Journal article
Cost analysis of alternative methods for wastewater handling in small communities
Journal of environmental management, Vol.79(4), pp.357-363
2006
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.07.011
PMID: 16307841
Abstract
Wastewater collection and treatment is quite important for sustainable management. It would be uneconomical and impractical to provide sewer systems and separate wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) for small communities. The decision process in wastewater planning is rather important in terms of comparing the alternatives considered. The two important points in the management of wastewater at rural areas not connected to a sewer system are to develop an optimized operation strategy and to make sure that the complete system is environmentally and economically sustainable. In some regions, package treatment could be an alternative solution. However, in cases where there is an existing large WWTP, a cluster system, where sewage generated by small communities could be transported via conveyors to a centralized WWTP, could be employed. In this study, the wastewater treatment and disposal problems in small communities were addressed and an alternative wastewater handling scenario was proposed. Additionally, three wastewater handling scenarios were compared. As a case study, Gebze villages were selected.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Cost analysis of alternative methods for wastewater handling in small communities
- Creators
- Guleda Onkal Engin - Gebze Institute of TechnologyIbrahim Demir - University of Georgia
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of environmental management, Vol.79(4), pp.357-363
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jenvman.2005.07.011
- PMID
- 16307841
- NLM abbreviation
- J Environ Manage
- ISSN
- 0301-4797
- eISSN
- 1095-8630
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2006
- Academic Unit
- Electrical and Computer Engineering; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984197081902771
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