Development of a Sustainable National Sewer Inventory

Although there are widespread claims that the nation's sewer infrastructure is failing, these claims are often undocumented except in the region where the sewer is located. There is a need for a national inventory to present empirical data that accurately represents the condition of our sewer s...

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Published inProcedia engineering Vol. 145; pp. 1410 - 1415
Main Authors Lewis, Phil, Khaleghian, Hossein, Shan, Yongwei
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 2016
Subjects
inventory
pipeline
sewer
pipeline
database
inventory
sewer
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Summary:Although there are widespread claims that the nation's sewer infrastructure is failing, these claims are often undocumented except in the region where the sewer is located. There is a need for a national inventory to present empirical data that accurately represents the condition of our sewer systems. The benefits of such an inventory include: empirical data to justify increased spending on failing infrastructure; benchmarks of the national sewer infrastructure by region; identification of deterioration mechanisms in sewers; and a means for national dissemination of the data. This paper reports on a collaboration between Oklahoma State University and the National Association of Sewer Service Companies (NASSCO) to develop a unified inventory of sewer pipeline condition data. The paper addresses the need for and significance of a national sewer inventory and the approach to developing it. The status of the current effort is discussed as well as obstacles to overcome and future work.
ISSN:1877-7058
1877-7058
DOI:10.1016/j.proeng.2016.04.177