Design of a wastewater collection system for the historical central of Paraty, Brazil

The city of Paraty in the State of Rio de Janeiro, currently lacks a wastewater collection and treatment system. Untreated wastewater is carried by two rivers surrounding the city and discharged into a bay in front of the city. This creates many potential health, environmental, and social risks for the city. The city is in need of a plan to deal with its wastewater. The following thesis presents a conceptual design for a wastewater collection system in the historical center of Paraty, Brazil. Such a design can serve as a model that can be implemented to the other sections of the city. The design of this collection system involved investigating wastewater flow requirements, alternatives for wastewater collection, possible locations for a treatment plant, a feasibility study, and cost estimates for the system. A conventional gravity collection system was designed based on the conclusion that for the city of Paraty, a uniform, consistent, simple collection system would be the most appropriate.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2003

Author dc:creator

• Choi, Nancy, 1980-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Donald R.F. Harleman.

• Civil and Environmental Engineering.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29336

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/29336