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
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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