Impact of operational maintenance on the asset life of storm reed beds
- Author
- Diederik Rousseau (UGent) , D Horton, P Griffin, Peter A Vanrolleghem and Niels De Pauw
- Organization
- Abstract
- This paper reviews the operation of storm reed beds to determine whether the current system of operational maintenance is contributing to premature process failures and if not, to identify other factors of importance. Twelve storm reed beds of the horizontal subsurface flow type, at seven locations in the South Warwickshire area of the United Kingdom, were surveyed. Each survey consisted of a site visit, an interview with the operators in charge and an assessment of the treatment performance based on routine monitoring data. Although some sites suffered from varying degrees of sludge accumulation, surface blinding and/or weed growth, all effluent concentrations remained far below the consent levels. Thorough operational maintenance on a reed bed is proven to be important for the asset life. However, there are other factors or features of a reed bed that play a more pivotal role in premature process failure such as the lack of pretreatment and a premature operation of the storm overflow.
- Keywords
- design life, combined sewer overflow, Phragmites australis, sludge accumulation, CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS, TREATMENT WORKS, TECHNOLOGY, OVERFLOWS
Citation
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-358548
- MLA
- Rousseau, Diederik, et al. “Impact of Operational Maintenance on the Asset Life of Storm Reed Beds.” WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, vol. 51, no. 9, 2005, pp. 243–50.
- APA
- Rousseau, D., Horton, D., Griffin, P., Vanrolleghem, P. A., & De Pauw, N. (2005). Impact of operational maintenance on the asset life of storm reed beds. WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 51(9), 243–250.
- Chicago author-date
- Rousseau, Diederik, D Horton, P Griffin, Peter A Vanrolleghem, and Niels De Pauw. 2005. “Impact of Operational Maintenance on the Asset Life of Storm Reed Beds.” WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 51 (9): 243–50.
- Chicago author-date (all authors)
- Rousseau, Diederik, D Horton, P Griffin, Peter A Vanrolleghem, and Niels De Pauw. 2005. “Impact of Operational Maintenance on the Asset Life of Storm Reed Beds.” WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 51 (9): 243–250.
- Vancouver
- 1.Rousseau D, Horton D, Griffin P, Vanrolleghem PA, De Pauw N. Impact of operational maintenance on the asset life of storm reed beds. WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. 2005;51(9):243–50.
- IEEE
- [1]D. Rousseau, D. Horton, P. Griffin, P. A. Vanrolleghem, and N. De Pauw, “Impact of operational maintenance on the asset life of storm reed beds,” WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, vol. 51, no. 9, pp. 243–250, 2005.
@article{358548, abstract = {{This paper reviews the operation of storm reed beds to determine whether the current system of operational maintenance is contributing to premature process failures and if not, to identify other factors of importance. Twelve storm reed beds of the horizontal subsurface flow type, at seven locations in the South Warwickshire area of the United Kingdom, were surveyed. Each survey consisted of a site visit, an interview with the operators in charge and an assessment of the treatment performance based on routine monitoring data. Although some sites suffered from varying degrees of sludge accumulation, surface blinding and/or weed growth, all effluent concentrations remained far below the consent levels. Thorough operational maintenance on a reed bed is proven to be important for the asset life. However, there are other factors or features of a reed bed that play a more pivotal role in premature process failure such as the lack of pretreatment and a premature operation of the storm overflow.}}, author = {{Rousseau, Diederik and Horton, D and Griffin, P and Vanrolleghem, Peter A and De Pauw, Niels}}, issn = {{0273-1223}}, journal = {{WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY}}, keywords = {{design life,combined sewer overflow,Phragmites australis,sludge accumulation,CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS,TREATMENT WORKS,TECHNOLOGY,OVERFLOWS}}, language = {{eng}}, number = {{9}}, pages = {{243--250}}, title = {{Impact of operational maintenance on the asset life of storm reed beds}}, volume = {{51}}, year = {{2005}}, }