Ground Water Quality Assessment Using Unsaturated and Saturated Zone Models
The modeling work described here provides an assessment of the migration and fate of the pesticide aldicarb in typical Florida citrus applications with emphasis on the potential for leaching...
Modeling Aromatic Compound Transport in Groundwater
Research results are presented from an ongoing study directed at obtaining a better understanding of the factors affecting the binding characteristics of organic chemicals to ground water...
Groundwater Studies for Land Treatment Facility
A wastewater treatment facility currently under construction in Falmouth, Massachusetts, features a dual disposal method for land application of effluent. As the effluent disposal site...
Elimination of Tidal Inflow?Bridgeport, CT
Using a program of sewer gauging, chloride sampling, sewer system analysis and treatment plant record review, it was determined that Bridgeport's old tide gates allowed 19...
Computer Control of Lift Station Operations
A unique computerized control system to supervise the operation of several lift stations has been designed by Boyle Engineering Corporation (Boyle) and constructed by the City of Orlando,...
Electrically Fired Incinerator System for Combustible Radioactive Waste
DuPont Company and Shirco, Inc. are developing a process to incinerate plutonium-contaminated combustible waste in an electrically fired incineration system. Preliminary development was...
Fate and Transport of Metals in a River System
A steady-state model was developed that describes the fate of metals in a shallow river system. Settling and resuspension of solids were defined through empirical equations relating a...
Simplified Methods to Predict the Fate of Metals in Rives
Heavy metal contamination of rivers is of increasing concern to society. To help predict the fate of metals in rivers, researchers have developed computer models to simulate speciation...
A Rule-Base Inference System for Liner/Waste Compatibility
Determining the chemical compatibility of a liner material for containment of wastes rests mainly on the application of expert opinion to interpret the results of short-term immersion...
Maintenance Management for a Large Urban Waterworks System
The Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC) owns and operates a water distribution system consisting of 86,000 customer accounts and 1,100 miles of water mains. In 1984, BWSC initiated...
Environmental Infrastructure: Does Civil Engineering Education Meet the Challenge?
The author explores some avenues for re-direction of the civil engineering education process to become more responsive to the needs of infrastructure re-development in the areas of water...
A Stepwise Approach to Environmental Systems Maintenance Management
This paper provides a systematic approach to establishing a maintenance management program for environmental infrastructure. It begins by discussing the definition of program objectives,...
Evaluation of Point-of-Use Treatment Devices
The contamination of drinking water is a matter of concern to many communities and people. Small community water systems and individual residences supplied by private wells face severe...
Metal Contamination of Sludge by Water Supply Systems
The authors present a cursory review of the source of metals in sewage sludge and an analysis of limited sludge metal data and drinking water data that supports the hypothesis that a water...
Uncertainty in Unsaturated Zone Pollutant Transport
The portion of a pollutant spill transported to an underlying aquifer is uncertain due to the stochastic nature of precipitation and uncertainty in the geochemical properties of the contaminant...
Design of a GAC Water Treatment System for Radon
The author describes the design of a granular activated carbon (GAC) treatment system for the removal of radon from a public water supply....
Analysis of Technologies for Small Water Systems
The problems encountered when small systems must meet the provisions of the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations are discussed. Among the potential water quality problems that could...
Structural Safety Studies
Structural engineers are most concerned with the safety aspect of structures. The primary objective of structural engineers is to produce structures which are satisfactory in meeting certain...
The Engineering Aesthetics of Tall Buildings
The Proceedings of a session on the Aesthetics and Design of High-Rise Buildings at the ASCE Convention in Denver is included in its entirety. The session was chaired by Lynn Beedle and...
Optimization Issues in the Design and Control of Large Space Structures
The optimization and identification issues which arise in the design and control of large flexible space structures are reviewed. The first paper examines the use of several different...
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