Towards better management of combined sewer systems. A methodology based on low-cost monitoring

• Autores: Albert Montserrat Royuela
• Directores de la Tesis: Lluís Corominas Tabares (dir. tes.), Manel Poch Espallargas (codir. tes.)
• Lectura: En la Universitat de Girona ( España ) en 2015
• Idioma: inglés
• Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: Jose Anta (presid.), Montserrat Martínez Puentes (secret.), Günter Gruber (voc.)
• Programa de doctorado: Programa Oficial de Doctorado en Ciencias Experimentales y Sostenibilidad
• Materias:
  • Ciencias tecnológicas
    • Tecnología de la construcción
      • Alcantarillado y depuración de aguas
• Enlaces
  • Tesis en acceso abierto en: TDX
• Resumen

  • In combined sewer systems (CSS) wastewater and stormwater flow through the same pipes. During severe rain episodes, the excess combined flow of untreated wastewater and stormwater is released out from the system through overflow structures, producing the combined sewer overflows (CSO). CSOs represent a threat for water quality of receiving water bodies and for human health, for what current (and future) legislation on the protection of water quality, are demanding more control on this transient discharges. This research focuses on developing a low-cost monitoring method to determine the occurrence and duration of CSOs, and making use of the obtained data to gain better understanding of the performance of CSSs.