Enhancing Urban Environment by Environmental Upgrading and Restoration: Proceedings of the NATO ARW on Enhancing Urban Environment: Environmental Upgrading ... IV: Earth and Environmental Sciences)

413 Pages·2004·9.66 MB·English

by  Jiri Marsalek

Enhancing Urban Environment by Environmental
Upgrading and Restoration
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Series IV:Earth and Environmental Sciences – Vol.43
Enhancing Urban Environment
by Environmental Upgrading and
Restoration
edited by
iri
J Marsalek
National Water Research Institute,
Burlington, ON, Canada
Daniel Sztruhar
Slovak Technical University,
Bratislava, Slovakia
Mario Giulianelli
Water Research Institute,
Rome, Italy
and
Ben Urbonas
Urban Drainage and Flood Control District,
Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface ix
Acknowledgement xi
List of Participants xiii
CHAPTER 1 UPGRADING STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
FACILITIES
RETROFITTINGURBANDRAINAGESYSTEMSUSINGBESTSTORMWATER
MANAGEMENTPRACTICES– SOMESCANDINAVIANEXPERIENCES
P.S. Mikkelsen 1
REDUCTION OF RUNOFF BY MODIFIEDTROUGH-INFILTRATIONTRENCHSYSTEM:A
CASESTUDY OF LESZNOT
M. Sowinski 13
THEKINGSTONPOND:ACASESTUDY OF STORMWATERPONDUPGRADING
W.E. Watt, J. Marsalek and B.C. Anderson 23
CONTROL OF URBANRUNOFFSTORMWATERDISCHARGE TO RECEIVING WATERS
USINGOFF-LINESTORAGE
L. Bornatici, C. Ciaponi and S. Papiri 33
URBANTREEROOTSYSTEMS AND TREESURVIVALNEARSEWERS AND OTHER
STRUCTURES
P. Prax and J. Cermak 45
CITY OF TORONTOWETWEATHERFLOWMANAGEMENTMASTER
PLAN
M. D’Andrea, W. Snodgrass and P. Chessie 57
CHAPTER 2 RETROFITTING/UPGRADING COMBINED SEWER
OVERFLOW (CSO) FACILITIES
NEWREGULATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF COMBINEDSEWAGE IN AUSTRIA–
BASED ON MINIMUMREQUIREMENTS AND WATERQUALITYCRITERIA
R. Fenz and H. Kroiss 79
v
IMPLEMENTATIONEXPERIENCE OF CSO POLLUTIONCONTROLPOLICIES AND
PROCEDURES IN THE UK
R. Crabtree 93
INCREASINGKNOWLEDGE OF CSO TECHNOLOGIES
A.J. Saul 105
UPGRADING THE NORTHTORONTOCSO STORAGE AND TREATMENTFACILITY
J. Marsalek, C. He, Q. Rochfort, K. Exall, J. Wood,
B.G.Krishnappan, P. Seto and P.Chessie 111
IMPROVINGCOMBINEDSEWEROVERFLOW AND TREATMENTPLANTPERFORMANCE
BYREAL-TIMECONTROLOPERATION
A. P. Campisano, E. Creaco and C. Modica 123
COMBINEDSEWEROVERFLOWS INTO THE CRATIRIVER(COSENZA, ITALY)AND
RETENTIONSTORAGESIZING
F. Calomino, P. Piro and G. Palma 139
MODERNISATIONPROBLEMS OF THE SEWERAGEINFRASTRUCTURE
IN A LARGEPOLISHCITY
M. Zawilski 151
CHAPTER 3 OPTIMISING/UPGRADING SEWAGE TREATEMENT
PLANT PERFORMANCE
EXTENSION OF THE VIENNAMAINSEWAGETREATMENTPLANT
H. Kroiss 163
IMPROVINGSEWAGETREATMENTPLANTPERFORMANCE IN WETWEATHER
A. G. Capodaglio 175
UPGRADINGSEWAGETREATMENTPLANTS FOR HIGHERPERFORMANCE
BYOPTIMISINGREJECTWATERTREATMENT
P. Jenicek 187
UPGRADINGWASTEWATERTREATMENTPERFORMANCE
P. Hlavinek 195
BULGARIANPOLICY AND ACTIONS FOR MUNICIPALWWTPS
CONSTRUCTION AND UPGRADING
R. V. Arsovand N. Teneva 203
vi
IMPROVINGSTP PERFORMANCE BY LIMEADDITION
D. Marani, R. Ramadori, V. Renzi,
C.M. Braguglia and A.C. DiPinto 215
CHAPTER 4 STREAM RESTORATION
RESTORINGNATURALWATERWAYS IN DENVER, USA AREA
B. R. Urbonas, B. Kohlenberg, C. Thrush and M. Hunter 227
URBANSTREAMRESTORATIONSTRUCTURES
S. Pagliara and P. Chiavaccini 239
RESTORATION OF URBANRIVERHABITAT IN COMPLIANCE
WITHEU DIRECTIVES
D. Kominkova and J. Pollert 253
URBANSTREAMS– URBANMASTERPLANNING AND HEAVILYMODIFIED
WATERBODIESDESIGNATIONREQUIRED BY WFD
E. Zeman, K. Pryl, D. Hrabak, T. Metelka,
M. Mata and P. Nesvadbova 265
THEZURICHSTREAMDAY-LIGHTINGPROGRAM
F. Conradin and R. Buchli 277
ADVANCES IN MODELLING THE EXPERIMENTAL DATA ON POLLUTANT
DYNAMICS IN EPHEMERALSTREAMSINFLUENCED BY
TRANSIENTSTORAGE IN DEADZONES
A. Paoletti, U. Sanfilippo and I. Innocenti 289
LOCALSCOURDOWNSTREAM OF GRADECONTROLSTRUCTURES
INURBANSTREAMRESTORATION
C. Adduce, M. LaRocca and G. Sciortino 307
CHAPTER 5 CHALLENGES IN RESTORING URBAN ENVIRONMENT
