Minimization of combined sewer overflows by large-scale mathematical programming

John W. Labadie, Neil S. Grigg, Paul D. Trotta

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Abstract

There is a critical need for the development and implementation of control strategies for minimizing receiving water pollution caused by overflows from urban combined sewer systems. Automation and control of such systems has risen as a viable approach to this problem. Control is carried out through regulation of ambient and/or auxiliary storage in the system. The goal is to detain storm flows in the system long enough to prevent flows of a magnitude that exceeds treatment plant capacity, thereby reducing overflow into receiving waters. The problem is first attacked by dividing the large combined sewer system into several mildly interconnected subsystems for which control logic can be developed from application of mathematical programming algorithms consistent with the special characteristics of each subsystem. A flow-projection technique is developed for subsystems not amenable to direct solution by standard optimization techniques.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)421-435
Number of pages15
JournalComputers and Operations Research
Volume1
Issue number3-4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1974

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Computer Science
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Management Science and Operations Research

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