University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Optimal regionalization of wastewater treatment for water quality management

Rossman, Lewis A.; Liebman, Jon C.

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RossmanLiebman_1974.pdf

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Title
Optimal regionalization of wastewater treatment for water quality management
Author(s)
  • Rossman, Lewis A.
  • Liebman, Jon C.
Contributor(s)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Issue Date
1974-07
Keyword(s)
  • Water resource development--Illinois
  • Water resources development
  • Wastewater
  • Waste water
  • Water quality
  • Nonlinear programming
  • Optimization
Date of Ingest
2016-06-20T15:41:21Z
Geographic Coverage
Illinois (state)
Abstract
A mathematical decision model is developed which determines how a group of waste dischargers should regionalize their treatment facilities and the amount of treatment each facility should provide so that the cost of achieving a specified water quality goal is minimized. The waste dischargers are assumed to lie in a linear configuration along (or on both sides of) the river and several other regionalization restrictions are imposed. Treatment plant and piping costs as functions of wasteflow can be of any form and may include fixed costs. The model is solved by using a dual approach to nonlinear programming and is applied to data from the Delaware Estuary. The results compare favorably with previous regionalization schemes. The model is extended to consider branched systems and the use of bypass piping. Two additional minimum cost, regional wastewater treatment models are developed; one which finds the regional treatment facility pattern when degree of treatment is fixed and another which finds the regional facility pattern and uniform level of treatment for all facilities so that a water quality goal is met.
Publisher
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Water Resources Center
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Report (Grant or Annual)
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/90301
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
  • U.S. Department of the Interior
  • U.S. Geological Survey
Copyright and License Information
Copyright 1974 held by Lewis A. Rossman, Jon C. Liebman

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Illinois Water Resources Center - Wastewater PRIMARY