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Abdellatif, M, Atherton, W, Alkhaddar, R and Osman, YZ (2015) Quantitative assessment of sewer overflow performance with climate change in northwest England. HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL, 60 (4). pp. 636-650. ISSN 0262-6667
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Abstract
Changes in rainfall patterns associated with climate change can affect the operation of a combined sewer system, with the potential increase in rainfall amount. This could lead to excessive spill frequencies and could also introduce hazardous substances into the receiving waters, which, in turn, would have an impact on the quality of shellfish and bathing waters. This paper quantifies the spilling volume, duration and frequency of 19 combined sewer overflows (CSOs) to receiving waters under two climate change scenarios, the high (A1FI), and the low emissions (B1) scenarios, simulated by three global climate models (GCMs), for a study catchment in northwest England. The future rainfall is downscaled, using climatic variables from HadCM3, CSIRO and CGCM2 GCMs, with the use of a hybrid generalized linear–artificial neural network model. The results from the model simulation for the future in 2080 showed an annual increase of 37% in total spill volume, 32% in total spill duration, and 12% in spill frequency for the shellfish water limiting requirements. These results were obtained, under the high emissions scenario, as projected by the HadCM3 as maximum. Nevertheless, the catchment drainage system is projected to cope with the future conditions in 2080 by all three GCMs. The results also indicate that under scenario B1, a significant drop was projected by CSIRO, which in the worst case could reach up to 50% in spill volume, 39% in spill duration and 25% in spill frequency. The results further show that, during the bathing season, a substantial drop is expected in the CSO spill drivers, as predicted by all GCMs under both scenarios.
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| Additional Information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Hydrological Sciences Journal on 20/03/2015, available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2014.912755 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 0406 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience, 0905 Civil Engineering, 0907 Environmental Engineering |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GB Physical geography G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering |
| Divisions: | Civil Engineering & Built Environment Civil Engineering (merged with Built Env 10 Aug 20) |
| Publisher: | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
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| Date Deposited: | 19 Oct 2015 14:23 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2021 13:52 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1080/02626667.2014.912755 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/2207 |
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