sewerage projects. He was well versed in hydraulics. He could build a dam or reservoir, and lay pipes and sewers. He knew a little bit of plumbing, but was not so sure of his ground in the installation of pumps and engines. He felt equally competent to construct irrigation works, water-works, or land drainage works, because the applications of hydraulics were involved in all these. As regards w...

In this paper, we present a novel risk-based methodology for optimizing the inspections of large underground infrastructure networks in the presence of incomplete information about the network features and parameters. The methodology employs Multi Attribute Value Theory to assess the risk of each pipe in the network, whereafter the optimal inspection campaign is built with Portfolio Decision An...

The efficiency of solar heterogeneous TiO2 photocatalysis and homogeneous photo-Fenton reaction for removal of Lambda Cyhalothrin, Chlorpyrifos and Diazinon from pesticide wastewater industry was investigated. The effluent quality was not complying for discharge into sewerage network. Therefore, adsorption of the remaining portions of pesticides using powdered activated carbon (PAC) was assesse...

Sewerage systems-related solid waste accumulates in considerable quantities urban water systems, including rainwater drainage pipes, pumping stations, grease traps, grit chambers, and septic tanks. Traditional management methods, such as sanitary landfilling, incineration, composting, not only endanger the environment but also consume a significant amount of land. To address this problem, varie...

background: almost one third of the global population is living in developing south asia where disease occurrence is high especially in rural areas and people are unaware of water-borne diseases and cost of illness. methods: the quantitative approach involved questionnaire based study (n=50 households). the community awareness, the occurrence of water-borne diseases with related cost of illness...