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| Author(s): |
Eduardo Lucas Subtil
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Politécnica (EP/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2012-05-23 |
| Examining board members: |
José Carlos Mierzwa;
João Luiz Baptista de Carvalho;
Ricardo Franci Gonçalves;
Claudia Condé Lamparelli;
Jayme Pinto Ortiz
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| Advisor: | José Carlos Mierzwa |
| Abstract | |
Due to environmental issues related to wastewater ocean discharge, much has been debated about the level of treatment that should be adopted or which constituents must be removed from wastewater before its final disposal in coastal zones. Within this context, this study aimed to provide support for a decision making on the need of wastewater nutrient removal before its final disposal through submarine outfalls in order to ensure an adequate treatment level, minimizing the environmental impact on the receiving body in terms of eutrophication potential. For this purpose, two wastewater ocean disposal systems: Santos/San Viciente and Praia Grande 2, were evaluated. The environmental impact of wastewater discharge through submarine outfalls was evaluated by a 2D eutrophication numerical model. Wastewater mixing conditions in the near field plume was evaluated using the software CORMIX, and the results were coupled to a far-field model. Nitrogen and phosphorus removals were evaluated through the California Ocean Plan methodology. The results showed that the removal of ammonia and phosphate is required for both submarine outfalls, Santos and Praia Grande, to meet the Brazilian legislation(CONAMA357/2005) when they are operated with flow rates of 3.0 and5.3m³.s-¹. Furthermore, when the systems are operated without treatment, modeled chlorophyll-a concentrations increased up to 16 µg chl-a/L and 12 µg chl-a/L in Santos bay and Praia Grande, respectively. The results also demonstrate that the use of a secondary treatment with partial ammonia oxidation promote a reduction of only 30% in the chlorophyll-a, while the use of a CEPT with phosphate removal promote a better environmental response, resulting a chlorophyll-a concentration reduction of 71%, similar results were obtained when tertiary treatment was considered for nitrogen and phosphorus removals. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 07/07585-3 - Evaluation of wastewater treatment level for a safe environmental ocean disposal utilizing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) |
| Grantee: | Eduardo Lucas Subtil |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |