Driving forces in the long range development of wastewater treatment plants

Damian Dominguez*, Bernhard Truffer, Willi Gujer

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Abstract

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) are planned and designed for a lifespan of 25 to 40 years. The catchment area, discharge requirements, available technology, institutional conditions, operational procedures etc. of these plants may change drastically over this long time period. In the private sector such dynamic development would possibly be considered in the planning and design phase based on a scenario analysis. However, conducting a scenario process requires knowledge about the driving forces of this dynamic, which at the moment is very limited in the field of urban drainage. In this paper we take a first step in closing this gap. In a case study we analyzed the development of a WWTP and its environment for a time period of over a decade. From this investigation we identified the driving forces responsible for the observed strong dynamic and their effect on the development of the WWTP. Based on the analysis of these forces, we deduce important aspects that will have to be considered in the future if scenario planning is to be applied routinely in the field of urban drainage.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the iEMSs 3rd Biennial Meeting," Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software"
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2006
Event3rd Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society: Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software, iEMSs 2006 - Burlington, VT, United Kingdom
Duration: 9 Jul 200613 Jul 2006

Conference

Conference3rd Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society: Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software, iEMSs 2006
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityBurlington, VT
Period9/07/0613/07/06

Keywords

  • Design
  • Driving forces
  • Long term dynamic
  • Scenario planning
  • Wastewater system

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