A REPORT ON SEWAGE DISPOSAL FOR CHAMPAIGN AND URBANA BY WILLARD MARTIN OLSON B.S. University of Nebraska, 1921 THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MUNICIPAL AND SANITARY ENGINEERING IN THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, 1922 URBANA, ILLINOIS ^ AyiAJ.*#i/s| ■ !-^^L ' '-f’r^SK- :- :: .Tm y.; ■) : <\ 1 :iff '*, . <, , A, r . ■JS* i' ■ It'' ' V. ^ ■ . ; , • t jri. III t.uv- <'j^)A53^1' P ' ■< • . ^r., jili'ij, m^. ' , y'!J .1 >:’- f ’ « ..- ' ’If-'' : - : .:•*«' ‘ifi ■'% •I /] 4 H’^; 'i. i* 7 m ^ii M 4 t . r ■ * . ' « T . • € (.» V. K' ,.■ r V \ 'rP 01 ^ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS THE GRADUATE SCHOOL Jjime 3, 192 - 2 - 1 HEREBY RECOxMMEND THAT THE THESIS PREPARED UNDER MY SUPERVISION BY_ > Will a rd M artin Olson ENTITLED 4-R0Tort OYL Sewage Disposa l for Champaign a nd Urban e BE ACCEPTED AS FULFILLING THIS PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF Master of Science in Municipal and Sanitary Engineering ' In Ch arge of Thesis f ■' Head of Department Recommendation concurred in* Committee on Final Examination* •Required for doctor’s degree but not for master’s GV;R9-'-7 - q^ I >i N , ,, J) ,/t - 00 ^ . . '.'-ivy"'''/, • I^L' \. ‘ 1 • ! . ^. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https://archive.org/details/reportonsewagediOOolso TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter I. Introductory and Conclusions 1 Chapter II. The Twin Cities 2 Chapter III, The Present Sewerage System,* .4 Chapter IV, The Sewage Disposal Problem ,6 Chapter V. Quantity of Sev/age n Chapter VI, Discussion of Methods of Disposal,. 2o Chapter VII. 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Mr. A.A.Brensky of the Illinois State Water Survey supplied data collected by that organization. f, ■ * . L- .' V " r 'r i\ i! % V ' li »''teaf; „: ■,. ,;f ,V^ . v.f ir :\ I S c ■?• V .’:"'rji';»?(' .j 5 .\r .Jc : { i!*'’ r .-v" •■ '• <:/J • \ ^ * • vl '.', ., ■ ,‘ilfcV^, , Ivi i.' ' r.’V- ,, rtf J ^ ’ S -47'- - j (I . ■’ /^/’. i .u v4 , iAm» fcAtSaPl^fQ .. - , >f,. ■> , jv. v,:„ ^ -A^iTaKS,' • ..w,: ■ av..‘ ' # 1 i - ,_>. ar i? i' » / ■t'?7 -' '■ I, " ‘'''- '•*'•‘•-4,. ’ e • ,' > .'^ ' • <■ '" - fa'* i/r - ’■ ‘’"j/: ^ A REPORT ON SEWAGE DISPOSAL FOR CHAMPAIGN AND URBANA Chapter 1 INTRODUCTORY AND CONCLUSIONS Many people of Charipaign and Urbana appreciate the fact that action mst be taken on local sewerage problems and on the final disposal of the sewage collected from the two cities. . This report deals only with the problem of sewage disposal. Nuisances have been created by the inadequacy of the present system for the collection of sewage. Personal in- convenience suffered by citizens of the two cities has made them Willing to give a hearing to people offended by the present method of sewage disposal. The experiments with different methods of sewage treatment carried on near Urbana by the Illinois State Water Survey have attracted widespread interest. In 1915 the city of Champaign sou^t the advice of a consulting engineer, Mr. W.S. Shields of Chicago. In his report to the city of Champaign Mr. Shields recommended the adoption of either the activated sludge or the electrolytic process of sewage treatment. In February 1922, the engineering firm of Pearse, Greeley and Hansen of Chicago was selected by the trustees of the urbana and Champaign Sanitary District to make a preliminary investi- gation. This firm of engineers has been working on the problem and has submitted progress reports to the Board of Trustees of the Sanitary District. I ■'jVMtih ■rT^''-|'iT*t'‘'‘^-f--*- T .'TT t v**' W iJ: 7^ZAaK.- ^U.; . ,"i m ■' ' *v !■' In this report a careful study of the local problem has been made. The results of this investigation justify the following conclusions. 1. The Urbana septic tank should be abandoned. 2. The land ov^ned by the city of Champaign and. at present used as a site for a septic tank should be used for the new disposal works. 3. The sewage should be treated by medium screens, Imhoff tanks, trickling filters and secondary settling tanks. 4. A competent operator should be placed in charge ol the disposal plant. He should b.e paid by the year and should be provided with a suitable residence at the disposal site. He should be supplied with such assistants as may be needed. 5. The estimated first cost of a sewage treatment plant such as outlined above is t 410, 000. 6. Provision should be made to meet an annual operating expense estimated at |13,000. Chapter II. THE TWIN CITIES. The two cities of Champaign and Urbana are situated in Champaign County, Illinois, about fifty miles northeast of the geographical center of the state. They are about 130 miles south of Chicago, 120 miles west of Indianapolis and 160 miles northeast of St. Louis. The two cities form one community which is best known as the home of the University of Illinois. The greater pa.rt of the 240 acre campus of this institution lies within the corporate limits of Urbana but a small part is included 3 in Champaij^n. In 1920 the population of Champaign was 15,873 and of Urbana 10,230, making a joint population of 26,103. There were registered in the Champaign and Urbana departments of the University 7,839 students of whom by far the gxeater part were non-residents and not included in the census of the two cities. The cities cover an area of about 6.7 square miles. A private water company supplies both cities with water from wells about 150 feet deep. A typical chemical analysis of the water is shown in table 1. Some other private enterprises draw large supplies of water from the same ground water stratum. Some important industries are located in Champaign. The Cushman Company, Inc., manufactures tools. The Locomotive Crane Co., makes a light self-propelled crane used on highway work. The Burr Co., manufactures a railway dynamometer car, mining machinery and metal products. Shops of the Big Four Railroad are located at Urbana, which is a division point on that road. Urbana is the county seat of Champaign County. The topography of this area is comparatively flat with just enough small stream channels to provide surface drainage. There is a total difference in elevation of about sixty feet over the settled area exclusive of the depth of small, stream channels. The general direction of drainage is toward the east. A very small portion of the extreme west area of the community drains to the west and another small portion drains to the south, Nearly seven per cent of the total area is covered by pavements and the sidewalks beside the pavements. Closely built up business and industrial areas cover about 2.2 per cent of the total area I ? rli \ I ■' U) • • . <■; < » ’ ‘ V u V : ' A/ *■ -0 <. ..\i . f • « ; f \ I .a / ■.m 1 n \ • V • j ^- « . . f • ■ ^ • 4 ^ i • J. I. ‘ ' '<: -■ •■ fe. • r • • ■ r ^ . ' J-, , ^ ^ I . , . » . _ . \r> „ -K^oi .'A ; r 4 •: V > •' wi • lyi ^> 5 !. .'i /: ' :v t; \ ♦ L I ) I ’'■1 V- . fc‘. I ' f! !) ’> > 4 and most of the remaining area is used for residence purposes. In these large residentail sections about 3G ^ of the ground area is covered so as to be impervious to water. The soil consists of from one to three feet of black loam underlain by a jointed yellow clay subsoil. This soil drains very well. Chapter III. THE PRESENT SEWERAGE SYSTEM. Both cities are sewered on the separate plan. Storm Water is diverted along natural drainage lines to the Boneyard, a small stream which flows in a southerly direction through Champaign and in an easterly direction through Urbana. This stream becomes at times very foul and undoubtedly'' receives continuously a small amount of domestic sewage. Gagings of Champaign’s sewage flow indicate that considerable ground water finds its way into the sanitary sewers. Each city has its own system for the collection of sewage. Champaign's domestic sewage is co ncentra.ted in one main outfall which crosses Urbana in an easterly direction. The disposal site, owned by the city of Champaign, consists of I'd acres of land located about two miles east by north of the point where the main outfall crosses the east boundary of Champaign . At present the Champaign sewage is discharged without any treatment into the west branch of the Salt Fork of the Vermilion River. The West Branch of the Salt Fork, hereafter referred to as the Salt Fork, is a small stream which flows in an easterly direction throu^ the disposal site. The stream has an estimated dry weather flow of one-half million gallons daily during several V'- nt'Ailitfttip v %Oi-49qiut ' ' '' ' • ■ ' '" ’ - ' ^i*)v ^ ' '• i' 'i\.i mfi- . >. . 4 - » .. . ' i ^ :i’ ~ * *'‘ * ■* ' 7’ * '■ ’*VM ^ \ -L * V Hi h i \. * - [Qr ii i-:- i .,,,■', I _ 'r ■ 1'. '. . ., ^‘■■' , ^ '■. Vci- . kfi, J4i' ' ,Vy '^4 V. . i' - (■ -‘ ‘ . >.> • r ■. ^ ■ A i 4^ . „• ■ ■ ,*■ .i;.. 7liiKi::4 f. - 5 consecutive months. One of the first septic tanks built in the United, States Was installed at the disposal site in 1897. Two years later this tank was reported as operating in a "very satisfactory manner" on a mean dry weather flow of 300,000 gallons daily. In 1916 this tank was reconstructed for experimental work on the activated sludge process of sewage treatment by the Illinois State Water Survey. Urbana's sewage is carried throu,^ two main outfall sewers to a disposal site about a half mile northeast of the main part of town. This disposal site consists of about 13 acres of land, a part of which is now used as a city dump. At the disposal site the sewage passes through a septic tank of about 115,000 gallons capacity. This tank has been in operation since 1902 and has been operating in a fairly satisfactory manner. The effluent from this tank is discharged into the Boneyard about a quarter of a mile above its junction with the Salt I’ork. The Champaign disposal site is somewhat more than a quarter mile downstream from the point where the Salt Fork receives the flow of the Boneyard together with the effluent of Urbana septic tank. The effluent of the septic tank is in a putrescible condition and causes some nuisance in the small stream into which it is discharged. This fact, together with the odors developed at the times v^hsn sludge is removed from the tank have caused many Urbana citizens to believe that the septic tank is a failure. In this report it is recognized that this tank will not fit in well with a comprehensive plan of sewage 6 sewage disposal for the community and therefore should be abandoned. It is to be noted that all of the sewage from the buildings of the University of Illinois does not go into the Urbana seWers. A