Ce travail décrit certains aspects du réseau d’assainissement en tant que réacteur bio-physico-chimique. Les objectifs principaux sont : d’identifier et de quantifier les sources des eaux circulant dans les collecteurs en se basant sur les signatures isotopiques des eaux et des sulfates dissous; de déterminer la nature minéralogique des phases porteuses des métaux lourds et d’étudier leur cycle géochimique par MET et MEB couplés à la EDXS ; de mettre en évidence la présence d’échange de matière entre les eaux usées et les biofilms par CLSM et MET et d’étudier les conditions hydrodynamiques impliquées dans cet échange dans un réacteur pilote (Couette-Poiseuille). On montre que les données isotopiques permettent d’évaluer la présence des évolutions de concentration des éléments transportés dans le réseau. Le rôle du réseau en tant que réacteur apparaît dans l’évolution de la nature minéralogique des phases phosphatées vers l’aval du réseau et dans la précipitation des métaux lourds dans les compartiments anaérobiques sous forme de phases sulfurées néoformées. Les dépôts des regards de façade et les biofilms sont les lieux de cette néoformation. A l’échelle de la matière organique, l’auto-épuration est révélée par les échanges entre les biofilms et les matières en suspension (MES) suite à la présence des fibres de cellulose dans la structure des biofilms et de morceaux de biofilms au sein de la MES. La majeure partie de ces évolutions se situe en amont du réseau où les contrastes physicochimiques sont les plus importants. Finalement, les expériences modèles au sein du réacteur ont montré l’implication de l’hydrodynamisme dans le détachement des biofilms / This work describes the sewer system as an integrated part of the wastewater treatment system. The main objectives of this study were: identification and quantification of water sources collected in sewer system, referring to isotopic signatures of water and dissolved sulfates; identification of the mineralogical nature of trace element carriers and determination of their geochemical evolution within the sewer by TEM and SEM coupled with EDSX ; Evidencing exchanges between sewage and biofilms, using CLSM and TEM, and investigating hydrodynamic conditions controlling this exchange in an experimental set-up (Couette-Poiseuille reactor). The results indicate that isotopic data may be used to study the tightness of sewer lines and to evaluate the evolution of element concentrations along sewer. Implication of the sewer system as a true biophysicochemical reactor is evidenced in our study by the evolution of the mineralogical nature of phosphate phases downstream of the sewer and by heavy metal precipitations in anaerobic conditions as neoformed sulfide phases. Sump pit deposits and biofilms represent the earlier stage of this neoformation. Organic matter biodegradation was revealed by TEM examination of SM whereas the exchange between biofilms and SM was shown by CLSM. Cellulose fibers from SM were found embedded in exopolymer biofilm matrices and detached fragments from biofilms were identified in sewage. The majority of these evolutions are located upstream of sewer system in which the contrast in physicochemical properties are the most significant. Finally, biofilm model investigations and image processing showed that hydrodynamic conditions are largely implicated in biofilm detachment

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.

[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.

The main goal of this diploma thesis is the proposal of sewerage variants of local parts of village Pačlavice, which are villages Pornice and Lhota. For individual municipalities are proposed three partially different variants, which vary mainly in the way of wastewater draining and wastewater treatment. All three variants are evaluate from an economic and technical point of view and on the basis of evaluation is propose a variant, which is in my opinion, the most suitable for these municipalities. In the villages Pornice, Lhota and Pačlavice are proposed new delivery and gravity sections, associated objects of overflow chambers with pumping stations, independent overflow chambers or separate pumping stations that complement the existing combined sewer system to ensure the drainage of wastewater to wastewater treatment plant and following treatment of this water.

The diploma thesis focuses on the possibility of removing odor on the sewer network. The first part of the research describes how the odor is generally perceived and what legislation regulates its quantity in the air. The second part of the research focuses on problems of formation of smelting sulfate on the sewer network. This section describes the formation of sulfane as a major component of odor. Further disclosed are methods for its removal, and the ways in which the odor is measured. The practical part deals with laboratory testing of pre-selected fillings in order to determine their ability to remove odorous sulfane. In the second part, on-line measurements are made to determine the causes of sulphan formation in a given location.

