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Sewer odour abatement monitoring – an Australian survey

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posted on 2023-05-20, 17:45 authored by Eric SivretEric Sivret, Stuetz, RM

Odourous emissions from sewer networks can significantly impact a local population causing odour annoyance. A survey of nine Australian wastewater utilities that serve over 8.4 million people and operate over 59,000 km of sewer networks was undertaken to summarise the current monitoring practices in Australia with the view to assist the water industry to further improve their practices in operating and monitoring sewer odour abatement systems. Results indicated that most odour abatement systems were monitored through complaints from the surrounding community, H2S is the dominant online and offline monitoring parameter and that a variety of different H2S instruments are used across the industry but the reported use is dominated by two manufacturers. The monitoring data were primarily used for decision making and diagnosis, and there was limited use of non-H2S odourant analysis. The water industry had several significant limitations in terms of its inability to provide gas flow data, process monitoring and complaint data as well as being able to link process monitoring data with maintenance information for instrumentation. The improved collection and management of this data would yield benefits to the water industry in terms of odour abatement design, performance and management.

History

Publication title

Water Science and Technology

Volume

66

Issue

8

Pagination

1716-1721

ISSN

0273-1223

Department/School

School of Engineering

Publisher

I W A Publishing

Place of publication

Alliance House, 12 Caxton St, London, England, Sw1H0Qs

Rights statement

© IWA Publishing 2012

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Water recycling services (incl. sewage and greywater)

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