MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS

A BASIC OVERVIEW OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT'S INVOLVEMENTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTERMEASURES FOR COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW POLLUTION IS PRESENTED. STORMWATER FLOWS ALONE CAN SERIOUSLY AFFECT WATER QUALITY. SEWER SEPARATION IS VERY COSTLY AND SOLVES ONLY ABOUT 50 PERCENT OF THE PROBLEM. CURRENT APPROACHES INVOLVE CONTROL OF COMBINED OVERFLOWS, TREATMENT AND COMBINATIONS OF THE TWO. CONTROL CAN TAKE THE FORM OF OPTIMIZING TREATMENT WITH EXISTING FACILITIES, IMPROVING REGULATOR MAINTENANCE, CONTROLLING INFILTRATION AND EXTRANEOUS INFLOWS, SURFACE SANITATION, AND ADDING FLOW-INCREASING POLYMERS, AS WELL AS FLOW REGULATION AND STORAGE, USE OF POROUS PAVEMENT, AND VACUUM AND PRESSURE-TYPE SEWER SYSTEMS. SEVERAL OF THE TREATMENT METHODS ARE BEING EVALUATED. /DOT/

• Corporate Authors:

  J Water Pollution Control Feder

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• Authors:
  • Field, R
  • Struzeski, E J
• Publication Date: 1972-7

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1393-41
• Serial:
  • Publication of: J Water Pollution Control Feder
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: J Water Pollution Control Feder

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drainage; Flow control (Air traffic control); Maintenance practices; Overflows; Polymers; Porous materials; Sanitary engineering; Sewage treatment; Sewers; Water pollution
• Uncontrolled Terms: Water treatment
• Old TRIS Terms: Flow control
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00204464
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1972 12:00AM