Author: CORPS OF ENGINEERS DETROIT MICH DETROIT DISTRICT.

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Published: 1974

Total Pages: 556

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This report investigates technical design and cost considerations involved in the development of wastewater management alternatives for municipal, industrial, and stormwater discharges to the surface waters of Southeastern Michigan. Treatment technology choices, alternative system components, and the design and cost of total alternative systems are presented. Treatment technology choices are limited by strict design criteria which requires the highest water quality levels attainable by existing technology. The systems which have been developed for this purpose include Advanced Waste Treatment, Independent Physical-Chemical Treatment, and Land Treatment. Alternative system components were developed from three alternatives which were based on the total use of one of the three technology choices. Alternative components resulted when systems serving individual subareas were compared. The combination of subareas, each with a potentially different technological choice, resulted in the formation of multiple technology systems. The final design of multiple technology systems optimized on an engineering economic cost effective basis resulted in the formation of some of the alternatives. Other alternatives resulted from choices which were based on minor technical changes but which had little affect on the overall cost or water quality of the system. Some of the alternative systems considered were based on broader regional water resources management considerations such as social well being or institutional arrangements.