Flow distribution chambers are devices commonly used by the water industry to distribute flows in water and sewage treatment plants. These have simple designs, and are required to operate over a range of volumetric flowrates. Many chambers surveyed (Herbath and Wong, 1997b) were found to perform poorly. They suffered from flow mal-distribution, where the flow was not distributed according to design. The most common cause of flow mal-distribution was hypothesised to be due to the presence of a pipe bend below the chamber (Herbath and Wong, 1997a, 1997b). Therefore, an experimental and numerical study of the flow within a distribution chamber was conducted in this thesis to prove this hypothesis. A novel large-scale model (1: 13) of a typical distribution chamber was constructed. This allowed the collection of high quality and novel velocity and turbulence measurements near the free surface using hot film anemometry. The free surface location was measured using a vernier point gauge while the flow distribution between the outlets was metered by orifice plates. Records of the flow patterns were also kept. The experimental results showed that flow mal-distribution did not occur as expected since the model distribution chamber was designed with a long length of straight inlet pipe, to eliminate the suspected cause of flow mal-distribution. Novel velocity and water surface data were also collected in the experiments, which contributed towards the small body of knowledge in this area of research into flow distribution. CFD models of the physical model were created and solved using a commercial CFD code, CFX 4.1, developed by CFX International of AEA Technology. Steady state and transient two- and three-dimensional calculations of the symmetrical chamber were carried out in the course of the study. A novel adaptation of the existing code was made in obtaining solutions to the numerical models. A new solution strategy was made and refined in this stage of the research using the two-dimensional representation of the distribution chamber, for reasons of reduced computational time. Differencing schemes, surface sharpening, mass residuals, mesh refinement and different turbulence models were investigated during model refinement. The accuracies of the calculated results were determined by comparison with experimental results. It was found that the 3D model, incorporating the RNG k-c model, without surface sharpening, and using the Van Leer differencing scheme, gave good quantitative agreement with the experimental velocities, free surface location and flow distribution. The 2D results gave qualitatively good predictions. Quantitatively, the results were over-predicted which was due, to dimensional effects. The volume of the 2D model was reduced from the 3D model, while the inlet velocity was made the same. This replicated the momentum effects near the free surface that were the governing causes of flow mal-distribution. Nevertheless, this approach was much more practical in terms of computational effort. More importantly, the correct trends for flow mal-distribution could be predicted accurately. Therefore, the next stage of the research used the 2D model developed and validated here. This part of the research involved the novel adaptation of the existing symmetrical 2D results for investigating the asymmetric effects of pipe bends. Three different approaches for modelling the asymmetric effects of a pipe bend were investigated. The first, and the most simplistic, was to incline the incoming flow at an angle to the vertical. The second was to calculate the velocities and turbulence at the outlet of a simple 2D pipe bend, separate from the chamber. These calculated variables were then input into the chamber, to build up a picture of the asymmetric flow, iteratively. The third, and the most accurate method, was to couple the bend to the chamber. It was found that only the third method was capable of accurately representing the conditions within the chamber. Two different pipe bend. lengths were examined using the third approach. The distances chosen were typical of the bend distances found in some treatment plants. The results . from both simulations produced large flow mal-distribution and asymmetric flows within the chamber. A value of 10% difference between the flows from the two outlets was taken to be the maximum limit for mal-distribution. However, values of 44.5 % and 22.8 % were obtained for the larger pipe distance and short pipe distance respectively. Novel remediation strategies using numerical techniques were used to determine the most effective means of improving the flow distribution. The first, used a vertical flow splitter, placed directly above the chamber inlet. Although it altered the path of the jet, it was felt that it would be ineffective for all situations. Although the magnitude of the asymmetry was improved with the use of the splitter, the improvement was insufficient to warrant its recommendation. The other device tested was a horizontal plate located at a certain distance from the chamber inlet. For the longer bend case, a separation distance equivalent to two inlet hydraulic diameters was sufficient to deflect the jet, and reduced the magnitude of the flow asymmetry to around 2%. When the same plate location was used for the shorter bend case, the efficiency of the plate was reduced. Although there was an improvement in the distribution, the magnitude of the asymmetry was greater than 10%. The plate was subsequently lowered by half a hydraulic diameter. This gave a large improvement to the effectiveness of the plate, and the resulting asymmetry was reduced to 7.31 %. The horizontal plate was considered more promising since its function was to deflect and reduce the peak velocities of the jet. With the reduction in velocities, the magnitudes of the nonlinear terms in the Navier-Stokes equations are reduced. The solution to the equations would be more likely to be symmetrical.

