Sewer Systems and Climate Change

Report (1993)

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Water Management (CEG) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 1993 Delft University of Technology, Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences
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Published Date

03-09-1993

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Mededelingen van de Vakgroep Gezondheidstechniek & Waterbeheersing 48; Communications of the Sanitary Engineering & Water Management Division 48

Faculty

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Department

Water Management

Abstract

In this article the impact of climate change on the overflows of sewer systems is assessed. The emphasis is on the overflows of combined sewer systems. The purpose is twofold: first, to obtain a first-order estimate of the impact of climate change on overflows of sewer systems; and second, to obtain insight into the relevant meteorological variables that are important with respect to climate change. A reservoir model is used to assess the impact of climate change on several combinations of storage capacity and pumpovercapacity of the sewer system. A time series of precipitation depth for Lelystad, with time steps of five minutes, is used as a base case for comparison. Two types of scenarios are used to assess the sensitivity for elimate change: artificial climate scenarios and scenarios based on the analogous elimate method.

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