A hydrological model to estimate pollution from combined sewer overflows at the regional scale: Application to Europe
Study region: Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO) of 671 Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) throughout the European Union + UK (EU28), representing almost half of the EU28 population. Study focus: CSO loads can be quantified at the local scale through measurements, or with calibrated hydrological models. Howe...
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| author | Emanuele Quaranta Stephan Fuchs Hendrik Jan Liefting Alma Schellart Alberto Pistocchi |
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| description | Study region: Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO) of 671 Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) throughout the European Union + UK (EU28), representing almost half of the EU28 population. Study focus: CSO loads can be quantified at the local scale through measurements, or with calibrated hydrological models. However, they are difficult to quantify at a large scale (e.g. regional or national), due to a lack of data, and the models used at local scale cannot be applied in the absence of knowledge of the combined sewer (CS) network. This paper presents a 6-parameter lumped hydrological model to simulate a CS network and its overflows, using population and rainfall data of 671 EU28 FUAs. New hydrological insights for the region: When properly calibrated, the model can predict the CSO hydrographs as well as aggregated CSO descriptors of a catchment with known impervious surface area connected to a CS with a reasonable reliability. When model calibration is not possible, using default values of the parameters enables a first approximation estimate of CSOs, accurate within one order of magnitude, which can be used to support scenario analysis for regional and continental CSO management. At the EU28 scale, the estimated total CSO volume is 5.7·103 Mm3/y, with a dry weather flow content in CSOs of 460 Mm3/y (assuming a dry weather flow of 200 l/population equivalent (PE)/day including sanitary discharges, industrial discharge and infiltration). A collection of case studies on CSOs is also provided. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-21067ed945b941009959f33e5fd83eb62022-12-22T03:22:28ZengElsevierJournal of Hydrology: Regional Studies2214-58182022-06-0141101080A hydrological model to estimate pollution from combined sewer overflows at the regional scale: Application to EuropeEmanuele Quaranta0Stephan Fuchs1Hendrik Jan Liefting2Alma Schellart3Alberto Pistocchi4European Commission Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy; Corresponding authors.Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, GermanyPartners4Urbanwater, Nijmegen, The NetherlandsThe University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United KingdomEuropean Commission Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy; Corresponding authors.Study region: Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO) of 671 Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) throughout the European Union + UK (EU28), representing almost half of the EU28 population. Study focus: CSO loads can be quantified at the local scale through measurements, or with calibrated hydrological models. However, they are difficult to quantify at a large scale (e.g. regional or national), due to a lack of data, and the models used at local scale cannot be applied in the absence of knowledge of the combined sewer (CS) network. This paper presents a 6-parameter lumped hydrological model to simulate a CS network and its overflows, using population and rainfall data of 671 EU28 FUAs. New hydrological insights for the region: When properly calibrated, the model can predict the CSO hydrographs as well as aggregated CSO descriptors of a catchment with known impervious surface area connected to a CS with a reasonable reliability. When model calibration is not possible, using default values of the parameters enables a first approximation estimate of CSOs, accurate within one order of magnitude, which can be used to support scenario analysis for regional and continental CSO management. At the EU28 scale, the estimated total CSO volume is 5.7·103 Mm3/y, with a dry weather flow content in CSOs of 460 Mm3/y (assuming a dry weather flow of 200 l/population equivalent (PE)/day including sanitary discharges, industrial discharge and infiltration). A collection of case studies on CSOs is also provided.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214581822000933Combined sewer overflowWater qualityUrban greeningHydrological reservoir modelEU assessmentWastewater |
| spellingShingle | Emanuele Quaranta Stephan Fuchs Hendrik Jan Liefting Alma Schellart Alberto Pistocchi A hydrological model to estimate pollution from combined sewer overflows at the regional scale: Application to Europe Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies Combined sewer overflow Water quality Urban greening Hydrological reservoir model EU assessment Wastewater |
| title | A hydrological model to estimate pollution from combined sewer overflows at the regional scale: Application to Europe |
| title_full | A hydrological model to estimate pollution from combined sewer overflows at the regional scale: Application to Europe |
| title_fullStr | A hydrological model to estimate pollution from combined sewer overflows at the regional scale: Application to Europe |
| title_full_unstemmed | A hydrological model to estimate pollution from combined sewer overflows at the regional scale: Application to Europe |
| title_short | A hydrological model to estimate pollution from combined sewer overflows at the regional scale: Application to Europe |
| title_sort | hydrological model to estimate pollution from combined sewer overflows at the regional scale application to europe |
| topic | Combined sewer overflow Water quality Urban greening Hydrological reservoir model EU assessment Wastewater |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214581822000933 |
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