Discharge of inadequately treated waste water containing nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen as well as organic matter and bacteria is associated with a risk of eutrophication and contamination. The Swedish government has decided upon several Environmental Quality Objectives aiming to reduce the emissions of nutrients to water bodies. In Sweden, there are between 675 000 to 1 000 000 on-site sewage systems. Recent studies have shown that the function of small sewage treatment plants is in many cases insufficient. To prevent this regular service and supervision by a professional is needed. The focus of this study are small sewage treatment plants which use a technique where mechanical, chemical and/or biological reduction of pollutants is being used in the same facility to reduce nutrients in household wastewater. The aim of the study is to investigate how different municipalities ensure that small sewage treatment plants fulfill the requirements and reduce pollutants as efficient as the manufacturers claim. To do this, a survey was carried out, leading to a data-set that is covering more than 90 municipalities. The results show that many municipalities lack resources to ensure that small sewage treatment plants work properly. Operation and maintenance of the plants is an important issue, and should be given much more attention. Therefore the municipalities should request more documentation from the owners both before and after installation to make sure that the small sewage treatment plant can fulfill the required standard. About half of the municipalities demand that the owners acquire some kind of service agreement with the manufacturer.  If small sewage treatment plants should be a wastewater treatment solution that we can rely on in the future, there is a need of evaluating and analyzing these facilities more systematically.

A sediment core from Himmerfjärden estuary, south of Stockholm, was examined to detect records of eutrophication on the site since the opening of the sewage treatment plant Himmerfjärdsverket in 1974. The core was analysed with respect to the diatom record and lithology. Four macrofossil that were found in the sediment were dated using 14C-dating.    This study aims to detect changes in the environment of Himmerfjärden by using the diatom stratigraphy record. The results have been interpreted and discussed regarding natural environmental and climate change and/or anthropogenic impact, and detected changes will be associated with the history of the sampling site. The results show that the lowermost zone started to deposit around 1300-1490 cal yr BP and the homogeneous sediment indicates that the area was not suffering from hypoxia at that time. There is a successive transition towards more distinct lamination further up in the core which show that the environment in Himmerfjärden have changed and become hypoxic. This may have to do with factors such as the opening of heavily trafficked Södertälje Canal, and also the increased nutrient input from Himmerfjärdsverket.    This study could be a part of the process of working towards a “good environmental status” in the Baltic Sea. However, continued and improved work is needed for further and more accurate interpretations.

A presença de uma série de usos que envolvem o consumo intensivo da água é consequência direta do intenso processo de industrialização e urbanização, bem como do crescimento populacional. As estações de tratamento de esgoto funcionam como uma barreira ambiental aumentando os múltiplos usos das águas de um manancial. Esta melhoria na qualidade reduz as doenças de veiculação hídrica que é abastecida por estas águas. Visando contribuir com a melhor visualização do assunto, propõe-se analisar a evolução da qualidade das águas durante 29 anos no rio Paraíba do Sul, considerando o impacto do crescimento populacional e os efeitos advindos da implantação das ETEs na extensão paulista do rio. Os parâmetros selecionados foram oxigênio dissolvido, demanda bioquímica de oxigênio, demanda química de oxigênio, fósforo e série de nitrogênio, além do índice de qualidade das águas, índice de qualidade das águas para fins de abastecimento público, índice de qualidade das águas para proteção da vida aquática e das comunidades aquáticas e índice de estado trófico, obtidos no Relatório de Qualidade das Águas Interiores do Estado de São Paulo, publicado anualmente pela CETESB. Os resultados obtidos indicam que a redução do aporte de esgoto doméstico sem tratamento nas águas, quando priorizado os trechos onde o impacto atinge maior amplitude associado à morfologia do rio, a recuperação da qualidade das águas, em termos de DBO, DQO é OD, alcança maior extensão. Em termos de nitrogênio e fósforo, é necessário adotar medidas de redução na fonte / There are a number of uses that involve the water consumption that are direct consequences of the industrialization and urbanization intensive process, as well as population growth. The sewage treatment plants serve as environmental barriers increasing the multiple uses of water. This improvement in water quality reduces the risk of spreading diseases to the public that are served by these waters. To contribute with a better view of the subject, it is proposed to analyze the evolution of water quality within 30 years in the flow of the Paraiba do Sul River, considering the impact of population growth and the effects arising from the implementation of sewage treatment plants in the extension of the river. The selected parameters to be analyzed were dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, phosphorus and nitrogen series, besides the water quality index (IQA), the water quality for public supply index (IAP), the water quality for protection of aquatic life and communities index (IVA) and trophic state index (IET), obtained in the Inland Waters Quality of São Paulo State Report, published annually by CETESB. The results indicate that reducing the inflow of untreated sewage waters, when prioritizing the stretches where the impact reaches higher amplitude associated with the morphology of the river, the recovery of water quality in terms of BOD, COD and OD, reaches greater extension. In terms of nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, it is necessary to adopt measures to reduce them at source

