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A novel acoustic sensor has been developed, capable of remotely monitoring the free surface ‘fingerprint’ of shallow flows. Temporal and spatial properties of this pattern are shown to contain information regarding the nature of the flow itself. The remote measurement can thereby be used to infer the bulk flow properties such as depth, velocity, and the hydraulic roughness of the pipe. The instrument is non-invasive and is also low cost, low maintenance, and low power. Such a device will allow for widespread monitoring of flow conditions in drainage networks, enabling pro-active maintenance and reliable real-time control.

Established low-density land use development patterns are characterized by expansive urbanization of the landscape. Concurrent effects associated with this present development pattern are declining existing urbanized areas, increasing conversion of open space, and high public service and infrastructure costs. Maryland's adoption of the Smart Growth legislative initiatives marks a potential advancement in the continuing evolution of government policies and programs designed to reduce inefficiencies by planning and managing growth at the state level. The Smart Growth programs are designed to augment, and work in concert with, previously implemented state growth management strategies, including local water and sewer and comprehensive planning. Maryland's ability to effectively direct and control growth in a desirable manner depends on the integrity and support of each of these planning program elements. This thesis recognizes the considerable influence that the provision of water and sewer services exerts on developing urban growth patterns and the increased relevance of water and sewer planning with respect to Smart Growth legislation. Evaluative research, designed to measure water and sewer plan regulatory conformance, demonstrates that locally adopted water and sewer plans exhibit widespread deficiencies in terms of state agency regulatory requirements. The revealed extent and prevalence of water and sewer plan inadequacies indicate that these documents are incapable of providing state administrators the information necessary to accurately determine existing and planned municipal sewer service, as anticipated by the legislation. The fact that legislation requires state agency approval of water and sewer plans prior to their adoption and that adopted plans exhibit deficiencies suggests problems associated with the current plan approval process. This thesis reviews the institutional procedures by which water and sewer plans are developed and approved in order to illustrate formal and informal organizational processes operable to water and sewer plan development. In addition, this thesis offers recommendations designed to enhance the current approval process, so as to lead to the development of effective water and sewer plans and facilitate successful implementation of related Smart Growth programs. / Master of Urban and Regional Planning

Thesis (MScEng (Civil Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2011. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Waterborne sewage system design and expansion objectives are often focused on minimising initial investment while increasing system capacity and meeting hydraulic requirements. Although these objectives make good sense in the short term, the solutions obtained might not represent the optimal cost-effective solution to the complete useful life of the system. Maintenance and operation of any system can have a significant impact on the life-cycle cost. The costing process needs to be better understood, which include maintenance and operation criteria in the design of a sewer system. Together with increasing public awareness regarding global warming and environmental degradation, environmental impact, or carbon cost, is also an important factor in decisionmaking for municipal authorities. This results in a multiplicity of different objectives, which can complicate the decisions faced by waterborne sewage utilities. Human settlement and migration is seen as the starting point of expansion problems. An investigation was conducted into the current growth prediction models for municipal areas in order to determine their impact on future planning and to assess similarities between the models available. This information was used as a platform to develop a new method incorporating indirect costs into models for planning waterborne sewage systems. The need to balance competing objectives such as minimum cost, optimal reliability, and minimum environmental impact was identified. Different models were developed to define the necessary criteria, thus minimising initial investment, operating cost and environmental impact, while meeting hydraulic constraints. A non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) was applied to certain waterborne sewage system (WSS) scenarios that simulated the evolutionary processes of genetic selection, crossover, and mutation to find a number of suitable solutions that balance all of the given objectives. Stakeholders could in future apply optimisation results derived in this thesis in the decision making process to find a solution that best fits their concerns and priorities. Different models for each of the above-mentioned objectives were installed into a multi-objective NSGA and applied to a hypothetical baseline sewer system problem. The results show that the triple-objective optimisation approach supplies the best solution to the problem. This approach is currently not applied in practice due to its inherent complexities. However, in the future this approach may become the norm. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Spoelafvoering rioolstelsel ontwerp en uitbreiding doelwitte is dikwels gefokus op die vermindering van aanvanklike belegging, terwyl dit die verhoging van stelsel kapasiteit insluit en ook voldoen aan hidrouliese vereistes. Alhoewel hierdie doelwitte goeie sin maak in die kort termyn, sal die oplossings verkry dikwels nie die optimale koste-effektiewe oplossing van die volledige nuttige lewensduur van die stelsel verteenwoordig nie. Bedryf en instandhouding van 'n stelsel kan 'n beduidende impak op die lewensiklus-koste hê, en die kostebepalings proses moet beter verstaan word en die nodige kriteria ingesluit word in die ontwerp van 'n rioolstelsel. Saam met 'n toenemende openbare bewustheid oor aardverwarming en die agteruitgang van die omgewing, is omgewingsimpak, of koolstof koste, 'n belangrike faktor in besluitneming vir munisipale owerhede. As gevolg hiervan, kan die diversiteit van die verskillende doelwitte die besluite wat munisipale besluitnemers in die gesig staar verder bemoeilik. Menslike vestiging en migrasie is gesien as die beginpunt van die uitbreiding probleem. 'n Ondersoek na die huidige groeivoorspelling modelle vir munisipale gebiede is van stapel gestuur om hul impak op die toekomstige beplanning te bepaal, en ook om die ooreenkomstes tussen die modelle wat beskikbaar is te asesseer. Hierdie inligting is gebruik as 'n platform om ‘n nuwe metode te ontwikkel wat indirekte kostes inkorporeer in die modelle vir die beplanning van spoelafvoer rioolstelsels. Die behoefte is geïdentifiseer om meedingende doelwitte soos minimale aanvanklike koste, optimale betroubaarheid en minimum invloed op die omgewing te balanseer. Verskillende modelle is ontwikkel om die bogenoemde kriteria te definiëer, in die strewe na die minimaliseering van aanvanklike belegging, bedryfskoste en omgewingsimpak, terwyl onderhewig aan hidrouliese beperkinge. ‘n Nie-gedomineerde sorteering genetiese algoritme (NSGA-II), istoegepas op sekere spoelafvoering rioolstelsel moontlikhede wat gesimuleerde evolusionêre prosesse van genetiese seleksie, oorplasing, en mutasie gebruik om 'n aantal gepaste oplossings te balanseer met inagname van al die gegewe doelwitte. Belanghebbendes kan in die toekoms gebruik maak van die resultate afgelei in hierdie tesis in besluitnemings prosesse om die bes-passende oplossing vir hul bekommernisse en prioriteite te vind. Verskillende modelle vir elk van die bogenoemde doelwitte is geïnstalleer in die nie-gedomineerde sorteering genetiese algoritme en toegepas op 'n hipotetiese basislyn rioolstelsel probleem. Die resultate toon dat die drie-objektief optimalisering benadering die beste oplossing vir die probleem lewer. Hierdie benadering word tans nie in die praktyk toegepas nie, as gevolg van sy inherente kompleksiteite. Desnieteenstaande, kan hierdie benadering in die toekoms die norm word.

Hazardous waste sites and aging wastewater infrastructure are common in the United States. There are hundreds of thousands of contaminated sites and more than a million miles of sewer pipes. Populations living close to hazardous waste sites often suffer from increased risk of adverse health effects due to exposure to contaminated environmental media. Vapor intrusion is one process by which nearby populations can be exposed to volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Aging wastewater infrastructure is important for vapor intrusion site assessments because sewer pipes can serve as preferential vapor transport pathways. Near contaminated sites, pipe deterioration allows migration of contaminants into sewers and potential accumulation of chemical vapors in sewer gas and nearby buildings. The objectives of this study are to develop a screening-level method to identify contaminated sites where additional evaluation of vapor intrusion is necessary, and then conduct field sampling at these sites to investigate sewers as potential vapor intrusion pathways. Sampling was conducted at four study sites, which consist of former and current dry cleaning facilities located in Lexington, Kentucky. The results of this study demonstrate that preferential vapor intrusion pathways such as sewers can facilitate the spread of vapor intrusion exposure risks beyond source areas of contamination.

