Market: Engineering consultants; municipal waste managers; purchasing department managers; government regulators; members of the WEF, USEPA, U.S. Department of Agriculture, American Water Works Association, and International Water Association Includes both SI units and US customary units
Intended for rural communities that require low-cost sewerage systems. Covers: pressure sewer systems, vacuum sewer systems, and small diameter gravity sewers. Includes design examples of all 3 types. Nearly 100 charts, tables, drawings and photos.
These materials, prepared for the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Technology Transfer Program, were used in presenting Technology Transfer design seminars throughout the United States. When faced with decisions on wastewater treatment system upgrading or replacement, many small communities and rural areas run into financial difficulties. This trio of documents presents the results of research into this problem, which examines various strategies and systems, and their associated costs, in order to arm utilities managers in such communities with information vital to making informed, responsible decisions regarding wastewater treatment.
Drawing on the authors' combined experience of more than 30 years, Advanced Onsite Wastewater Systems Technologies explores use of these technologies on a wide-scale basis to solve the problems associated with conventional septic tank and drain field systems. The authors discuss a regulatory and management infrastructure for ensuring long-term, rel