large part of the sewage from the University goes into the Champaign sewers. The present sewage disposal site owned by Champaign is suitable for a site for the sewage treatment works proposed in this report. The land owned by Champaign is favorably located being well to the east and north of present settled areas. Ihe Urbana site is unsuitable, it is too near the main part of u^hana. While the prevailing winds in summer are from the southii^est yet it is probable that with most processes of sewage treatment unpleasant odors would be noticeable at times both at the Tuberculosis Sanitarium about a half mile north of the Urbana site, and at the homes of those people living in the built-up blocks immediately to the east. The Urbana site is also insufficient in area, due in part to the fact that it is crossed by the channels of both the Boneyard and the Salt Fark. Chapter IV. The Sewage Disposal Problem The necessity for action to relieve conditions in the Salt I'ork has for some time been recognized by many citizens of the Twin Cities. The situation may be briefly described by saying that the present methods of disposing of sewage have caused the Salt Fork to become a nuisance for many miles below the sev/er outlets. Farmers living several miles down stream in T. 7 houses situated as much as a half mile from the water course, complain of odors which become intolerable during the dry months of the year and of odors which are noticeable at all times. They say that they are put to the expense of providing fences to prevent their livestock from drinking the polluted water. While there has been much complaint from nearly all property owners dov;nstream there have been no damage suits filed against the cities and there has been no formal statement of grievances to the governing bodies of the two cities. The State Board of Health has suspended threatened action in order to give the cities a reasonable time in which to take the necessary measures for relief. About SO miles downstream at the village of Homer (1920 pop. 978) there is a public bathing pool supplied with water from the Salt Fork. It has been suggested that cases of typhoid occurring among users of this pool mi^t be directly chargeable to pollution from the Twin Citi es. Continuous gagings of flow in the Salt pork are not available. On October 1, 1917 a measurement at low stage was made below the Champaign sewer outlet by Hr. G. C. Haber meyer, the engineer of the Illinois State Water Survey. The rate of flow was found to be 3,000,000 gallons per day. The flow exclusive of local sewage was estimated at half this amount. The stream has not been known to run dry during the last twenty years but during the dry summer months the flow is said to be very small. An estimate of the rate of flow to be expected at the present Champaign sewer outlet has been made based upon the drainage . V- Jii ‘ ■"■ ». 1 m; 1 ^ ' , ■ . 1 , • V- > aafitWnc^ — , . , . .,v4!.^«::-'s^ ,;:,; ;:;3 >k '\i' ■»..*;•• > «««• 'aV. j!.fj, , ■ .-^i ^ ‘'><^,. ;,- V^, ^ '■>'.•■ ■a , , $ ■ • . 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'•I 8 area and upon gagings of the Sangamon River near Monti cello and of the Vermilion River near Danville as reported by the United States Geological Survey in their Water Supply Papers. The drainage area of the Salt Fork is estimated at 76 square miles, from United States Geological Survey topographic sheets for the Mahomet and Urbana quadrangles and from a Drainage Reclamation Map on a scale of about 8 miles to the inch compiled by the State Geological Survey Division in 1920, This drainage area is small compared to that of the Sangamon River near Monticello, 550 square miles, and that of the Vermilion near Danville, 1280 square miles. Plate 2 shows the mean monthly run-off in cubic feet per second per square mile at Monticello from February 1908 to December 1912 and from July 1914 to September 1918. It also shows the same for Danville over the period from November 1914 to September 1917. Expressed as run-off from an area of 76 square miles these values would indicate a variation in mean monthly flow of from 319,000 gallons per day to 322,000,000 gallons per day. The frequency curve in Plate 3 shows the per cent of the total time which a rate of flow of a given amount, or greater, has occurred during the 109 months of record. Tables 2 and 3 give the data from which this curve was plotted. For example, a rate of flow of 30,000,000 gallons daily, or more, occurred during 39 of the 109 months or 35. 8f^ of the time covered by the available records. Conversely Plate 3 shows the minimra rate of flow which it is reasonable to expect for a certain part of the time. For example, for 20fc of the time a rate of flow of at least 53,000,000 gallons daily may be expected. 