A Condition Rating System for Wastewater Treatment Plants Infrastructures
Statistics Canada stated that the wastewater treatment
facilities in most provinces are aging and passes 63% of their useful
life in 2007 the highest ratio among public infrastructure assets.
Currently, there is no standard condition rating system for wastewater
treatment plants that give a specific rating index that describe the
physical integrity of different infrastructure elements in the treatment
plant and its environmental performance. The main objective of this
study is to develop a condition-rating index for wastewater treatment
plants mainly activated sludge systems. The proposed WWTP CRI, is
based on dividing the treatment plant into its three treatment phases;
primary phase, secondary phase and the tertiary phase. The
condition-rating index will reflect the infrastructures state for each
phase, mainly tanks, pipes, blowers and pumps.
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infrastructure: Sustainable water mains". M.A.Sc., Concordia
University, Montréal, Canada.
[3] Al-Barqawi, H., Zayed T., 2006. "Condition Rating Model for
Underground Infrastructure Sustainable Water Mains". ASCE, Journal
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The Analytic Network Process". Pittsburgh, PA, RWS Publications.
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sustainable sewer pipelines". M.A.Sc., Concordia University Montreal
Canada.
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Municipal Infrastructure Assets", <http://irc.nrccnrc.
gc.ca/pubs/fulltext/b5123.2/b5123.2.pdf>.
[13] Zayed, T. and Halpin, D., (2005). "Pile Construction Productivity
Assessment." ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and
Management, Vol. 131 (6), June 1, pp.705- 714.
[1] ACSE, (2005). "Report Card for American Infrastructures", available on
http://www.asce.org/reportcard/2005/index.cfm, surfed on April 2004.
[2] Al Barqawi H., (2006). "Condition rating models for underground
infrastructure: Sustainable water mains". M.A.Sc., Concordia
University, Montréal, Canada.
[3] Al-Barqawi, H., Zayed T., 2006. "Condition Rating Model for
Underground Infrastructure Sustainable Water Mains". ASCE, Journal
of Performance of Constructed Facilities, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 126-135.
[4] Best practice, (2003). "Best Practices for Utility-Based Data"- A best
practice by National Guide to sustainable Municipal Infrastructure,
Issue No 1.0, NRC Infra-guide publication.
[5] Elmisalami, T., E., (2001). "Developing a multi-attribute utility model
for selecting information technologies in the construction industry".
Ph.D. theses, Iowa State University.
[6] Keeney L., Raiffa H., (1993). "Decisions with multiple objectives:
preferences and value tradeoffs". Cambridge University Press.
[7] Kleiner, Y. and Rajani, B. (2001). "comprehensive Review of structural
deterioration of water mains: Physically based Models". NRCC-43722.
Urban Water, Vol. 3. pp. 151 -164.
[8] Mychèle G., Valérie G. and Donald O. (2008). "Age of Public
Infrastructure -A Provincial Perspective-, Statistics Canada Report - No.
11-621-MIE2008067.
[9] Saaty, T.,(1991). "Decision Making with Dependence and Feedback:
The Analytic Network Process". Pittsburgh, PA, RWS Publications.
[10] Statistics Canada (2008), "The age of public infrastructure", available
on http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/080213/dq080213aeng.
htm
[11] Urhaman F., (2007). "Integrated condition assessment models for
sustainable sewer pipelines". M.A.Sc., Concordia University Montreal
Canada.
[12] Vanier, D.J., and Rahman, S. (2004). MIIP Report: "Survey on
Municipal Infrastructure Assets", <http://irc.nrccnrc.
gc.ca/pubs/fulltext/b5123.2/b5123.2.pdf>.
[13] Zayed, T. and Halpin, D., (2005). "Pile Construction Productivity
Assessment." ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and
Management, Vol. 131 (6), June 1, pp.705- 714.
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facilities in most provinces are aging and passes 63% of their useful
life in 2007 the highest ratio among public infrastructure assets.
Currently, there is no standard condition rating system for wastewater
treatment plants that give a specific rating index that describe the
physical integrity of different infrastructure elements in the treatment
plant and its environmental performance. The main objective of this
study is to develop a condition-rating index for wastewater treatment
plants mainly activated sludge systems. The proposed WWTP CRI, is
based on dividing the treatment plant into its three treatment phases;
primary phase, secondary phase and the tertiary phase. The
condition-rating index will reflect the infrastructures state for each
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