First section of this master thesis is background research of energy demand of sewer systems. Intrudoctory chapter explains basic concepts. Second chapter is dealing with Czech and European legislation concerning energy consumption of water service. Third chapter describes energy demand of sewer systems. In this chapter there are described conventional gravity, vakuum and pressure sewer systems and components with major power consumption. Fourth chapter describes actual state of energy demand of WWTP and possible ways of improving power consumption of WWTP. Second section is a review of energy consumtion of vacuum systems of five different municipalities including one WWTP. Measured and evaluated outputs were used to create energy audit methodology for sewer systems.

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.

Inflow and infiltration (I/I) water in the sewer network originates from groundwater, precipitation, seawater as well as over-leakage from drinking water pipes. It is the proportion of water in the sewer system that is not wastewater and causes problems both at the treatment plant as well as in the sewer network. Through overflows, floods and bypassing at the treatment plant I/I causes discharges of wastewater to recipients and nature and thus have negative environmental effects. I/I also stand for an overload in the system which, in addition to environmental consequences, also has social, economic and technical consequences. Despite efforts to reduce and mitigate the effects of I/I water for a long time, the problem remains and a large proportion of all the wastewater in the network and the treatment plan still is I/I.  Historically, and for many cases at present, there is little to no methodology for how the work with I/I water takes place and is prioritized in the municipalities and responsible water and sewerage organizations. Measures have instead been implemented with a reaction based approach, in other words when something has broken down or there is a failure in the system. A new discussion about I/I water has arisen in recent years due to new requirements from supervisory authorities. As there is not much follow-up or methodology around the work with I/I water, the process of developing a strategy to meet these new requirements for municipalities has shown to be difficult. In cases where analysis of measures against I/I water has been carried out, cost and effects in the treatment plant (i.e. the proportion of I/I water) have most often been used and dimensions other than economic have been left out of the analysis. As I/I water affects social and environmental factors to a great extent, this should be taken into greater account.  In this work, a multi-criterion analysis has been performed in a case study where similar measures to reduce I/I water and its effects in two different areas have been analysed. The included measures were separation, lining, pipe bursting and installation of a stormwater cassette. The results of the case study show that measure A2 has the greatest positive effect. However, there are major uncertainties in the case study conducted and the results are not considered to be robust enough to be used. However, what has been important to include from the work is that by defining and using criteria from all sustainability dimensions, a comprehensive action choice analysis is created and that it is a structured approach to apply. Here, the importance of opening up for discussion within the municipality/organization is emphasized to achieve a coherent view of the prioritization of I/I water and to achieve efficient management. Problems and amounts of I/I water are complex issues and vary from place to place, and are strongly linked to local geohydrological and climate conditions and design of local sewage systems. Therefore, it is important to coordinate the planning of I/I water to use a workflow that is general and can be used, regardless of conditions, in a simple way where adjustments in accordance with local conditions are possible. This work has shown that multi-criteria analysis is a clear and adaptable tool for meeting the difficulties that exist. / Tillskottsvatten härstammar från grundvatten, nederbörd samt havsvatten genom felaktiga anslutningar eller läckage i ledningsnätet samt från överläckage från dricksvattenledningar. Det är andelen av vatten i avloppsnätet som inte är spillvatten och orsakar, genom bräddning, översvämningar och förbiledning i reningsverket, utsläpp av avloppsvatten till recipienter och natur samt står för en överbelastning i systemet. Trots att man arbetat med att minska och lindra effekterna av tillskottsvatten under lång tid så kvarstår problemet och en stor andel av allt samlat vatten i ledningsnätet och som kommer till reningsverket är just tillskottsvatten.  Historiskt, samt för många fall i nuläget, så existerar det lite till ingen metodik kring hur arbetet med tillskottsvatten sker i kommunerna och ansvariga VA-organisationer utan åtgärder har implementerats på måfå eller när något har gått sönder. En ny diskussion kring tillskottsvatten har uppstått de senaste åren på grund av uppkomna nya kravställningar från tillsynsmyndigheter. I och med att det inte finns mycket uppföljning eller metodik kring arbetet med tillskottsvatten så har processen med att ta fram en strategi för att möta dessa nya krav för kommuner ofta varit svår. I de fall som analys av åtgärder mot tillskottsvatten har utförts så har kostnad och effekter i reningsverket (det vill säga andel mängd tillskottsvatten) oftast används och andra dimensioner än ekonomiska har lämnats utanför analysen. Då tillskottsvatten påverkar sociala samt miljömässiga faktorer i hög grad bör detta tas större hänsyn till.  I det här arbetet så har en multikriterieanalys utförts i en fallstudie där liknande åtgärder för att minska tillskottsvatten och dess effekter i olika områden har analyserats. De ingående åtgärderna var separering, infodring, rörspräckning samt anläggning av en dagvattenkassett. Resultatet av fallstudien visar att åtgärdsalternativ 2 har störst positiv effekt. Det finns dock stora osäkerheter i den fallstudie som utförts och resultatet anses inte vara tillräckligt robust för att användas. Det som dock har varit viktigt att ta med från arbetet är att genom att definiera och använda kriterier från alla hållbarhetsdimensioner skapas en heltäckande åtgärdsvalsanalys och att det är ett strukturerat arbetssätt att applicera. Här understryks vikten av att öppna upp för diskussion inom kommunen/organisationen för att nå en sammanhållen syn på prioriteringen av tillskottsvatten samt för att nå en effektiv hantering. Problem och mängder tillskottsvatten i olika ställen är komplext och starkt kopplat till lokala klimat och geohydrologiska förhållanden samt lokala avloppssystem. Därför är det viktigt för att samordna planeringen av tillskottsvatten att använda en arbetsgång som är generell och kan användas, oavsett förutsättningar, på ett enkelt sätt där justeringar i enlighet med lokala förutsättningar är möjligt. Det här arbetet har visat att multikriterieanalys är ett tydligt och anpassningsbart verktyg för att möta de svårigheter som finns.