9 Table 1 gives the mean of tno analyses of water from the Salt Fork. There ai‘e seven villages of from 200 to 1000 population along the forty miles of the Salt Fork between the present Champaign sewer outlet and the junction of the Salt Fork with the Vermilion River immediately below Danville. None of these villages takes its water supply from the stream. As before mentioned there is however, a public bathing place at Homer. If the two cities so treat their sewage that no putrefaction can take place in the Salt Fork between Urbana and Fithian (the next village past Homer) they will have done all that can reasonably be required of them. This report proposes to recommend a method of treatment which will effect such a result. To accomplish this the effluent of the treatment plant must be such that at all times when mixed with the water flowing in the Salt B'ork the dissolved oxygen content of the mixture will not fall below 50% saturation in the 25 miles of stream immediately belov\T the present sewer outlet. The sewage from Champaign and Urbana is a domestic sewage of about average strength. It contains practically no industrial wastes. The largest local producer of liquid waste is the gas plant and this establishment has within the past few years adopted a system whereby the liquid ordinarily wasted can after some treatment be used over and over again. None of it reaches the sanitary sewers. The Champaign sewage reaches the outlet while yet fresh. This is shown by the high nitrite and nitrate content. I I I J P^ I :i6ii 0 ^ .'< ■: ■- ' •'n * ;.vff^ • ■ \ ••r> ■ ^i ■ ■•^ . V'' li'i, <’■ I yf /v‘ j j. • ■V ' ' 7 '* i* iL 10 Th© Stats Watsr Survsy has made a great mimbsr of analyses of Champaio-n‘8 sewage. of these analyses, those used in this report were made upon sewage which had been screened by passage through a Dorrco screen with openings consisting of slots 1/2 inch by 1/16 inch. The v/eight of dry screenings removed from the sewage amounted to 4.1 to 12,2 parts per million. This amount of screenings is less than one per cent of the remaining total residue, in this study no attempt is made to correct analyses for the amount of solid matter removed by the screen. Table 4 shows the average of analyses of 234 sewage samples. Due to infiltration into the sewers there are marked variations in quality. In Table 5 average analyses are given for fifteen groups each representing from six to nineteen daily sevvage samples. Altogether these groups represent 168 samples. In order to meet this sewage disposal probelm a sanitary district has been organized v/ith boundaries as shown in Plate 1. It will be noted that the district includes all of Urbana, most of Champaign, and some outlying territory. The part of Champaign not included in the sanitary district is that portion of the city which is not in the drainage area of the Salt Fork, and which cannot be economically served by sewers having an outlet on the Salt 5ork. The sanitary district is a nevir municipal corporation with taxing and bonding powers. This sanitary district was organized in the spring of 1921 under the provisions of the Illinois law of 1917 relating to the creation of sanitary districts. The corporation may acquire, by condemnation if necessary, any property required to serve the purpose of the district. Upon 5 11 vote of the electorate It may issue bonds in amount up to of the assessed valuation of property in the district. The governing body of the sanitary district may levy a tax up to l/3^c annually on this assessed valuation and with the approval of the voters of the district may increase this tax levy to 2/3'^. In 1921 the combined assessed valuation of the two cities Was f 11, 310,000. A small part of this is not included within the bounds of the district but the rural territory included in the district is probably sufficient to bring the assessed valuation of the sanitary district well above the fi.gure quoted for Champaign and Urbana. Works for the betterment of present conditions need not be held up for lack of funds if the voting- sentiment is in favor of the issue of the necessary bonds. Chapter V. QUANTITY OF SE?>rAGE Works constructed for the treatment of sewage should be of a size sufficient to meet conditions reasonably to be expected at some future date. It is difficult to state arbitrarily the length of time for which provision should be made. The art of sewage treatment has made much progress in the past thirty years and there is every reason to think that progress in the next three decades will be no less. For this reason it is well to consider the possibility that works constructed tody may in a f ew short years become obsolescent if not obsolete. On the other hand works constructed for municipal purposes when once completed are commonly thought of as^done" and new construction is improbable v/ithin a considerable period of years. In this 12 report definite recommendations will be made to meet estimated conditions fifteen years hence (193S) v/ith provisions for possible extensions to meet conditions twenty-five years hence (1946) . When speaking of "present" conditions reference is made to the year 1921, in which much of the data used here were obtained. plate 4 shows the combined population of Champaign and Urbana since 1860. It also shows the way in which the population of some other Illinois and Indiana cities has increased. The curve is projected into the future at a slope which gives about equal weight to the past growth of the Tv/in Cities and to the growth of the other cities shown. The registration in Champaign and Urbana departments of the University of Illinois is also shown. This last quantity has shown an average annual increase of about life. It is im- probable that that rate of increase can long continue and therefore the curve is not projected into the future. An estimate made in the office of the Supervising Architect of the University of Illinois sets the 1940 registration in Champa^n and Urbana departments at about 20,000. This value has been taken as the most reasonable one. Tables 7 and 8 give the data from which Plate 4 was prepared. The 1936 population of the Twin Cities is estimated to be 41,600 and of the University 19,000. I? or 1946 the corresponding figures are 51,200 and 21^00. The Illinois State Water Survey made hourly gagings of Champai,gn's sewage flow during the greater part of the year 1921. The sewage measured at the sewer outlet included >'' ■ -7* fcaaaasia ■ ' '.M: ' .. •> . - I ' - i • ilWi^HB ^ . IBW ?.,,-■ ^ * V -^ * . ■• '^ ■'*'. - * mpm - u*?