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Estimating sewer leakage from continuous tracer experiments.

Jörg Rieckermann1, Vojtech Bares, Oliver Kracht

  • 1Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland. joerg.rieckermann@eawag.ch

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|March 17, 2007
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Direct sewer leakage measurement using tracers is now more precise with improved methods. This technique offers valuable data for sewer rehabilitation planning, reducing uncertainty in flow measurements.

Area of Science:

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Hydraulic Engineering
  • Wastewater Management

Background:

  • Direct sewer leakage measurements using continuous tracer dosing are often deemed imprecise for practical use.
  • A lack of established mathematical frameworks for analyzing tracer data hinders accurate sewer leakage assessment.
  • Existing methods lack comprehensive uncertainty assessment, limiting their reliability in real-world applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present an improved experimental design and data analysis procedure for precise sewer leakage measurement.
  • To develop a comprehensive framework for uncertainty assessment in tracer-based leakage detection.
  • To evaluate the precision and reliability of the proposed methodology in watertight sewer systems.

Main Methods:

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  • Implementation of continuous tracer dosing in a 700 m-long watertight sewer.
  • Development of an improved data analysis procedure incorporating a dynamic approach.
  • Application of a comprehensive framework for uncertainty assessment of measurement results.

    • Main Results:

    • The improved methodology demonstrated no significant bias and high precision in test runs.
    • A simplified data analysis model yielded a standard error of 2.6% of the labeled flow.
    • A dynamic data analysis procedure reduced the standard error to 1.2%, highlighting the impact of transient transport phenomena.

    Conclusions:

    • The enhanced tracer-based method provides highly precise sewer leakage measurements, significantly reducing uncertainty.
    • Transient transport phenomena are a major error source, emphasizing the importance of experimental timing over tracer specificity.
    • This method serves as a valuable complement to traditional CCTV inspections for informed sewer rehabilitation planning.