Examining Rainfall Derived Inflow & Infiltration with Real Data

During rainfall events, it is nearly impossible to prevent water from entering into a sanitary sewer system. When this does occur, the capacity of the systems is decreased while the amount of water sent to treatment plants is increased. Current design practices do not offer any insights into the variability and other statistics characterizing this extraneous flow, which may create a risk for both public health and for the treatment facilities that the water will flow to in terms of the inability to handle excessive hydraulic loadings. The objective of this research is to use currently available data to improve the existing methods and to improve the characterization, as well as to develop new and reliable methods for the estimation, of this flow. The partner organization will benefit from an increased institutional knowledge on the subject, the expected development of proprietary analysis tools, and the strengthening relationships within the industry that it operates.

Faculty Supervisor:

Mohammed Basheer;Bryan Karney

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Partner:

HydraTek and Associates Inc

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services; Utilities

University:

University of Toronto

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