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DEMONSTRATE REAL TIME AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF COMBINED SEWER SYSTEMS
Citation:
Coffee, H., D. Evenson, P. Giguere, G. Handa, AND C. Phanartzis. DEMONSTRATE REAL TIME AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF COMBINED SEWER SYSTEMS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/2-83/084 (NTIS PB83259705), 1983.
Description:
The primary objective of this study was to develop a real time automatic control model that could be used in connection with a combined sewer system to minimize overflows during storms. The model was applied to the North Shore Outfall Consolidation Project in San Francisco. This project consists of a large transport storage facility that intercepts existing outfalls and allows flows to be pumped to a primary or a secondary treatment plant depending on operational strategy. Four reactive control strategies and one reactive-predictive strategy were formulated and evaluated for pollutant removal performance. The cost effectiveness of each was then determined.