The value of aggregated city scale models to rapidly assess SuDS in combined sewer systems
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Author(s)
Muhandes, Samer
Dobson, Barnaby
Mijic, Ana
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The role of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in reducing combined sewer overflows (CSOs) and flood volumes can be accurately assessed using the available high-fidelity sewer network modelling software packages in the market. However, these tools are too slow for a range of modern applications such as optimisation or uncertainty analysis where long-term climate projection simulations are required. In this study, we create a novel representation of combined sewer systems to enhance an existing spatially aggregated model (CityWat) with additional functionalities to assess flood volumes, discharge to rivers and CSOs. We validate the developed model (CityWatStorm) by comparing the simulation results with a high-fidelity InfoWorks ICM model. Finally, we implement SuDS at a city scale and assess the betterment achieved in the context of flood volumes and CSOs. We conclude that CityWatStorm is able to capture the SuDS betterment within 95% accuracy, the total flood volume and CSOs within an accuracy ranging from 78% to 83%. This makes the aggregated model suitable for a wide range of applications such as sensitivity analysis of catchment interventions for long-term planning under future uncertainties.
Date Issued
2022-01
Date Acceptance
2021-12-14
Citation
Frontiers in Water, 2022, 3, pp.1-12
ISSN
2624-9375
Publisher
Frontiers Media
Start Page
1
End Page
12
Journal / Book Title
Frontiers in Water
Volume
3
Copyright Statement
© 2022 Muhandes, Dobson and Mijic. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Sponsor
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Identifier
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frwa.2021.773974/full
Grant Number
NE/S003495/1
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Water Resources
wastewater modelling
combined sewer overflows
reduced complexity modelling
SuDS
lumped modelling
urban flooding
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Publication Status
Published
Article Number
773974
Date Publish Online
2022-01-25