This project proposes a new urban aquifer strategy that utilizes stormwater to create a cascading plaza and an improved 'great street' in Washington DC. A system of urban aquifers is developed beneath the surface of the street, perched atop the compacted, impermeable soils below. This set of aquifers prevents stormwater from entering the existing combined sewer and allows trees to draw water from this new groundwater source and develop expansive root systems. On the surface, stormwater flows through interconnected planters where it irrigates and is filtered by vegetation before infiltrating to recharge the aquifer. At Cascade Plaza, sloping topography intersects the aquifer, and the new groundwater seeps out of the plaza steps, turning them into a miniature cascade, by gravity and water pressure alone. It collects in a web of runnels, pools at the lowest point, and overflows in high water, mysteriously disappearing below ground again to fill an underground reservoir. In this unique ecological system, water flows both above and below ground to mitigate excess stormwater and make the street and plaza more beautiful. / Master of Landscape Architecture

La densification actuelle de l'urbanisation conduit à un changement d'occupation du sol et du réseau de drainage en zone péri-urbaine. L'écoulement est concentré dans des fossés ou des réseaux d'assainissement et ainsi accéléré. Ces phénomènes peuvent avoir des conséquences importantes pour les nappes et les cours d'eau, comme par exemple l'aggravation des crues et des sécheresses et l'altération de la qualité chimique et/ou biologique du milieu. Sous la pression réglementaire (Directive Cadre Européenne sur l'Eau) et la demande sociale, les gestionnaires sont donc confrontés à des choix complexes en terme d'aménagement. Ainsi, il est nécessaire de mettre au point des méthodes et des modèles capables de quantifier l'impact de l'augmentation de l'urbanisation sur la vulnérabilité des hydro-systèmes péri-urbains. Dans ce travail, nous formulons l'hypothèse qu'une modélisation hydrologique spatialisée continue, prenant explicitement en compte les objets des paysages périurbains (parcelles urbaines, agricoles, forestières, haies,..) et les éléments déterminant les chemins de l'eau (topographie, mais aussi réseaux d'assainissement ou de routes) peut aider à comprendre et hiérarchiser le rôle des différents objets du paysage sur la réponse hydrologique. Pour ce faire, le modèle distribué PUMMA (Peri-Urban Model for landscape Management) adapté aux bassins versants péri-urbains, a été développé dans le cadre de cette thèse. Il consiste en une intégration du modèle existant URBS, décrivant des processus hydrologiques urbains à l'échelle d'une parcelle cadastrale, dans la plate-forme de modélisation LIQUID, qui contient déjà des modules représentants des processus hydrologiques en zone rurale. PUMMA a également été complété par de nouveaux modules simulant les déversoirs d'orage, les bassins de rétention et le transfert du ruissellement de surface. Le modèle suit une approche orientée objet dans laquelle le paysage est divisé en mailles irrégualières, correspondant aux parcelles cadastrales en zone urbaine et aux unités de réponse hydrologiques (HRUs) en zone rurale. Afin de pouvoir appliquer le modèle à l'échelle d'un bassin versant, des méthodes automatiques pour la préparation des données géographiques ont été mises au point. De plus, une méthode a été développée pour déterminer les contours de bassins versants péri-urbains, en distinguant les surfaces contributives de temps sec et humide. Le modèle a été appliqué au bassin versant de la Chaudanne, un sous-bassin de l'Yzeron, situé en zone péri-urbaine lyonnaise pour deux années en conditions contrastées (sèche et humide). Les paramètres du modèle ont été spécifiés à