- '; «rr.>^|.'^^ .jfe ^ 2 Jg’| h r' ' ^rtc.t«. . 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Plate 7. and Table 12 s the calculated average rate of flow in million gallons daily for each week of the time of record, it also shows the accumulated rainfall for each week. The flow about 6 A.M. on a dry summer's day is mostly ground water and this occurs at the rate of 400,000 gallons per day, a rate equal to 30% of the mean rate of flow for the year. The gagings for typical dry weeks indicate that during the summer about 830,000 gallons per day, a rate equal to 61% of the mean for the year, is the normal rate of flow of domestic sewage. Mean weekly rates greater than this are indicative of infiltration or of storm water. During the winter months 1,110,000 gallons per day is about the normal rate for domestic sewage. . This normal rate during the winter months is 82% of the mean for the year. During by far the greater part of the year there will be some infiltration to be taken care of. This infiltration will, however, not be an excessively large per cent of the normal flow if the mean rate for as long a time as one v/eek is considered. The maximum recorded rate of flow during any one week is 2,237,000 gallons daily or 201% of the normal rate of flow. The effect of the infiltration is to dilute the sewage and to add tothe ainount of liquid to be treated. At times of greatest storm flow the dilute sewage cam be passed through ■ ■' f-. i^i I. j ^ u. '. )j|/j;;‘4 .,“,’ .>y V' ' L ( .^/l* 4^4* *' ' .j. -. — t-^ill .;• ^'*^Vr ;: ••; .^y i •■ it»\v: .' -Hv ‘ ■ 4'^ . ^'T » ,*■ . K i"> -a;:.: . ':^ ■ : ; ! VC . ‘ >.-'r. • . <■ S .• ,-i ■ ♦ \f ;■ ij .. 7 -t.; ;.;i ' *’■' -w.' ■:■ to in riff-i .# J J ; . . V ^ ■ 14 the treatment plant at an increased rate but in general it would be unwise to attempt to treat a flow of 3,000,000 gallons daily of dilute sewage with the same units designed for 1,000,000 gallons daily. The mean rate of flow for the 306 days of record is 1,354,000 gallons per day, equivalent to 66 gallons per capita daily based on a tributary population of 20,610. This approxi- mation neglects entirely any complications due to the effect of the University of Illinois pumpage or to the absence of the student population over a part of the year. In making the estimate of probable sewage flow in 1936 attention must be given to the fact that a part o f the I water used by the University of Illinois goes into the Champaign sewers and is included in the gagings reported by the Illinois State Water Survey, Since the average daily use of v/ater at the University is 444,CX)0 gallons the increment in flow due to a part of this, is worthy of especial consideration. In order to make clear the effect of the large use of water at the University it is necessary to segregate this item from the rest of the Champaign sewage flow. The Superintendent of Buildings at the University supplied meter readings showing the amount of water pumped by the University plant during 1921. The water d.istr ibutior system of the University is connected through a valve v/ith the distribution system of the Champaign and Urbana water company. Each pumping plant can increase the supply of the other in time of need and considerable water has been interchanged in this way. The meter readings previously mentioned were corrected by the riTiTh *■ ' fr ■r 'OH, •P [■■'t' it,(" % LX. ■^r -•(T .* ' W ^4 1 J- i ,. ;■?' "'p 0 V.', '.‘’w:' '■■; ' <-:;v .v^- IM' i u4-'/ 10 • ^un&j • .^^1. . . .-'. . l-aljitt-. i*' ir. • H- !*.. . ... !w' . „«• ' ■■'IT,/ -' 'W* . .. ti* if n :t. i; » • *^" ^k./9 Vnt e$ ‘ '^.i fi\ i - ■ I a<'f7 ri2‘- '■■■t^L; »•'■ '. . iJ • Mu ■ ■ '’ ^ ^ s\f .. -^Vi t' > '■ i‘^\nx siiAi 4*,^ Jt '-w'l t 1^. V :^’ ; ^ t '^ -. 1 ^ ii Vi.. ('. ;W/ ■ t^.Od ^ A ®iirs *■ «f> lfirfi..r ■ ,u, ...