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May 1, 1991
Designing Treatment Basin Dimensions to Reduce Cost
Authors: F. Douglas Shields, Jr., Member, ASCE, and Edward L. Thackston, Fellow, ASCEAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 117, Issue 3
Abstract
A simple procedure for designing large, shallow basins to ensure adequate treatment time and reduce their costs is derived and explained. It considers the cost of perimeter and internal (baffle) dikes, the cost of land, and the retention time, as affected by hydraulic efficiency. Two examples are provided. They illustrate that sometimes a designer can increase treatment (retention) time cheaper by introducing internal spur dikes or baffles to increase hydraulic efficiency than it would cost to increase the size of the basin.
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Shields, F. D. (1989). “Economic optimization of confined disposal area dimensions.” Technical Note EEDP‐06‐05, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Miss.
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Thackston, E. L., Shields, F. D., and Schroeder, P. R. (1987). “Residence time distributions in shallow basins.” J. of Envir. Engrg., ASCE, 113(6), 1319–1332.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 117 • Issue 3 • May 1991
Pages: 381 - 386
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Published online: May 1, 1991
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F. Douglas Shields, Jr., Member, ASCE
Environ. Engr., Nat. Sedimentation Lab., U.S. Dept. of Agric., ARS, Box 1157, Oxford, MS 38655; Formerly, Res. Civ. Engr., U.S. Arny Engr. Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS 39180
Edward L. Thackston, Fellow, ASCE
Prof. and Chmn., Dept. of Civ. and Environ. Engrg., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN 37235
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