Magistro studijų baigiamasis darbas, 58 puslapiai, 46 paveikslai, 10 lentelės, 32 literatūros šaltiniai, 9 lietuvių kalba ir 23 už sienio kalba Tyrimo objektas – Vakuuminis ir savitakinis nuotakynas. Darbo tikslas – atlikti vakuuminio ir savitakinio nuotakyno palyginamąją analizę. Uždaviniai: 1. Išanalizuoti sistemų privalumus ir trūkumus; 2. Suprojektuoti savitakinį ir vakuuminį tinklą pasirinktai gyvenvietei; 3. Atlikti suprojektuotų tinklų ekonominė analizė Tyrimo metodai – lietuvių ir už sienio mokslinės literatūros lyginamoji analizė, scheminio vaizdavimo metodas, projektavimas. Išstudijavus Lietuvių ir užsienio literatūrą apie vakuuminį bei savitakinį nuotakyną, apžvelgta dabartinė nuotakynų būklė Lietuvoje, atlikta palyginamoji analizė, nustatyti pagrindiniai sistemų privalumai bei trūkumai, apžvelgtos vakuuminės sistemos pritaikymo sritys. Vilniaus raj. Sakališkių gyvenvietei suprojektuoto vakuuminio bei savitakinio tinklo analizė parodė, kad vakuuminio nuotakyno statybos kaštai yra beveik dvigubai mažesni negu savitakinio. Atlikta analizė parodė, kad vakuuminiai nuotakynai yra perspektyvūs tam tikromis sąlygomis, tačiau Lietuvoje nepagristai nenaudojami. Vakuuminiai nuotakynai yra nepakeičiami projektuojant lygiose, retai apgyvendintose kaimiškose vietovėse. Priimant sprendimą dėl gyvenvietės nuotekų sistemos pasirinkimo, turi būti atliktas bent dviejų skirtingų sistemų variantų palyginimas. / Master degree final work consists of 58 pages, 46 pictures, 10 tables and 32 literatures. Test object – Vacuum and gravity system. Work purpose is to perform vacuum and gravity sewer system’s comparison analysis. Main tasks: 1. Analyze systems advantages and disadvantages; 2. Project gravity and vacuum systems for chosen village; 3. Perform economical analysis for projected systems; Test methods are Lithuanian and foreign scientific literatures comparison analysis, schematic representation method, planning. Overviewed Lithuanian and foreign scientific literature about vacuum and gravity sewer system was overlooked now days sewer situation in Lithuania, completed systems comparison analysis, identified the main systems advantages and disadvantages, overlooked vacuum sewer systems appliances areas, for Sakaliskes village was projected vacuum and gravity systems. Accomplished analysis showed that vacuum sewers are perspective under certain conditions, but in Lithuania interfere unused. Vacuum sewers are unchangeable in flat territories and in rural areas. Before project starts, there should be completed comparison of vacuum, gravity and pressure sever systems.

L’optimisation du système d’assainissement et la réduction des rejets d’eaux résiduaires urbaines non traitées est devenue un enjeu majeur pour de nombreuses collectivités dans le but d’atteindre les objectifs de qualité des milieux aquatiques fixés par la Directive Cadre européenne sur l’Eau (DCE 2000/60/CE). Pour cela, une parfaite connaissance du système d’assainissement est nécessaire. L’objectif de cette thèse, financée par la CDAPP et l’Agence de l’Eau Adour Garonne, était l’étude de la dynamique du système d’assainissement de la CDAPP et de sa contribution sur les flux de polluants dans le milieu récepteur (le Gave de Pau). La première étape du travail a été consacrée à la caractérisation hydraulique et physicochimique du système d’assainissement par temps sec et par temps de pluie. Une étude hydraulique a été tout d’abord réalisée et a permis de mieux appréhender la dynamique des déversements via les déversoirs d’orage (DO) en fonction de la nature des évènements pluvieux. D’autre part, la caractérisation physico chimique des eaux usées (matières en suspension ou MES, demande chimique en oxygène ou DCO, métaux, hydrocarbures aromatiques polycycliques) a mis en évidence que pour l’ensemble de ces paramètres, une nette augmentation des flux par temps de pluie était observée en particulier en début d’événement (augmentation d’un facteur de 2 à 10). Ce phénomène s’explique par l’apport de polluant par les eaux de ruissellement et l’érosion des dépôts accumulés par temps sec dans les réseaux. Seul l’azote total se comporte différemment puisqu’il est majoritairement présent sous forme dissoute. Afin de mieux appréhender la dynamique des paramètres polluants réglementaires (MES, DCO et azote), un suivi haute fréquence (au pas de temps de cinq minutes) a été mis en place durant un an à l’aide de sondes de turbidité et de conductivité. Ce suivi en continu constitue la troisième partie de ce travail. Des corrélations (r² ≈ 0,9) ont été établies entre d’une part, les paramètres polluants DCO et MES, et la turbidité et d’autre part, entre la conductivité et l’azote total. Ces enregistrements ont permis une meilleure compréhension du fonctionnement du système d’assainissement : mise en évidence du phénomène de first flush, estimation des flux polluants déversés via les DO, étude des phénomènes de stockage dans les réseaux. La dernière partie de cette thèse vise à l’étude de la contribution des rejets d’assainissement dans le milieu récepteur. Elle a permis de démontrer la contribution modérée du rejet de sortie de STEP (entre 1 et 15 %) par temps sec. Par temps de pluie, la contribution du système d’assainissement via les DO est extrêmement variable suivant les conditions hydro-climatiques (de < 1 % à plus de 50 %). Ce travail a permis d’une part d’apporter des résultats utilisables par le gestionnaire de l’assainissement pour optimiser la gestion des eaux usées de la CDAPP. D’autre part, ce travail apporte des résultats plus fondamentaux relatifs à une meilleure connaissance de la dynamique hydrologique et physicochimique des eaux résiduaires urbaines et des polluants associés tels que la mise en évidence, à l’aide d’outils statistiques, des paramètres influençant les déversements et les concentrations en polluants par temps de pluie. / Optimization of sewer system and reduction of untreated wastewater discharges has become a key issue for many communities in order to achieve the good quality of aquatic environments set by the European Framework Directive (WFD 2000/60/EC). For this, a perfect knowledge of sanitation is required. The objective of this thesis, funded by CDAPP and Adour Garonne Water Agency, was the study of the dynamics of the CDAPP sanitation and its contribution to the pollutants fluxes in the receiving environment (the river Gave de Pau). The first step of the work was devoted to the hydraulic and physicochemical wastewater characterization during dry and wet weather. A hydraulic study was first carried and helped to better understand the dynamics of discharges through the combined sewer overflow (CSO) according to the rainfall events characteristics. On the other hand, the physico-chemical characterization of wastewater (suspended solids or TSS, chemical oxygen demand or COD, metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) showed that for all these parameters, a clear increase of pollutant fluxes was observed at the beginning of the rainfall event (increase by a factor of 2 to 10). This phenomenon is explained by the runoff contribution and erosion of sediments accumulated in the networks during dry weather periods. Only total nitrogen behaves differently because it’s mostly dissolved. To better understand the dynamics of pollutants parameters (TSS, COD and nitrogen), high frequency monitoring (every five minutes) has been established for one year with turbidity and conductivity sensors. This continuous monitoring is the third part of this work. Correlation functions (r² ≈ 0.9) were found between, the pollutant parameters COD and TSS, and turbidity, and secondly, between conductivity and total nitrogen. These records allowed a better understanding of sanitation system: highlighting the first flush phenomenon, estimation of pollutant loads discharged by CSO, study of storage networks phenomenon. The last part of this thesis aims to study the contribution of wastewater discharges to the receiving environment. It demonstrated the moderate contribution of rejection output STEP (between 1% and 15%) in dry weather. In rainy weather, the contribution of sanitation through CSO is extremely variable depending on the hydro-climatic conditions (<1% to over than 50%). This work has led to provide usable results for the sanitation manager to optimize CDAPP wastewater treatment. Moreover, this work provides most fundamental results for a better understanding of the hydrological and physicochemical dynamics of urban wastewater and associated pollutants such as highlighting, using statistical tools, the parameters influencing pollutant concentrations during rainfall events.

