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Modeling sewer overflow of a city with a large floating population

The sewer system of many historical or holy cities is not well associated with the present need. The managing of the sewer system of such cities is very difficult. Karbala, located in central Iraq, is one such city that experiences tremendous pressure on its sewer system due to large visiting popula...

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Main Authors: Obaid Alisawi, Hussein Abed, Shahid, Shamsuddin, Basim, K. N., Chelliapan, Shreeshivadasan
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Published: Hilaris Publisher 2014
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/59842/
http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2157-7587.1000171
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spelling my.utm.598422022-01-11T02:39:18Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/59842/ Modeling sewer overflow of a city with a large floating population Obaid Alisawi, Hussein Abed Shahid, Shamsuddin Basim, K. N. Chelliapan, Shreeshivadasan TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) The sewer system of many historical or holy cities is not well associated with the present need. The managing of the sewer system of such cities is very difficult. Karbala, located in central Iraq, is one such city that experiences tremendous pressure on its sewer system due to large visiting population during special religious gathering. As the sewer system of Karbala city is not designed for such high population like many other historic or holy cities, the sewer overflows, inundate the roads, and degrade the environmental due to the polluted sewer during religious gatherings. The problem often becomes critical due to heavy rainfall as the gathering usually happens during monsoon. The modeling of the sewer water quantity with a varying population and rainfall is important for simulating the sewer overflow as well as to manage the sewer system. The modeling of the sewer water quality is also important to understand the possible environmental hazard due to the sewer overflow. In this present study, an attempt has been taken to simulate the spatiotemporal distribution of the sewer water quantity and quality with a varying population and rainfall for the prediction of sewer overflow and possible pollution susceptibility. The Stormwater Management Model (SWMM) will be used in the proposed study. The simulation will be carried out in the city center of the Karbala city where the stormwater network is not fully developed. It is expected that this study will help in the operational management of the sewerage system and mitigate the sewer flooding and related environmental problems. Hilaris Publisher 2014-01 Article PeerReviewed Obaid Alisawi, Hussein Abed and Shahid, Shamsuddin and Basim, K. N. and Chelliapan, Shreeshivadasan (2014) Modeling sewer overflow of a city with a large floating population. Hydrology: Current Research, 5 (2). pp. 1-7. ISSN 2157-7587 http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2157-7587.1000171 DOI:10.4172/2157-7587.1000171
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topic TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Obaid Alisawi, Hussein Abed
Shahid, Shamsuddin
Basim, K. N.
Chelliapan, Shreeshivadasan
Modeling sewer overflow of a city with a large floating population
description The sewer system of many historical or holy cities is not well associated with the present need. The managing of the sewer system of such cities is very difficult. Karbala, located in central Iraq, is one such city that experiences tremendous pressure on its sewer system due to large visiting population during special religious gathering. As the sewer system of Karbala city is not designed for such high population like many other historic or holy cities, the sewer overflows, inundate the roads, and degrade the environmental due to the polluted sewer during religious gatherings. The problem often becomes critical due to heavy rainfall as the gathering usually happens during monsoon. The modeling of the sewer water quantity with a varying population and rainfall is important for simulating the sewer overflow as well as to manage the sewer system. The modeling of the sewer water quality is also important to understand the possible environmental hazard due to the sewer overflow. In this present study, an attempt has been taken to simulate the spatiotemporal distribution of the sewer water quantity and quality with a varying population and rainfall for the prediction of sewer overflow and possible pollution susceptibility. The Stormwater Management Model (SWMM) will be used in the proposed study. The simulation will be carried out in the city center of the Karbala city where the stormwater network is not fully developed. It is expected that this study will help in the operational management of the sewerage system and mitigate the sewer flooding and related environmental problems.
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author Obaid Alisawi, Hussein Abed
Shahid, Shamsuddin
Basim, K. N.
Chelliapan, Shreeshivadasan
author_facet Obaid Alisawi, Hussein Abed
Shahid, Shamsuddin
Basim, K. N.
Chelliapan, Shreeshivadasan
author_sort Obaid Alisawi, Hussein Abed
title Modeling sewer overflow of a city with a large floating population
title_short Modeling sewer overflow of a city with a large floating population
title_full Modeling sewer overflow of a city with a large floating population
title_fullStr Modeling sewer overflow of a city with a large floating population
title_full_unstemmed Modeling sewer overflow of a city with a large floating population
title_sort modeling sewer overflow of a city with a large floating population
publisher Hilaris Publisher
publishDate 2014
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/59842/
http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2157-7587.1000171
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