Modeling Sewer Flow in a Pilgrimage City
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 142, Issue 12
Abstract
Sewerage management in pilgrimage cities has been a challenging task because the sudden influx of pilgrims exerts tremendous pressure on the sewer system. It is a much more challenging problem in the city of Karbala, Iraq, where the number of pilgrims during peak pilgrimage days is gradually increasing because of the rapid growth of the Muslim population due to their improving economic status and mobility. The objective of the present study is to investigate the impact of population on sewer flow in Karbala. A multiple linear regression based on a statistical analysis approach is used to quantify the impacts of population variation in sewer flow in Karbala. The results show that sewer flow in the city typically increases around for every increase by 1,000 in population. This will be a helpful calculation in understanding, predicting, and abating sewer overflow problems in Karbala.
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Acknowledgments
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works and the Ministry of Higher Education in Iraq. We are also grateful to the Ministry of Education-Malaysia and Technology University of Malaysia (UTM) for supporting this research to FRGS Research Grant 4F541.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 142 • Issue 12 • December 2016
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Received: Sep 23, 2015
Accepted: Mar 28, 2016
Published online: Jul 14, 2016
Published in print: Dec 1, 2016
Discussion open until: Dec 14, 2016
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