Solids Removal Efficiency of a Sedimentation Tank in a Peri-Urban Catchment

Salvatore Falco, Giuseppe Brunetti, Giovanna Grossi, Mario Maiolo, Michele Turco and Patrizia Piro
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Salvatore Falco: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
Giuseppe Brunetti: Institute for Soil Physics and Rural Water Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, 1190 Vienna, Austria
Giovanna Grossi: Department of Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering, and Mathematics—University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy
Mario Maiolo: Department of Environment Engineering, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
Michele Turco: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
Patrizia Piro: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 17, 1-14

Abstract: At the outlet of the Vermicelli catchment—a peri-urban area located in the campus of University of Calabria (Cosenza, Southern Italy)—a sedimentation tank is located, aiming at collecting the basin surface runoff and improve its quality. First, experimental results of the treatment effects are here presented and analyzed. In addition, a monitoring campaign was conducted in order to characterize the particles transported by surface runoff and to determine the treatment efficiency of the tank. The analysis showed the presence of a pollutant load in the surface runoff of the Vermicelli basin and provided information on its particle-size distribution (PSD). Results were considered in terms of the treatment efficiency of the sedimentation tank, showing a good overall removal efficiency value, together with a high variability of the removal sedimentation efficiency. This variability is mainly due to the different grain size of the suspended solids and the characteristics of the rainfall event.

Keywords: urban drainage; sedimentation tanks; surface runoff pollution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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