Abstract
A model was developed to predict synthetic socioeconomic based domestic wastewater hydrographs for the small arid communities. The model predicts the flow hydrograph for random weekdays and weekends based on the specific socioeconomic characteristics of the community. The main socioeconomic characteristics are the composition of the community, the different user behaviours in using water appliances, and the unit discharges of such appliances. Use patterns of water appliances are assumed to vary for the various members of the community and the type of day. Each community is composed of several social categories such as the employee, working woman, stay home woman, stay home child, students etc. The use patterns account for the stochastic nature of use in terms of number of uses, duration of the use and times of use in the day. Randomly generated hydrographs are generated for weekdays and weekends along with synthetic hydrographs of non-exceedance. The model was verified for a small residential compound in Sharm El Shiekh - Egypt using 11 days of flow measurements performed in summer. The synthetic hydrographs based on assumed water use patterns of the various members of the community compared reasonably with the measured hydrographs. Synthetic hydrographs can be derived for a community under consideration to reflect its socioeconomic conditions and thus can be used to generate probability based peaking factors to be used in the design of sewerage systems pumping facilities, and treatment plants. © 201 WIT Press.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Waste Management and the Environment VI |
| Publisher | WITPRESS LTD. |
| Pages | 379-390 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781845646066 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 4 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): C0015
Acknowledgements: CreditsThis publication is based on a collaborative research project supported by AwardNo. C0015, from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology(KAUST), KSA.AuthorsHaitham Elnakar is Graduate Research Assistant at the EnvironmentalEngineering Program at The American University in Cairo – AUC, and isworking towards Master of Science in Environmental Engineering. Emad Imamis a Professor of Environmental Hydraulics at the department of Constructionand Architectural Engineering. Khaled Nassar is an Associate Professor ofConstruction Engineering at the same department.
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.