Die vorliegende Dissertation hat die Bewertung und Modellierung der Exfiltration undichter Abwasserkanäle zum Thema. Verschiedene Methoden zur Bestimmung der Exfiltration werden ausführlich beschrieben. Es wurden Tracermethoden ausgewählt, in 5 Teileinzugsgebieten von Berlin und Dresden eingesetzt und bezüglich ihrer Anwendbarkeit in kommunalen Kanalnetzen bewertet. Tracermethoden ermitteln die Exfiltration mit einer Tracermassenbilanz über eine definierte Kanalstrecke. Ausgehend von diesen Messungen wurden Anforderungen an das Messen im Kanal und die Anwendung von Tracermassenbilanzen zur Bestimmung der Exfiltration formuliert. Ein anderer Schwerpunkt umfasst die Modellierung der Exfiltration mit der Identifizierung von Variablen, die Undichtigkeiten bzw. ungenügenden Kanalzustand signifikant beeinflussen sowie die Abbildung dieser Variablen in einem Model. Es wird die Verwendung eines auf dem Gesetz von Darcy basierenden Models vorgeschlagen. Darüber hinaus wurden Regressionsmodelle getestet und Signifikanztests durchgeführt. Die Dissertation schließt mit einer Diskussion über das Gefährdungspotential der Exfiltration von Abwasser aus undichten Kanälen insbesondere für Boden und Grundwasser. / The main goal of this dissertation is a comprehensive evaluation of exfiltration from leaky sewer pipes. Therefore, several methods for determining exfiltration are thoroughly described and two approaches are considered for extensive real sewer network testing in order to evaluate their application potential. These two methods estimate sewage loss by a tracer mass balance over a certain sewer distance. Exfiltration rates were estimated in 26 pipes located in 5 homogeneous subcatchments in Berlin and Dresden. Consequently analysing the experiences gained during the conducted measuring campaign, requirements on measurements in sewers in general and experimental design of the tracer tests in particular are discussed. A second focus was on modelling of sewer leakage and sewer deterioration. Variables which have significant effects on sewer leakage and deterioration have been identified according to the literature review and available data. Modelling approaches were proposed on the basis of (i) Darcy’s law and (ii) regression models for both data on sewer leakage derived from literature/tracer tests conducted within this work and data on sewer deterioration for the Dresden sewerage system. The dissertation concludes with a discussion on the relevance of sewer exfiltration, in particular its pollution potential for the environment is evaluated.

Les bassins périurbains, constitués de zones urbaines, agricoles et naturelles, sont des bassinsversants complexes à étudier. L’augmentation des surfaces imperméables et les modifications deschemins d’écoulement par les réseaux d’assainissement influencent leur hydrologie. Ces modificationssont notamment liées aux choix de modes de gestion des eaux pluviales : réseaux unitaires,réseaux séparatifs, infiltration à la parcelle, etc. La modélisation hydrologique spatialisée, quirend compte de l’hétérogénéité des bassins versants, est un outil permettant d’évaluer les différentsenjeux en termes d’occupation du sol et de gestion des eaux pluviales. Cependant, peu demodèles ont été construits pour être appliqués aux bassins périurbains, à l’échelle des gestionnaires(˜ 100 km2) et pour des simulations sur de longues périodes (> 10 ans). La modélisationhydrologique doit donc être adaptée afin de mieux capter les spécificités des milieux périurbainstelles que l’hétérogénéité de l’occupation du sol et la connexion de certaines zones urbaines à unréseau d’assainissement.Ce travail de thèse a consisté à développer un nouvel outil de modélisation adapté à ces problématiques: le modèle distribué horaire J2000P. Ce modèle simule les processus hydrologiquesen milieux ruraux et urbains et prend en compte les réseaux d’assainissement, les connexionsà ces réseaux et les déversements des déversoirs d’orage (DO). Le modèle a été mis en oeuvresur le bassin périurbain de l’Yzeron (˜ 130 km2), situé à l’ouest de Lyon. L’évaluation, effectuéeà l’exutoire de différents sous-bassins de tailles et d’occupations du sol différentes, montre desrésultats très encourageants. Le modèle a tendance à sous-estimer le débit mais la dynamiquedes pics est bien représentée tout comme le déversement des DO. Suite aux résultats de l’évaluation,une analyse de sensibilité « pas à pas » du modèle a été réalisée et différentes hypothèsesde fonctionnement du bassin ont été formulées pour améliorer la compréhension du modèle etdes processus représentés. Le modèle a ensuite été utilisé pour tester l’impact de modificationsde l’occupation des sols et/ou de la gestion des eaux pluviales sur la réponse hydrologique. Lemodèle montre que la gestion de l’occupation du sol a moins d’influence sur l’hydrologie dubassin que la gestion du réseau d’assainissement. / Growing urbanization and related anthropogenic processes have a