A presença de uma série de usos que envolvem o consumo intensivo da água é consequência direta do intenso processo de industrialização e urbanização, bem como do crescimento populacional. As estações de tratamento de esgoto funcionam como uma barreira ambiental aumentando os múltiplos usos das águas de um manancial. Esta melhoria na qualidade reduz as doenças de veiculação hídrica que é abastecida por estas águas. Visando contribuir com a melhor visualização do assunto, propõe-se analisar a evolução da qualidade das águas durante 29 anos no rio Paraíba do Sul, considerando o impacto do crescimento populacional e os efeitos advindos da implantação das ETEs na extensão paulista do rio. Os parâmetros selecionados foram oxigênio dissolvido, demanda bioquímica de oxigênio, demanda química de oxigênio, fósforo e série de nitrogênio, além do índice de qualidade das águas, índice de qualidade das águas para fins de abastecimento público, índice de qualidade das águas para proteção da vida aquática e das comunidades aquáticas e índice de estado trófico, obtidos no Relatório de Qualidade das Águas Interiores do Estado de São Paulo, publicado anualmente pela CETESB. Os resultados obtidos indicam que a redução do aporte de esgoto doméstico sem tratamento nas águas, quando priorizado os trechos onde o impacto atinge maior amplitude associado à morfologia do rio, a recuperação da qualidade das águas, em termos de DBO, DQO é OD, alcança maior extensão. Em termos de nitrogênio e fósforo, é necessário adotar medidas de redução na fonte / There are a number of uses that involve the water consumption that are direct consequences of the industrialization and urbanization intensive process, as well as population growth. The sewage treatment plants serve as environmental barriers increasing the multiple uses of water. This improvement in water quality reduces the risk of spreading diseases to the public that are served by these waters. To contribute with a better view of the subject, it is proposed to analyze the evolution of water quality within 30 years in the flow of the Paraiba do Sul River, considering the impact of population growth and the effects arising from the implementation of sewage treatment plants in the extension of the river. The selected parameters to be analyzed were dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, phosphorus and nitrogen series, besides the water quality index (IQA), the water quality for public supply index (IAP), the water quality for protection of aquatic life and communities index (IVA) and trophic state index (IET), obtained in the Inland Waters Quality of São Paulo State Report, published annually by CETESB. The results indicate that reducing the inflow of untreated sewage waters, when prioritizing the stretches where the impact reaches higher amplitude associated with the morphology of the river, the recovery of water quality in terms of BOD, COD and OD, reaches greater extension. In terms of nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, it is necessary to adopt measures to reduce them at source

Submitted by Andreza de França Alamino null (andreza.alamino@hotmail.com) on 2016-09-10T18:02:45Z No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_versão_final_pdf_repositório_unesp.pdf: 1884907 bytes, checksum: 6161a04cdaac1c53204da25be3831d76 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Juliano Benedito Ferreira (julianoferreira@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-09-13T14:20:36Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 alamino_af_me_araiq.pdf: 1884907 bytes, checksum: 6161a04cdaac1c53204da25be3831d76 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-13T14:20:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 alamino_af_me_araiq.pdf: 1884907 bytes, checksum: 6161a04cdaac1c53204da25be3831d76 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-08-19 / O presente trabalho aborda a degradação simultânea de dois contaminantes emergentes, o plastificante bisfenol A (BPA) e o fármaco carbamazepina (CBZ), aplicando-se processos oxidativos avançados (POA), particularmente o processo foto-Fenton. Durante os ensaios de degradação, o BPA e a CBZ foram determinados por cromatografia líquida de alta eficiência (CLAE) em uma única análise, utilizando dois detectores acoplados em série, o detector de fluorescência (FLU) para o BPA e detector de arranjo de diodos (DAD) para a CBZ. Foi necessária a otimização das condições do método cromatográfico, tais como, composição da fase móvel, 50% etanol-água, vazão, 0,500 mL min-1, comprimento de onda de excitação e emissão para o BPA, 277 e 300 nm nesta ordem, e absorção para a CBZ de 286 nm ou 211 nm. Após a construção da curva analítica foram determinados os parâmetros analíticos como: linearidade, limites de detecção e quantificação. Os ensaios de degradação foram efetuados em duas matrizes distintas, água e efluente de estação de tratamento de esgoto, coletado antes do lançamento nos rios, objetivando desenvolver um método de degradação em baixas concentrações em amostras reais. Pela complexidade da matriz foi necessário fazer o “clean up” das amostras por extração em fase sólida (EFS) nas alíquotas retiradas durante as degradações no efluente. A faixa de recuperação da EFS foi avaliada em três níveis e atingiu de 82 a 84% para o BPA e de 92 a 99% para a CBZ. A velocidade de degradação tanto de BPA como de CBZ foi influenciada pela matriz, pois foi maior em água do que no efluente. O tempo de degradação em água foi de 60 minutos e em efluente de 90 minutos. A degradação de BPA atingiu 88% em água e 77% em efluente, enquanto que de CBZ atingiu 95% em água e 61% em efluente. A remoção de carbono orgânico dissolvido (COD) nas amostras de efluente foi avaliada, porém as concentrações de Fe(III) e H2O2 utilizadas, 12,0 μmol L-1 e 300 μmol L-1 nesta ordem, não foram suficientes para degradar a matéria orgânica do efluente, mas foram suficientes para a degradação dos compostos alvos na concentração de 250 μg L-1.

