Ecosystem-based management of a Mediterranean urban wastewater system: A sensitivity analysis of the operational degrees of freedom.

Urban wastewater systems discharge organic matter, nutrients and other pollutants (including toxic substances) to receiving waters, even after removing more than 90% of incoming pollutants from human activities. Understanding their interactions with the receiving water bodies is essential for the im...

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Publicado en:Journal of Environmental Management Vol. 143; pp. 80 - 88
Autores principales: Corominas, Lluís, Neumann, Marc B.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Academic Press Inc. Oct2014
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          Corominas, Lluís
          Neumann, Marc B.
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          Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Parc científic i tecnològic de la UdG, Edifici H2O, Emili Grahit 101, 17003 Girona, Spain
          Basque Centre for Climate Change, Alameda Urquijo, 4 - 4, 48008 Bilbao, Spain
          IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011 Bilbao, Spain
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        Water pollution
        Pollution
        Water quality management
        Sewage disposal plants
        Wastewater treatment
        Sewage purification
        Management
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          Water pollution
          Pollution
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          Sewage Treatment Facilities
          Waste treatment and disposal
          Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction
          Solid Waste Landfill
          Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs
          Water quality management
          Sewage disposal plants
          Wastewater treatment
          Sewage purification
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        Activated sludge model (ASM)
        Consorci per a la Defensa de la Conca del Riu Besòs (CDCRB)
        Continuously Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR)
        Dissolved Oxygen (DO)
        Integrated water management
        Maximum ammonium concentration (NH4 + max)
        Minimum dissolved oxygen concentration (DOmin)
        Morris screening
        Operational variables (X)
        Probability density function (PDF)
        River
        River section (Riv)
        River Water Quality Model (RWQM)
        Standardized Regression Coefficient (SRC)
        Standardized Regression Coefficients
        Urban wastewater systems (UWWS)
        Wastewater treatment plant
        Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP)
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        Activated sludge model (ASM)
        Consorci per a la Defensa de la Conca del Riu Besòs (CDCRB)
        Continuously Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR)
        Dissolved Oxygen (DO)
        Integrated water management
        Maximum ammonium concentration (NH4 + max)
        Minimum dissolved oxygen concentration (DOmin)
        Morris screening
        Operational variables (X)
        Probability density function (PDF)
        River
        River section (Riv)
        River Water Quality Model (RWQM)
        Standardized Regression Coefficient (SRC)
        Standardized Regression Coefficients
        Urban wastewater systems (UWWS)
        Wastewater treatment plant
        Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP)
        Water quality variable (Y)
      ab: Urban wastewater systems discharge organic matter, nutrients and other pollutants (including toxic substances) to receiving waters, even after removing more than 90% of incoming pollutants from human activities. Understanding their interactions with the receiving water bodies is essential for the implementation of ecosystem-based management strategies. Using mathematical modeling and sensitivity analysis we quantified how 19 operational variables of an urban wastewater system affect river water quality. The mathematical model of the Congost system (in the Besòs catchment, Spain) characterizes the dynamic interactions between sewers, storage tanks, wastewater treatment plants and the river. The sensitivity analysis shows that the use of storage tanks for peak shaving and the use of a connection between two neighboring wastewater treatment plants are the most important factors influencing river water quality. We study how the sensitivity of the water quality variables towards changes in the operational variables varies along the river due to discharge locations and river self-purification processes. We demonstrate how to use the approach to identify interactions and how to discard non-influential operational variables.
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