high potential to influencehydrological process dynamics. Typical consequences are an increase of surface imperviousnessand modifications of water flow paths due to artificial channels and barriers (combined and separatedsystem, sewer overflow device, roads, ditches, etc.). Periurban catchments, at the edgeof large cities, are especially affected by fast anthropogenic modifications. They usually consistof a combination of natural areas, rural areas with dispersed settlements and urban areas mostlycovered by built zones and spots of natural surfaces. Spatialized hydrological modeling tools, simulatingthe entire hydrological cycle and able to take into account the important heterogeneityof periurban watersheds can be used to assess the impact of stormwater management practiceson their hydrology.We propose a new modeling tool for these issues : the hourly distributed J2000P model.This model simulates the hydrological processes in rural and urban areas and takes into accountthe sewerage networks, connections to these networks and overflows from sewer overflow devices(SOD). The application site is the Yzeron catchment (˜ 130 km2), located in the West of Lyon.The evaluation, conducted at the outlet of different sub-basins with different sizes and landuse, shows very encouraging results. The model tends to underestimate the discharge but thedynamics of the peaks and the SOD overflows are well simulated. The model is also used to testthe impact of changes in land use and/or stormwater management on the hydrological response.The results show that land use management has less impact on the hydrology of the catchmentthan stormwater management.

[pt] As intervenções em saneamento são predominantemente implantadas como barreiras entre o meio ambiente e o ser humano. A falta de análise dos impactos no ecossistema pode prejudicar a saúde e limitar os recursos naturais. As sub-bacias MG-10 e MG-13 (Bacia da Baía de Guanabara), da área de planejamento 5 (AP-5) da cidade do Rio de Janeiro foram escolhidas para o presente estudo, onde é atualmente implantado um sistema separador absoluto de esgoto sanitário. Foram avaliadas as consequências dessa intervenção sob uma perspectiva de saúde ambiental. A análise documental do contrato permitiu o levantamento de dados. A maioria das ligações está ativa e com tratamento de esgoto, mas há uma quantidade representativa de domicílios não conectados. As sub-bacias apresentam 94 por cento de cobertura do sistema com 74 por cento de adesão. Foi recomendada a remoção das moradias em áreas de proteção ambiental e a implantação do saneamento em favelas, o que depende de novos planos de urbanização. As custas das ligações prediais e, quando necessário, da adequação da edificação, são de responsabilidade do proprietário, podendo incentivar o surgimento de ligações clandestinas e, consequentemente, o lançamento de esgoto difuso. Houve uma iniciativa de controle social com a participação da população através da Central de Atendimento e da Ouvidoria. Foi possível verificar que os impactos do sistema foram positivos, mas há necessidade de maior fiscalização das situações atípicas. Destaca-se que, para além das intervenções, é importante incentivar a educação ambiental, pois a saúde ambiental é fundamental para assegurar melhorias na qualidade de vida da população. / [en] Predominantly, sanitation interventions are only implemented as barriers between environment and systems that involve human being (Nuvolari, 2013). These must be given in an ecological way and the lack of attention to this aspect, in addition to problems related to limitation of natural resources generation, damages health and quality of life (Rosso and Dias, 2011). Implementation of sanitation systems, more specifically of sanitary sewage, requires engineering exercise to understand the problem and proposition of technical alternatives. Separate system, as an exclusive system for sanitary sewage collection in separation from rainwater, is legally recognized by the State of Rio de Janeiro as an ideal technique. However, changes in local reality reflect the need to review techniques adopted to ensure durable and sustainable solutions (Rosso and Dias, 2012). Understanding the relationship between sanitation and public health is also central to guide effective services. From the twentieth century, several endemic and epidemic diseases were reduced and eradicated in Brazil as a consequence of sanitary improvements implantation. However, diseases related to precarious population conditions continue to play a significant role in national morbidity and mortality (Funasa, 2010). Foregoing highlights the importance of health-sanitation relationship not only as an epidemiological indicator, but with a broader sense of health that involves social well-being and quality of life. Therefore, it is extremely important to evaluate sanitary sewage services implementation in health and environment perspective, i.e., environmental health.