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PROCEDURES FOR ESTIMATING DRY WEATHER POLLUTANT DEPOSITION IN SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
Citation:
Pisano, W. AND C. Queiroz. PROCEDURES FOR ESTIMATING DRY WEATHER POLLUTANT DEPOSITION IN SEWERAGE SYSTEMS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/2-77/120 (NTIS PB270695), 1977.
Description:
A set of generalized procedures for estimating pollutant loadings associated with dry weather sewage solids deposition in combined sewer systems has been prepared to provide planners, engineers and municipal managers with technical information so that they can make intelligent informed decisions on potential sewer flushing programs in combination with other combined sewer management controls. The predictive equations relate the total daily mass of pollutant deposition accumulations within a collection system to physical characteristics of collection systems such as per capita waste rate, service area, total pipe length, average pipe slope, average diameter and other more complicated parameters that derive from analysis of pipe slope characteristics. Pollutant parameters include suspended solids, volative suspended solids, biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, total organic nitrogen and total phosphorous. Sewer system age and degree of maintenance was also considered. Factors are presented for estimating the increase in collection system deposition resulting from improper maintenance.