Beneath Biscayne Bay

To improve the reliability and resiliency of one of its most critical wastewater components, the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department replaced more than a mile of aging force main used to convey flows to its Central District Wastewater Treatment Plant. Installation of the new force main required constructing two large vertical shafts and a large-diameter tunnel beneath a portion of Florida's Biscayne Bay.

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• Authors:
  • Carroll, Terrence
  • Whidden, William
  • Ramos, Eloy
  • Li, Lin
  • Fernandez-Cuervo, Victor
• Publication Date: 2018-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: pp 68-73, 77
• Serial:
  • Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 88
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0885-7024
  • Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Equipment replacement; Sewage treatment; Sewage treatment plants; Tunnel shafts; Tunneling; Water mains
• Geographic Terms: Biscayne Bay (Florida); Miami-Dade County (Florida)
• Subject Areas: Construction; Pipelines;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01662615
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ASCE
• Created Date: Mar 12 2018 3:03PM