

Infectious Diseases ◽

Geographical Information Systems ◽

Medical Data ◽

Geographical Information ◽

Infrastructure Development ◽

Collection System ◽

Medical Infrastructure ◽

Availability Assessment ◽

The City

Abstract. Medical geography and medical cartography can be denoted as classical application domains for Geographical Information Systems (GISs). GISs can be applied to retrospective analysis (e.g., human population health analysis, medical infrastructure development and availability assessment, etc.), and to operative disaster detection and management (e.g., monitoring of epidemics development and infectious diseases spread). Nevertheless, GISs still not a daily-used instrument of medical administrations, especially on the city and municipality scales. In different regions of the world situation varies, however in general case GIS-based medical data accounting and management is the object of interest for researchers and national administrations operated on global and national scales. Our study is focused onto the investigation and design of the methodology and software prototype for GIS-based support of medical administration and planning on a city scale when accounting and controlling infectious diseases. The study area is the administrative territory of the St. Petersburg (Russia). The study is based upon the medical statistics data and data collection system of the St. Petersburg city. All the medical data used in the study are impersonalized accordingly to the Russian laws.

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Stakeholder views of source separation collection programme in East São Paulo, Brazil

Waste Management & Research ◽

10.1177/0734242x20972774 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 0734242X2097277

Author(s):

João Alexandre Paschoalin Filho ◽

Andrea Ghermandi ◽

António José Guerner Dias ◽

Eliana Gonçalves da Luz ◽

Tatiana Tucunduva Phillipi Cortese

Keyword(s):

Municipal Solid Waste ◽

Solid Waste ◽

Participatory Approach ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

São Paulo ◽

Collection System ◽

Public Power ◽

The Public ◽

Worker Cooperatives ◽

The City

The investigation of the views of the stakeholders involved in the municipal solid waste separate collection programme (CP) performed in the East Zone of the city of São Paulo is presented in this paper. Aiming to obtain the necessary information to be analysed, interviews with the manager of the Municipal Urban Cleaning Authority (MUCA) of the city, with leaders of recycling worker cooperatives (WCs), and citizens were performed using semi-structured questionnaires. The analysis was performed using the software “IRAMUTEQ”. The results show that, in the view of the manager of the MUCA of the city and the WCs’ leaders, the low adhesion of the population to the separate CP is the greatest obstacle to a further expansion of the existing programme. At the same time, the citizens have blamed the low diffusion made by the municipality about the separate CP in the East Zone of São Paulo. Thus, it can be concluded that the separate CP available in the East Zone of São Paulo is still flawed; since neither the public power, the WCs, nor the population are satisfied and point out several flaws. This situation highlights the need to establish better venues for discussion between the population, WCs, and the municipality to jointly design a separate collection system with a more participatory approach.

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Prospects, problems and pitfalls of urban water reuse: a case study

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.2001.0567 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 43 (10) ◽

pp. 9-16 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

S. W. Hermanowicz ◽

E. Sanchez Diaz ◽

J. Coe

Keyword(s):

San Francisco ◽

Distribution System ◽

Water Reuse ◽

Energy Use ◽

Large Fraction ◽

Reclaimed Water ◽

Treatment Plant ◽

Water Reclamation ◽

Bay Area ◽

Local Water

This paper presents a successful water reclamation and reuse project in the San Francisco Bay area. The project, which includes a water reclamation facility and a separate distribution system, is operated by a wastewater utility and reclaims approximately 4% of its dry-weather flow. Project history, its design and implementation are further discussed. Planning, and especially demand analysis, was critical for project development. Earlier attempts of water reuse were not successful because reclaimed water quality did not match the requirements of potential large industrial customers. Current customers are a mix of public, commercial and residential users who apply the reclaimed water solely for landscape irrigation. In addition, a large fraction of the reclaimed water is used internally in the main wastewater treatment plant. Early connection of largest customers, innovative collaboration with a neighboring reclamation project and cooperation of the local water supplier were very important for project success. Distribution of internal process water consumes most energy. The second major energy use is for the treatment of reclaimed water while distribution of reclaimed water to external customers requires least energy.

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Comparing the efficiency of hypoxia mitigation strategies in an urban, turbid tidal river, using a coupled hydro sedimentary–biogeochemical model

10.5194/nhess-2018-381 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Katixa Lajaunie-Salla ◽

Aldo Sottolichio ◽

Sabine Schmidt ◽

Xavier Litrico ◽

Guillaume Binet ◽

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Keyword(s):

River Flow ◽

Climatic Conditions ◽

Mitigation Strategies ◽

Tidal River ◽

Biogeochemical Model ◽

Urban Sewage ◽

Oxygenation Level ◽

Local Water ◽

Temporary River ◽

The City

Abstract. In view of future coastal hypoxia widespreading, it is essential to define management solutions to preserve a good quality of coastal ecosystems. The lower Tidal Garonne River (TGR, SW France), characterized by the seasonal presence of a turbidity maximum zone and urban water discharges, is subject to episodic hypoxia events during summer low river flow periods. The future climatic conditions (higher temperature; summer droughts) but also an increasing urbanization could enhance hypoxia risks near the city of Bordeaux in the next decades. A 3D model of dissolved oxygen (DO), which couples hydrodynamics, sediment transport and biogeochemical processes, is used to assess the efficiency of different management solutions on TGR oxygenation during summer low-discharge periods. We have runned different scenarios of reduction of urban sewage overflows, displacement of urban discharges downstream from Bordeaux, and/or temporary river flow support during summer period. The model shows that each option limits hypoxia, but with variable efficiency over time and space. Sewage overflow reduction improves DO levels only locally near the city of Bordeaux. Downstream relocation of wastewater discharges allows to reach better oxygenation level in the lower TGR. The support of low river flow limits the upstream TMZ propagation and dilutes TGR waters with well-oxygenated river waters. Scenarios combining wastewater network management and low water replenishment indicate an improvement in water quality over the entire TGR. These modelling outcomes constitute important tools for local water authorities to develop the most appropriate strategies to limit hypoxia in TGR.

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