title: Removal of the organic surface layer in combined sewer sediment using a flushing gate.
abstract: Recent research identified the different sources of pollution of wet weather Combined Sewers Overflows (CSOs): it appeared that the deposits in sewers, and especially an organic layer situated at the water-sediment interface, may contribute 40-70% to the total pollution load of CSOs. Using the cyclic flush Hydrass gate, we generated increased water flows during dry weather. The effects of flushing the deposits have been analysed: the eroded particles sampled during the first flush wave show pollutant characteristics similar to characteristics measured in the organic layer. The organic layer that has formed on the surface of deposits can thus be washed off before rainstorms occur using the cyclic flushing technique.
authors.affiliation: SERAM (Société d'Exploitation Réseau Assainissement Marseille), 24A rue Fort Notre Dame,13007 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Laplace
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oms
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahyerre
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Chebbo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lemasson
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Felouzis
mesh_terms: D009930:Organic Chemicals; D010316:Particle Size; D011891:Rain; D012722:Sewage / Q000737:chemistry*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D014872:Water Movements; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D009930:Organic Chemicals; D012722:Sewage