Design and Testing of a Flow Measurement System for an Urban Sewage Drain
Publication: Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 138, Issue 6
Abstract
A flow-measuring system was developed to measure the flow rate of a river called Assi, a tributary to River Ganges in the city of Varanasi, India. The Assi River carries a huge quantity of sewage water, and thus serves as large sewerage drain for the city. A sewage treatment plant that was under consideration to treat the wastewater discharge into the Ganges needed empirical flow data to establish its design capacity. This gave rise to the installation of a flow-measuring system. The distinctive features of the measuring system, which has potential for application to other areas around the world, are discussed.
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Acknowledgments
The first author (S. K. Gupta) expresses his sincere thanks to the Sankat Mochan Foundation, Tulsi Ghat Varanasi, India, for assigning him this unique work with all the required financial (1 Million INR) and manpower support for fruitful completion of the work.
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Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 138 • Issue 6 • June 2012
Pages: 558 - 563
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© 2012. American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Jul 30, 2011
Accepted: Dec 2, 2011
Published online: Dec 4, 2011
Published in print: Jun 1, 2012
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