Sewerage facilities are building a stable sewage infrastructure along with economic growth, but as facilities are also deteriorating, infiltration occurs due to internal defects in sewer pipes, which is having a negative impact on the operation of sew...
Sewerage facilities are building a stable sewage infrastructure along with economic growth, but as facilities are also deteriorating, infiltration occurs due to internal defects in sewer pipes, which is having a negative impact on the operation of sewage treatment plants. In this study, we estimated the defect items that affect infiltration based on internal defects in sewer pipe, established a basis for priority Sewer Rehabilitation in areas where infiltration reduction is urgent, and developed a model that can roughly predict infiltration only based on internal defects.
In addition, the current standard Sewer Rehabilitation is a standard that considers structural stability and there are cases where infiltration-related items may be excluded from Sewer Rehabilitation due to low defect scores, so the level of infiltration regional and An improvement plan for regional Sewer Rehabilitation decision-making to improve infiltration impact items was presented.
For this purpose, 40 regions where sewer pipe technical diagnosis was performed in 10 local governments in 5 provinces across the country were selected as research region. In order to estimate items that affect infiltration among sewer defects, infiltration was calculated as infiltration compared to the total sewer length(㎥/day/km) and the defects in the sewer pipe were calculated by CCTV investigation and the number of defects compared to the length (points/km), the analysis data were standardized.
As a result of correlation analysis by grade between infiltration and defective sewer items, the four items of joints, damage, infiltration and surface damage were analyzed to have a high correlation with a correlation coefficient of 0.607~0.709 which is over 0.6 and were estimated to be items affected by infiltration.
As a result of reviewing the regression analysis and quantification theory type Ⅰ of four defect items that are highly correlated with infiltration through the stepwise selection method statistical significance was secured and the correlation coefficient was 0.907~0.935, developed highly correlated four infiltration prediction models.
Two models were developed. “Total pipe length” and “Pipe length, joint (large)” through regression analysis, and “Pipe length, joint (large)” and “Pipe length, joint (large)” through quantification type I theory. and “Surface Damage (Large)”
As a result of reviewing the accuracy through performance evaluation, there was some error compared to the actual infiltration, but the errors of the four models were similar, and the conditions of the defect items were different when predicting infiltration in other regions in the future, so four models were used to apply a flexible model. It was applied as infiltration prediction model for the study.
According to the Ministry of Environment (2017) manual, Sewer Rehabilitation generally establishes an improvement plan according to the condition grade of the defect item grade and score. However, if there is an item affecting intrusion water within the defect investigation section but it is excluded from Sewer Rehabilitation, it is included in the region. Region J was selected and confirmed.
As a result of the review, there were infiltration impact items on a unit section basis in 10 areas in region J, but 29 infiltration impact items below grade 4 were excluded due to low defect scores.
Accordingly, when making decisions on sewer pipe improvement, the level of infiltration is set at 20% and divided into general regions and regions in urgent need of improvement of infiltration and the current standards are applied to general regions.
In regions where infiltration improvement is urgent, four items affecting infiltration within a unit section, namely joints, damage, infiltration and surface damage, are selected as priority Sewer Rehabilitation and depending on the final condition grade of the investigation section, full excavation, partial excavation, etc. An construction plan for sewer pipe improvement was presented. decision-making, which determines construction methods.
Through the development of infiltration prediction model based on internal defects in sewer pipes in this study, a rough estimate of infiltration using defect points and the improvement of infiltration impact items in areas with urgent need for infiltration improvement according to the sewer pipe improvement decision-making plan can be smoothly promoted. In addition to the resulting effect of improving infiltration, it is expected that it will be possible to use it in construction planning such as selection of priority when diagnosing sewer pipe technology.