Kyoto University (京都大学) / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(工学) / 甲第15364号 / 工博第3243号 / 新制||工||1488(附属図書館) / 27842 / 京都大学大学院工学研究科都市環境工学専攻 / (主査)教授 田中 宏明, 教授 藤井 滋穂, 教授 米田 稔 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当

Eutrophication is one of the major threats to the marine environment in the Baltic Sea. The human pressure on the sea by nutrient input from agriculture, industry, public sewage facility and small sewage treatment plants causes excessive algal blooms leading to oxygen depleted seabed and an ecosystem out of balance. The objective of this study is to investigate how local legitimacy and fairness is addressed in the multilevel and complex issue of reducing Baltic Sea eutrophication. The main results show that there is a great challenge and uncertainty in dealing with the problem of eutrophication. Furthermore, there is an unfair distribution of costs and responsibilities related to wastewater treatment in the municipal planning documents and nearly total exclusion of the individual property owners from participating in the decision-making processes related to the expansion plans for public sewage facility. This in turn risks the legitimacy and the democratic aspects of the plans. Previous studies related to public and simple sewage plants have investigated different issues related to the legislation and practical planning as possible reasons for a sluggish progress in the measures to reduce nutrient discharges to the sea. However, the fairness aspects and the participatory processes of the plans have not been studied. The implications of this study are to invite to a more inclusive and fair planning process with the use of alternative solutions to the compulsory expansion of public sewage facility. Modifications in the legislation to include economic instruments creating incentives for the property owners can be a way of increasing participation and thus the legitimacy of the system.

