Description: Peak Flow Projections
If you own or operate a sanitary collection system, collecting good data is essential for good system operation. At some point, you are probably going to be asked what the peak flow of your system is. You need data to answer this question, and you need standard data collection practices and equipment, such as a flowmeter (Figure 2, p. 45), to get the data.
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Description: Peak Flow Projections
A hydrologic model often determines design peak flows for sanitary collection systems. A hydrologic model is a numerical routine that describes the relationship between rainfall (the system input) and the flow (the system output). These are often referred to as rainfall–runoff models. Several available hydrologic models are suitable for modeling sanitary collection systems.
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Description: Peak Flow Projections
If the purpose of a model were to simulate unobserved conditions, then a model would not be needed when the desired conditions have been observed and measured.
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Description: Peak Flow Projections
The dynamics of I/I in sanitary collection system can occur very quickly, with flows rising after a rainfall within minutes or hours. The large events of interest occur rarely, with useful large events occurring only a few times per year. With these dynamics, the basic framework of a good data collection program includes the following elements:
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Description: Peak Flow Projections
Having been involved in sanitary collection system modeling projects for numerous communities around the country, I would highly recommend owners and operators of these systems implement these best practices for system monitoring. This will ensure that when the time comes to understand design peak flow rates, you have good data on which to base the peak flow projections. This will provide more...
PublisherWater Environment Federation
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Peak Flow Projections