“ 'd. . ' 15 amount of water thus interchanged in order to give the true amount of the use of water at the University. Table 13 shows the amount of water given and received by the University pumping plant. Tables 11, 14 and 16 shoVv' the corrected figures for the use of water at the University. Some of the buildings on the University campus are connected to the Champaign sewers and the rest are connected to the Urbana sewers. The Super- intendent of Buildings ordered the measurement of the water used by each building in order to enable an estimate to be made of the probable distribution of the water supply between the two sewer systems. Table 17 shows for each building the observed rates of flow and also the per cent of the mean total rate of flow for the tliree weeks of record. Meters at a few of the buildings were not read and the percentages for these buildings were estimated. The results of this study show that of the total water supply of the University 4-6 . reaches the Chairpaign sewers, 39.3fo reaches the Urbana sewers, and 14.7 is not returned to the sanitary sewers. That part of the water supply not returned to the sanitary sewers includes boiler make-up water, which is evaporated, water used in the swimming pools and water supplied to those drinking fountains which axe connected to the storm sewers. The University campus is '•veil underdrained by storm sewers. During the year of 1921, however, very little water was used for sprinkling the campus. In this study it is assumed that the university students are distributed between Champaign and Urbana in proportion to the 1920 census population 61:39. It is also , w ' •- I I ...■ J i ® wjKT :-, to-'. V > .5 •("f V' .1 i <^' ^ ■'■ > ■■ . ■ --" % ■'■ ■ ^.i:. i£^m T ^ '. ‘ T ■■ ' ■•^i' , jr » -i- * * rJ '*■ I . . . . if* -M ■ i':\!.'.',a ‘ "tc. : v.rf'( ■• ji j ,. w iii !*«! , • - - . .■.'J.*\:i^I iU 16 assumed that infiltration of ground water into the sewers will be proportional to the population, that the rate of sewage flow will be proportional to population and that the use of water at the University will increase in proportion to the estimated enrollment. To estimate the rate of sewage flow in the future first the recorded rate of flow for Champaign must be corrected by subtracting 46.0fc of the use of water at the University for the saine period. Then to this corrected rate of flow a factor based on the present population of Champaign and the future population of the district must be applied and to this product the estimated future use of water at the University must be added. By the use of the proper factors this rr.ethod will give figures for any particular future date. The method may be made more clear by the following sample calculation. To determine the mean daily rate of flow for the year 1936. The rate for 1921 was 1.354 million gallons daily from Champaign with a contributing population of 20,600. Forty-six per cent of .444 (the mean daily use of water at the University^ is .205 million gallons daily. The corrected rate of flow from Champaign is 1. 354-. 205 or 1.149 million gallons daily. yor 1936 the rate from the whole area of the sanitary district, exclusive of that from the University will be 60.fi00 (i.i49) or 3.38 million 20 , 600 gallons daily, and from the University will be 19.000 ( 8‘=^3)( 444) 8,000 or 0.90 million gallons daily, making a total rate of flow from the area within the sanitary district of 3.38 + 0.90 or, 4.28 million gallons daily. The factor .853 is the proportion of the total pumpage going into the sanitary sewers. it- 17 Table 18 has been calculated to show estimated mean rates of flow for most of the weeks of 1946. Since fluctuations in xlow will undoubtedly not occur on the same dates as those observed in 1921 these data are not shown in graphical form but are tabulated to give some idea of variations reasonably to be expected. For example, during the dry part of the summer a flow as low as 2.5 million gallons daily may be expected while a wet week in spring may show a mean rate ox flow of 6.6 million gallons daily. Sixty one per cent of the mean for the year or 2.6 million gallons daily appears to be a reasonable value for the normal rate of flow during dry weeks in the summer, and for similar conditions in the winter 82% or 3.5 million gallons daily is the normal rate of flow for domestic sewage only. *^^^Te 19 nas been calculated to show variations in flow during the week for different conditions. Results are shown gpraphically in Plate 6, It is to be noted that the greatest flow is to be expected on Tuesday unless a heavy rain occurs on some other day. In estimating variations in flow throughout the day at the sewer outlet separate estimates of flow for Champaign, Urbana and the University were made. It was assumed that 2.0 hours are required for sewage to flow from the main part of Champaign to the sewer outlet; that sewage from the University reaches the plant 0.4 hours sooner than that from Champaign, and that sewage from Urbana arrives 1.1 hours sooner than that from Champaign. Table 20 shows the data prepared. To make the estimate, ciirves were plotted for the sewage flow from each of - I V .._ !l» • I- . Ki_, ’^p w V ' ^ ® - ^ ■ ^:^ S ' ■: V ‘ ■' ii. ;, j ■ jkiil w.uC' • ^ 1 t^;i ^»»- Yt»^:^r/<)-. Nil.^- Uv^/i^ ^ t , ■ •:#< . '• ill ' ' ' ‘ ’ r»^ V' ' * Ji il I ^ ■ ' I iA}* i MOKi >.*'■' ' ' “ . rf..u cf ” . ' ■ ■ ^ n\ tr, .,v s 1 ' i .4 . >^. V ■ ,hl tv, % ’ll:?. ii?t - HU ,<, ^ 1 .^ j«t. r.’n, -.ti .i ■ ■ .4 ?.* 29 rM.i, t(T 5 aoiAjfv' ‘. . ' ■ '■' '■-'' ' "' 'i^'* ’ '’ 'J "' •' I '"' '£<*> :. 'M/Ol '"' iT’ . i, i- >* ’^ 1 ?^ ■* “i i * ' id ^ ' . * I X f-b ,•' . -■) L *■ oil 5 ^’(j k- 4 jjCi i.Ufe^' J . '.-^s / |;-Nr%^Jf4l'^, :tl . , i '■' ■ V.' *,» ' '■ V " . 7 ' '■'<■. f ■ J 3 ' ■ “-V j _ . ", ji'T : a. , SSL ' ■ -'iiir. t 'juipk.. voci.^J tfn^s.tp^v :,c\n I ..l':^ ij' ,^:ii &v. <>» j of 5 t ' ' (i '., ^ ^ ‘ ^ ’■' ^ 'H'' ' r»ViVi^s L'. . *' • spi sflcaes 'i . 