partir des observations disponibles et des données de la littérature. Les résultats montrent un comportement du modèle réaliste et une aptitude à représenter les comportements différents en période sèche et humide, en lien avec des degrés de saturation des sols différents, même si les pics de débits d'été sont en général surestimés. Différents tests de sensibilité sur certains processus/paramètres montrent l'importance des processus urbains sur la réponse hydrologique du bassin, comme en particulier la génération de ruissellement de surface par les surfaces imperméables et naturelles urbaines, le drainage de l'eau du sol par les réseaux d'assainissement et les connexions entre les îlots urbains et le réseau hydrographique naturel et artificiel. L'épaisseur des sols et la conductivité hydraulique à saturation latérale jouent aussi un rôle important sur la dynamique du débit de base. Nous montrons aussi le potentiel du modèle pour tester différents scenarii d'aménagement ou de gestion des eaux pluviales. / Urban expansion mainly affects peri-urban areas. These areas are subject to rapid modifications such as an increase of impervious areas or concentration of runoff in sewer systems. These changes have an impact on local hydrology and can induce floods, pollution or decrease of groundwater resource. Modelling tools allowing a quantification of the sensitivity of peri-urban catchments to urbanization are therefore useful in this context. The hypothesis underlying this PhD is that a continuous distributed hydrological model, taking explicitly into account the spatial organization of the landscape (urban, agricultural, forest areas, hedges,..) and the water pathways, as determined by topography but also roads and sewer networks, can help to understand and hierarchize the role of various landscape elements on the hydrological response of small hydrosystems. We therefore designed the Peri-Urban Model for landscape MAnagement (PUMMA) simulating the rainfall-runoff processes both in urban and in rural areas. For this, the urban model URBS was integrated into the LIQUID modelling framework already containing modules describing hydrological processes in rural areas. Additionally, three process modules were developed describing sewer overflow devices, overland flow as well as retention basins and lakes. PUMMA follows an object-oriented approach. The landscape is discretized into cadastral parcels in urban areas and irregular hydrological response units in rural areas. In order to apply PUMMA to the catchment scale, automatic methods were developed for the pre-processing of the geographical data. Furthermore, a method for the delineation of suburban catchments including the separation into dry and wet weather contributing areas was developed. The model was then applied to the Chaudanne catchment, a sub-basin of the Yzeron, located in the peri-urban area of Lyon, France. The model was run continuously for two contrasting years (dry and humid) using parameters values taken from observations and the literature. Although summer peak discharge is often overestimated, the results show that, the model is able to simulate realistically the observed discharges and in particular different responses under dry and wet conditions, controlled by the soil saturation. Sensitivity tests to various processes/parameters showed the importance of the urban influenced processes on the hydrological response, in particular surface runoff generation on impervious and natural urban surfaces, infiltration into the sewer system and the connexion of urban areas to the natural hydrographic network. Soil depth and lateral saturated hydraulic conductivity were also found influential on the base flow dynamics. We finally showed the model potential for the evaluation of various rain water management scenarios.