A unidade de estudo denominada bacia hidrográfica pode ser considerada um importante agente de integração entre processos naturais e antrópicos. Através do estudo do metabolismo dos corpos hídricos, pode-se conhecer fatores que implicam nas alterações funcionais destes processos. Seguindo nesse contexto, pode-se citar a bacia do rio Piracicaba, um autêntico modelo de bacia desenvolvida, com problemas ambientais típicos de áreas impactadas. Estudos desenvolvidos pelo Projeto PiraCena, entre os anos de 1994 e 2001, confirmaram que as emissões de esgotos domésticos e industriais e as mudanças no uso da terra, contribuíram para transformações drásticas no seu metabolismo. Entretanto, desde o encerramento deste projeto, recursos financeiros gerenciados pelos Comitês das Bacias Hidrográficas dos Rios Piracicaba, Capivari e Jundiaí foram aplicados, principalmente, em obras de saneamento como coleta e tratamento de esgotos domésticos. Assim, este estudo buscou avaliar durante doze meses a evolução de parâmetros físicos e químicos da água, visando conhecer como o processo de urbanização ainda afeta o metabolismo do rio e como os lançamentos de efluentes provenientes de estações de tratamento de esgoto interferem na composição química e no metabolismo aquático de ribeirões da bacia do rio Piracicaba, situados em regiões densamente ocupadas. Os resultados obtidos neste estudo foram ainda comparados com resultados publicados pelo Projeto PiraCena, com o objetivo de identificar possíveis melhorias na qualidade das águas desses ribeirões. Foi possível observar através dos resultados obtidos que apesar de todo esforço que tem sido feito visando a melhoria da qualidade da água dos corpos hídricos da bacia do rio Piracicaba, a deterioração ainda é continua. Além disso, foi possível reforçar os resultados encontrados pelo projeto PiraCena, uma vez que apesar de ter havido um aumento considerável no volume de esgoto doméstico tratado, esse tratamento não tem surtido efeito significativo sobre a qualidade da água de vários ribeirões da bacia. Portanto, é imperiosa uma avaliação detalhada sobre o funcionamento das estações de tratamento de esgoto para que as mesmas cumpram o seu papel que é prover a sociedade uma água de qualidade, assegurando ao mesmo tempo a integridade biótica da mesma. / The unit of study called watershed can be considered an important agent of integration between natural and anthropogenic processes. Studying the metabolism of water bodies, it is possible to know which factors are involved in the functional changes of these processes. In this context, it is inserted the Piracicaba river basin, an authentic model of developed basin with typical environmental issues of impacted areas. Studies conducted by PiraCena Project, between 1994 and 2001, confirmed that emissions from domestic and industrial sewage and changes in land use have contributed to drastic changes in its metabolism. However, since the end of the project, funds managed by the Watershed Committee of Piracicaba, Capivari and Jundiaí Watersheds were applied, mainly in sanitation, such as collection and treatment of domestic wastewater. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the evolution of physical and chemical water parameters, during twelve months, trying to understand how the process of urbanization still affects the metabolism of the river and how the discharge of effluents from sewage treatment stations interfere in the chemical composition and the aquatic metabolism of streams that belong to the Piracicaba river basin, located in densely populated regions. The results obtained in this study were compared with previous results published by PiraCena Project, with the goal of identifying possible improvements at the water quality of these streams. It was observed from the results obtained that, despite every effort that has been made, aiming the improvement of the water quality at the water bodies of the Piracicaba river basin, the deterioration is still present. Moreover, it was possible to reinforce the results found by PiraCena project, since there was a considerable increase in the treated domestic sewage volume, but the effect of this treatment has not been significant to the quality of some streams of the basin. Therefore, the necessity of a detailed evaluation about the functioning of the sewage treatment stations is imperative, so they can continue providing the society with water of quality, while ensuring biotic integrity.

Les drogues illicites consommées sont éliminées sous forme inchangée ou métabolisée dans les urines et/ou les fèces et rejoignent le réseau d’égout. La quantification de ces produits d’élimination dans les eaux usées présente un double intérêt : d’une part, permettre d’évaluer la contamination des milieux naturels par ces composés et d’autre part, contribuer à l’estimation de la consommation de drogues illicites dans une population dépendant d’un même bassin collecteur des eaux usées urbaines. Des méthodes analytiques adaptées à la charge organique complexe des eaux usées ont été développées et validées pour évaluer les niveaux de contamination des affluents et effluents de 26 stations d’épuration en France pour dix-sept composés (drogues illicites et métabolites). Les résultats d’analyses ont permis d’évaluer les taux d’élimination de ces composés en fonction des technologies de traitement utilisées dans les stations d’épuration. Les concentrations mesurées dans les affluents ont été utilisées pour estimer les consommations de drogues illicites par un calcul en retour et ont montré des différences qualitatives et quantitatives de consommation de stupéfiants entre zones urbaines en France métropolitaine et en Outre-mer. Dans une dernière partie, des études de toxicologie sur un modèle bactérien et des études comportementales sur un modèle animal ont été conduites à des niveaux de concentrations proches des teneurs relevées en eau de surface et aucun effet notable n’a été observé. / Illicit drugs are metabolized or eliminated unchanged in the urine and/or feces then join the sewer system. The quantification of these products in wastewater disposal has two advantages: firstly, to assess the contamination of the environment and also contribute to the estimation of illicit drug consumption in a catchment. Analytical methods adapted to the complex organic load of wastewater have been developed and validated to assess the levels of contamination of influents and effluents from 26 sewage treatment plants in France for seventeen compounds (illicit drugs and metabolites). The results of the analysis were used to evaluate the elimination of these compounds depending on the treatment technologies used in wastewater treatment plants. Concentrations in the influent were used to estimate the illicit drug consumption by back calculation and showed qualitative and quantitative differences of drug use among urban areas in metropolitan France and overseas. In the last part, toxicology studies on a bacterial model and behavioural studies with an animal model have been conducted with concentration levels close to the levels found in surface water and no significant effect was observed.