18 the three sources and then combined by graphical addition as shown, for a dry winter’s day in Plate 5. The effect of thus combining the curves is to flatten out the hourly variations in flow to be expected. The two other curves showing the 1936 estimate on Plate 5 were gotten in the same manner but the three original curves are omitted to avoid crowding the sheet. The results 01 this study of quantity of sev^age showing observed conditions in 1921 and estimated conditions for 1936 and 1946 are shown immediately below. Year Popul at ion U. S. Census Student Total A V. Rate of Flow Gal .per capita daily. 1921 16,220 4, 390 20 , 610 65,7 1936 41,60C 19,000 60,600 70.7 1946 51,200 21,000 72,200 69.6 Rate of Iv'Iill ion Flow Gallons Daily Per Cent of Minimum Average Maximum Mininum Average Maxi 1921 .300 1.354 2.930 22.2 100 217 1936 1.03 4.28 8.41 24.1 100 197 1946 1.26 5,02 9.50 25.1 ICO 189 The minimum and maximum rates are for one hour only, i* or 1936 the absolute values for the maximum and minimum rates of xlow Were estimated from the curves showing daily variations (Plate 5). The maxirmm being taken as that shown for a wet day and the mininum as three fourths that shown for a typical dry summer’s day. From these absolute values the ratios to the average were calculated, por 1946 the ratios of maximum to average and average to mininum were calculated from those of 1936 on the assumption that these ratios would change in inverse proportion /*ri" ' ' Tihistf Jmi j 19 to the fifth root of the tributary population in thousands. (Sewerage and Sewage Treatn:ent by H. E. Babbitt, 1922, p.36), i*'rora these ratios the absolute values for maximum and minimum were calculated. The variation in the values for the rate of flow in gallons per capita daily is due to dealing with the University pumpage separately. The estimates of infiltration of ground water and storm water to be provided for as developed here may be looked on as conservative. The city of Champaign is now planning a comprehensive system of storm sewers which will take a part of the storm water load from the present system of sanitary sewers in Champaign. Quantity of sewage as here estimated is an important factor in the determination of the kind and extent of sewage treatment to be provided. The rate of flow however must be considered in relation to the quality of the sewage as well. The critical condition with regard to dissolved oxygen content dovmstream in the Salt Fork occurs when a period of lov; flow in the Salt pork coincides with the discharge of a large volume of strong sewage at the sewer outlet. An attempt is here made to bring out any relation existing between the rate of sewage flow and the strength of the sewage. The strength of the sewage is expressed by an abstract number which is the strength index. For any particular sewage it is calculated from the chemical analysis of that sewage. The strength index is the product of four quantities, namely, the results of the tests for V » ■•• fjfi. :-s V • i' 4 f>v.^w^rW--i,i/kiv.ijU « 5 r 4 t>';M - ,■, i . . ' ^v}:^ '' V ' ^ '-rti , ' ■;.' i h 1 .<*’- ’ 57 ‘^ • 'i; • ' HM ^ -. i * 4 . i 4 - 9 *^^ H f »».<, ^»f ‘ i> ; ;r*^ *v.y *4. «-uj ■ i,■ f - r-C" V f ^"^<*'■■1* ‘ '‘ '. -■■■ .V. '" ''v-- V'-''’ ’* '''■ ■• V . \V'v' ''* ' vM' ,' ■I'j < f ' v ^ -■•- t‘V.. 7 •!• ''f a 4 - ^,'7 (' r- -i r ■, iWi’SM'j t*>., f fr' -B._ . /r .^‘^- W^_ ■ ■"'>-i'*,]^,vaai( . I-' Li'yi ■la aswasE 20 oxygen consumed, total residue, chloride and the sum of the results of the tests for amconia nitrogen and organic nitrogen. In Table 5 column 6 gives the strength index for each of the fifteen groups of sewage analyses. Plate 8 shows this strength index plotted against the rate of flow expressed as a percentage of the mean for the year. In general some sort of relation seems to exist between the rate of sewage flow and the strength of the sew'age. This study of the quantity of sewage indicates that in 1936 an average rate of flow of 4.28 million gallons daily is to be expected. This average rate of flow is the equivalent of 70.7 gallons per capita daily from a population of 60,600. The rate of flov/ bears some relation to the difficulty with which the sewage can be treated, < Chapter VI. DISCUSSION OF METHODS OF DISPOSE. L The method of disposal to be adopted for this community should be the one which will produce the desired result with the lowest total cost. Both the required degree of treatment and its total cost depend upon local conditions. In Chapter IV it was stated that no putrefaction should be permitted to take place in the Salt Fork for 25 miles below the sewer outlet. There are a number of methods or combinations of methods of sewage disposal which can be relied on with a reasonable degree of certainty, to give this result. Of these different methods of disposal three different combinations have I "J •!'' ■-■ rti^- V" ’i *.«. '. f ■ ■" .;,y>, ■<• ft’ J ■■ -®. ■■■ '■' sv.r Tf^v ' ■■ •'./■■■ .-;, r< ■'.HAai • ■ ' ,Kr ^ I Umt :iVX'y ‘^ ># ■ y‘ D . |; ' ; ?l#ij| -’ - 5ii J l^': ^ sU<^t4 . w?: '=■• , ' ^ ■' U ''or 1 '*ti 13 4i^ . .c^.tjpiici:' r a- f > ' if- iMi •'* i ’A * cf^ ' ' V ’vV^' ' ‘ ' «|r{ ■■'' “I. '.' , 1 i. ■ ., ■' ::^rr ' 3Vi- «r t**-* ^ ♦ w' • ' j.:a ,<*t.4.'.. tocS^avifi i--n»' I ifj 0 iki£!iSS ./■'1_„ i . f,' ..^ .. .;. ,,15 / r A-. i4%' ■'•■ ' v'*^ • * • *' ■■ .V'' -■ r ■ ■• ■ i'V H '''HK''I'*‘’ _^'v' '- a>/ ,>' • ' ;lk 1 * '; {.