UPGRADE OF WATER AND SEWERAGEFACILITIES IN SLOVAKIA
TOACHIEVECOMPLIANCE WITH MAJOREU DIRECTIVES
D. Sztruhar and J. Kris 319
URBANWATER AND CLIMATECHANGE
M. Benedini 331
ENVIRONMENTALPROTECTIONTECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENT
P.Lens, G. Lettinga and M. Vallero 341
vii
ASSESSINGEXFILTRATION FROM A SEWER BY SLUGDOSING OF
ACHEMICALTRACER(NACL)
M. Giulianelli, M. Mazza, V. Prigiobbe and F. Russo 351
URBANWETLANDS IN BELARUS: STATE, THREATS AND PERSPECTIVES
T. Kukharchyk, V. Khomich and S. Kakareka 363
RESTORATION OF URBANWATERS IN ST. PETERSBURG: SOCIAL,
TECHNICAL AND FINANCIALASPECTS
K.V. Zotov 373
THEINTERACTIONBETWEENWATER AND SOCIETY
G. Geldof and P. Stahre 381
WORKSHOP POSTERS (unpublished)
Arico, C., F. Calomino and A. Miglio. Experimental validation of the DORA model
for bed-load transport in sewers.
Callegari, A., A.G. Capodaglio and A. Weingartner. In-situ, continuous sample-free
monitoring of sewer flow quality with a submersible UV probe.
David, L.M. Continuous modelling of wet-weather pollution in Portugal.
Prax, P., Mensik and J. Micin. Use of optimization methods in design of urban
drainage systems.
Zlobenko, B. Description of current situation and priorities for modernization of
water supply and wastewater treatment enterprises in Ukraine.
viii
PREFACE
Management of urban waters, particularly with respect to their sustainability,
remains to be a great challenge in all regions of the world. Indeed, as cities and
urban centres continue to grow, urban waters are often degraded, encroached upon
or even totally destroyed, but at the same time, the requirements of the urban
population on such waters keep growing. Furthermore, the older water management
infrastructure is becoming inadequate or obsolete, either because of insufficient
capacity, or structural degradation, or inability to meet new requirements of
sustainable development. Under these circumstances, there is a need to upgrade the
existing facilities and restore the affected urban streams, lakes and wetlands. Such
upgrading and restoration activities were the main subjects of the NATO Advanced
Research Workshop on Enhancing Urban Environment: Environmental Upgrading
of Municipal Pollution Control Facilities and Restoration of Urban Waters, which
was held in Rome, Italy, from November 5 to 8, 2003.
After receiving the NATO support grant, the organisers have confirmed keynote
speakers, selected workshop participants, finalised the workshop programme, and
held the workshop at the Aula Magna of the Christian Brothers’ Centre (Casa la
Salle) in Rome. There were 52 full-time participants at the workshop, from 17
countries, and additional observers also audited the workshop program. Extensive
experience of workshop participants in this field is reflected in the workshop
proceeding, which comprise 33 selected papers. Additionally, a number of posters
were also on display during the workshop. Finally, whenever trade, product or firm
names are used in the proceeding, it is for identification and descriptive purposes
only, without implying endorsement by the Editors, Authors or NATO.
The proceedings that follow reflect only the formal workshop presentations.
Besides these papers, posters, and extensive discussions, there were many other
ways of sharing and exchanging information among the participants, in the form of
new or renewed collaborative links, professional networking and personal
friendships. The peaceful atmosphere of the Casa la Salle Centre, and the
excitement of meeting in the “eternal city”, contributed to the success of this
workshop. For this success, the editors and organisers are indebted to many who
helped stage the workshop and produce its proceedings, as listed in the
Acknowledgement.
Jiri Marsalek
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Daniel Sztruhar
Bratislava, Slovakia
Mario Giulianelli
Rome, Italy
Ben Urbonas
Denver, USA
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