Understanding of solids deposition, erosion, and transport processes in sewer systems has improved considerably in the past decade. This has provided guidance for controlling sewer solids and associated acute pollutants to protect the environment and improve the operation of wastewater systems. Although measures to decrease combined sewer overflow (CSO) events have reduced the amount of discharged pollution, overflows continue to occur during rainy weather in combined sewer systems. The solution lies in the amount of water allotted to various processes in an effluent treatment system, in impact evaluation of water quality and prediction technology, and in stressing the importance of developing a control technology. Extremely contaminated inflow has been a serious research subject, especially in connection with the influence of rainy weather on nitrogen and organic matter removal efficiency in wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). An intensive investigation of an extremely polluted inflow load to WWTP during rainy weather was conducted in the city of Matsuyama, the region used for the present research on total suspended solid (TSS) concentration. Since the inflow during rainy weather can be as much as 400 times that in dry weather, almost all sewers are unsettled and overflowing when a rain event is more than moderate. Another concern is the energy consumed by wastewater treatment; this problem has become important from the viewpoint of reducing CO2 emissions and overall costs. Therefore, while establishing a prediction technology for the inflow water quality characteristics of a sewage disposal plant is an important priority, the development of a management/control method for an effluent treatment system that minimises energy consumption and CO2 emissions due to water disposal is also a pressing research topic with regards to the quality of treated water. The procedure to improve water quality must make use of not only water quality and biotic criteria, but also modelling systems to enable the user to link the effect of changes in urban sewage systems with specific quality, energy consumption, CO2 emission, and ecological improvements of the receiving water.
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November 01 2010
Modelling sewer sediment deposition, erosion, and transport processes to predict acute influent and reduce combined sewer overflows and CO2 emissions
Goro Mouri;
1Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Be605, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
E-mail: mouri@rainbow.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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Taikan Oki
Taikan Oki
1Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Be605, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8505, Japan
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Water Sci Technol (2010) 62 (10): 2346–2356.
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Goro Mouri, Taikan Oki; Modelling sewer sediment deposition, erosion, and transport processes to predict acute influent and reduce combined sewer overflows and CO2 emissions. Water Sci Technol 1 November 2010; 62 (10): 2346–2356. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2010.249
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