The Latest Sewer System Overflow Prevention Methods Fully revised throughout, this Water Environment Federation resource provides up-to-date information necessary to help managers and engineers understand and analyze an overflow problem and offers guidance on finding the most efficient, feasible, and cost-effective strategies to reduce or eliminate such overflows. This authoritative volume also serves as a planning guide for developing long-term control plans for combined sewer overflows (CSOs) and sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs). Prevention and Control of Sewer System Overflows, Third Edition, covers: Definitions and causes of overflows Regulatory guidelines Information management System characterization System maintenance and management Overflow mitigation technologies Overflow mitigation plan development and implementation

A standard reference for all sewer system professionals. The third edition of this industry bible shows you how to develop a comprehensive sewer system. evaluation and rehabilitation program. The book explains how. to design successful rehabilitation programs, apply processes. for evaluation and rehabilitation, and appraise the results. This. updated classic features new material on tools and methods. for pipe evaluation, infiltration and inflow problems and. detection, rehabilitation materials and methods, and effective. repair methods.

Step-by-step procedures for planning, design, construction and operation: * Health and environment * Process improvements * Stormwater and combined sewer control and treatment * Effluent disposal and reuse * Biosolids disposal and reuse * On-site treatment and disposal of small flows * Wastewater treatment plants should be designed so that the effluent standards and reuse objectives, and biosolids regulations can be met with reasonable ease and cost. The design should incorporate flexibility for dealing with seasonal changes, as well as long-term changes in wastewater quality and future regulations. Good planning and design, therefore, must be based on five major steps: characterization of the raw wastewater quality and effluent, pre-design studies to develop alternative processes and selection of final process train, detailed design of the selected alternative, contraction, and operation and maintenance of the completed facility. Engineers, scientists, and financial analysts must utilize principles from a wide range of disciplines: engineering, chemistry, microbiology, geology, architecture, and economics to carry out the responsibilities of designing a wastewater treatment plant. The objective of this book is to present the technical and nontechnical issues that are most commonly addressed in the planning and design reports for wastewater treatment facilities prepared by practicing engineers. Topics discussed include facility planning, process description, process selection logic, mass balance calculations, design calculations, and concepts for equipment sizing. Theory, design, operation and maintenance, trouble shooting, equipment selection and specifications are integrated for each treatment process. Thus delineation of such information for use by students and practicing engineers is the main purpose of this book.

A task force of the Federation provides a practical guide to help municipalities or agencies develop a framework within which to solve problems of combined sewer and sanitary sewer overflow. It discuss research approaches for a pollution abatement program; review treatment and control technologies c

The Latest Tactics and Strategies for Treating Every Kind of Industrial Wastewater Industrial Wastewater Management offers proven methods to help you treat toxic, concentrated, and polluted water. Complete with illustrations and tables throughout, this authoritative guide contains information on the newest chemicals, significant treatment studies, efficient control processes, and the latest instrumentation. Industrial Wastewater Management equips you with the know-how for treating and removing heavy metals, arsenic, selenium, and mercury by providing detailed descriptions of pretreatment processes, design criteria, and process performance. Features include: Characteristic, sampling, and treatment studies The latest techniques and materials for heavy-metal removal Arsenic, selenium, and mercury treatment processes Applications for biological treatment Instrumentation and control procedures Design and construction procurement services SI as primary units and U.S. as secondary Pros and cons of processes in specific applications Inside: • Discharge and Disposal Regulations • Sampling and Analysis • Wastewater Survey and Characterization • Chemical and Physical Treatability Assessments • Pollution Prevention • Waste Minimization • Flow and Load Equalization • Solids Separation and Handling • Fat, Oil, and Grease Removal • pH Control • Inorganic Constituent Removal • Organic Constituent Treatment • Process Instrumentation and Control • Project Procurement Services

The city of Pittsburgh and surrounding area of southwestern Pennsylvania face complex water quality problems, due in large part to aging wastewater infrastructures that cannot handle sewer overflows and stormwater runoff, especially during wet weather. Other problems such as acid mine drainage are a legacy of the region's past coal mining, heavy industry, and manufacturing economy. Currently, water planning and management in southwestern Pennsylvania is highly fragmented; federal and state governments, 11 counties, hundreds of municipalities, and other entities all play roles, but with little coordination or cooperation. The report finds that a comprehensive, watershed-based approach is needed to effectively meet water quality standards throughout the region in the most cost-effective manner. The report outlines both technical and institutional alternatives to consider in the development and implementation of such an approach.