Simulation model for real-time decision support in controlling the impacts of storm sewage discharges

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dc.contributor.authorReda A.L.L.
dc.contributor.authorBeck M.B.
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-13T01:47:28Z
dc.date.available2024-03-13T01:47:28Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.description.abstractThe impacts of combined sewage discharges on river water quality are studied using the MCSTR (Multiple Continuously Stirred Tank Reactor) dynamic model. The potential for applying this model in a real-time context is demonstrated as a tool to support decisions regarding treatment plant operation during storm events, when it is often not possible to sustain full treatment of the incoming sewage flow. Discharges to the River Cam of treated and untreated urban wastewaters from Cambridge and the Cambridge Sewage Works are addressed as a hypothetical case study. Alternative treatment strategies are defined for improving receiving water quality and assessed through simulated water quality downstream of the discharge; the state variables of the model include the concentrations of biochemical oxygen demand, ammoniacal- and nitrate-nitrogen, and dissolved oxygen (chlorophyll-a concentrations are also calculated, but not considered herein). Strategies are assessed and ranked according to the reduction in maximum pollutant concentration (or the increase in minimum concentration, in the case of dissolved oxygen) promoted by each alternative, relative to conventional operation. The consequences of discharging overflows at an alternative position in the river, rather than together with the treatment-plant effluent, are also evaluated. Run times for the MCSTR model are of the order of just a few minutes (at most), thus allowing the potential for its use in real time as decision-support aid.
dc.description.firstpage225
dc.description.issuenumber9
dc.description.lastpage233
dc.description.volume39
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00244-9
dc.identifier.issn0273-1223
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.mackenzie.br/handle/10899/38064
dc.relation.ispartofWater Science and Technology
dc.rightsAcesso Restrito
dc.subject.otherlanguageCombined sewer overflows
dc.subject.otherlanguageDischarge-site allocation
dc.subject.otherlanguageDynamic river water quality model
dc.subject.otherlanguageReal-time decision support
dc.subject.otherlanguageWater quality management
dc.titleSimulation model for real-time decision support in controlling the impacts of storm sewage discharges
dc.typeArtigo de evento
local.scopus.citations11
local.scopus.eid2-s2.0-0033035711
local.scopus.subjectCombined sewer overflows
local.scopus.subjectDischarge-site allocation
local.scopus.subjectWater quality management
local.scopus.updated2024-05-01
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