<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper summarizes the problems caused for wastewater systems by changing wastewater composition, especially the increasing use of nonwoven wet wipes and their disposal via the toilet. The nonwoven wet wipes do not disintegrate in the sewer system as paper-based toilet does, but accumulate to large agglomerations that can block the system and clog pumps. This not only reduces the operational safety and stability of the wastewater system, but also costs the operator a lot of money. The paper introduces an approach to estimate the composition of wastewater and presents first results for the city of Berlin.</p></abstract>

This paper summarizes the problems caused for wastewater systems by changing wastewater composition, especially the increasing use of nonwoven wet wipes and their disposal via the toilet. The nonwoven wet wipes do not disintegrate in the sewer system as paper-based toilet does, but accumulate to large agglomerations that can block the system and clog pumps. This not only reduces the operational safety and stability of the wastewater system, but also costs the operator a lot of money. The paper introduces an approach to estimate the composition of wastewater and presents first results for the city of Berlin.

Investigations into wastewater composition focusing on nonwoven wet wipes

Department of Fluid Dynamics and Technical Acoustics

Technical Transactions

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This paper summarizes the problems caused for wastewater systems by changing wastewater composition, especially the increasing use of nonwoven wet wipes and...

Investigations into wastewater composition focusing on nonwoven wet wipes

Published Online: May 23, 2020

Page range: 125 - 135

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.17.010.6107

Keywords
wastewater composition, solids, wet wipes, clogging

© 2017 Raja-Louisa Mitchell et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Investigations into wastewater composition focusing on nonwoven wet wipes

Published Online: May 23, 2020

Page range: 125 - 135

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.17.010.6107

Keywordswastewater composition, solids, wet wipes, clogging

© 2017 Raja-Louisa Mitchell et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Keywords
wastewater composition, solids, wet wipes, clogging