Open AccessMinimizing Life Cycle Costs of Wastewater Pumps
Author(s) -
Ackermann K.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
engineering in life sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.547
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1618-2863
pISSN - 1618-0240
DOI - 10.1002/elsc.200390033
Subject(s) - wastewater , sanitary sewer , waste management , environmental science , consumption (sociology) , water consumption , per capita , environmental engineering , engineering , social science , population , demography , sociology
Protecting natural resources often involves new technological challenges. For instance, the decrease per capita in water consumption (including industrial consumption) results in a reduction of the total quantity of wastewater. The resulting higher solid content of wastewater leads to oversized sewers silting up faster, stagnant wastewater, and an increase in its hydrogen sulfide content. Further challenges arise from the economic pressure on disposal plants. The target is to minimize the life cycle cost of wastewater pumps.