• ,'^H.. ' '*' ' - ft ill ■' - -iu ■ ' ■ i j ■ ■ ■ y -■ 21 been found in practice to give satisfactory results under conditions similar to those obtained here. These combinations of methods have been chosen for special consideration and are: (1) medium screening and activated sludge; (2) medium screening, imhoff tanks, trickling filters and secondary sedimentation; (3) coarse screening, fine screening, trickling filters and secondary sedimentation. The degree and duration of treatment required have been studied on the basis of dilution requirements. Hazen* s formula represents the degree of dilution required to oxidize sewage and prevent nuisance. The formula is usually expressed as D 0 in which 0 is the amount of dissolved oxygen in the water in parts per million, m is the result of the oxygen consumed test, expressed in parts per million, and F is a factor depending upon the method used for determining the oxygen consumed and which is approximately 2.0 for the 30 minute test used by the State VJater Survey, plate 9 shows estimated variations by months in the water temperature in Salt Fork, the dissolved oxygen content (70fc saturation), the rate of flow, and the rate of flow of diluting water required. Table 22 has been prepared to show variations in dilution requirements by months. ’‘‘Efficient sedimentation will re- duce the dilution requirement of a sewage by 30f . * Report on Sewage Works Operation to the Sanitary Engineering Section of the American Public Health Association, Oct . 1919 . 22 fine screening should remove 30^ of the suspended solids in a sevyage.^ Since about half of the organic matter in ordinary sewage is in suspension, fine screening should remove 15% of the total organic matter. Fine screening should, therefore, reduce dilution requirements by 15%. In general the results of the application of Hazen* s formula in the development of Table 22 appear entirely reasonable. The table shows that for one month each year no treatment is necessary. Proper sedimenta- tion will give an effluent 'Which can be cared for by the stream four months each year. Effective screening on the other hand vyill not add materially to the time during the year when no further treatment is required. The treatment to follow either of these preliminary processes must be capable of changing a daily sewage flow of 4,000,000 gallons of strength index 230, to a stable effluent. The supplementary treatment, following either of the two preliminary processes, will be working nearly to capacity during August, September and October. If preliminary sedimentation is used, the additional treatment will operate on an average at 70% of full rated load for the eight months each year when further treatment is required, if preliminary screening is used the supplementary treatment v;ill operate on an average at 58% 01 full rated load for the eleven months each year when it is required. The activated sludge process when operating with St sewage vyhich has been subjected to medium screening with no ’ C.H.Hurd in Engineering News-Record, Vol.88,p.484,1922. Kenneth Allen in Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 78, p.950, 1915. 23 appreciable reduction in oxygen demand would operate on an average at 65 per cent of full rated load for the eleven months of the year when it is required. The activated sludge process is one of the newer processes of sewage treatment ^vhich has attracted considerable attention. It is essentially an aeration process depending upon the continuous bubbling of air through the sewage while it is carrying a proportion of biologically active sludge in suspension. Domestic sewage should be passed through a medium screen before treatment by this process, in order to remove coarse suspended matter. This method of sevjage treatment will produce a clear , sparkling, non-putrescible effluent. If desired ho'vTever a lesser degree of purification may be effected in order to make use of available diluting water, A point which may assume considerable importance is that this process conserves the nitrogen in the sewage. At the present time the sludge formed has some value. A properly operated plant is entirely free from unpleasant odors. ,Thls fact is not of great importance in connect- ion with the problem under consideration on account of the isolated location of the proposed treatment site. But little head is lost in the passage of sewage through an activated sludge plant. The head available at the proposed treatment site is more than sufficient for an activated sludge installation and the sewage could be treated without pumping. The experimental work done by the Illinois State Water Survey has demonstrated conclusively ths.t Champaig'n' s sewage caii be treated successfully by the activated sludge process. Perhaps the greatest disadvantage ! ill i i' ..J • * '.V r !,».» ’ ' • " i' ■'’ jttvy'tiySfcw; ■’. f (v.l^fe'i''' i'i/’i>. .jJSpF'V’ ■♦ ib »il^ i’- f> ■ ■• , ■ ’ ^'^’ivPr i^'‘' nx :■ "'*■ - .’ ‘'_'Wr^. . :^i ^ -(«-■ V' ji. ^ '®'^' *^ff- >i., ys » • .' - 5' ■ it ‘ 4 i ■ -' « : •A^ ^ • ■' r" _ ,-;"^‘^'!y • -W . ^ ^ .ilf - ^ '^i. ' va: a;;! ■ ‘ >i>0 ■ . ' ■ - ,.,t/ io f--v. f -•^ * (4. ^v .il' ( tr dt P i I ' .ti '■ ^ '■» ’ *^' .' « '. . , .'4 - ‘- i' (■? ' ii^‘* A *'2;\ ■ MAH * i ■■^ \ ■ \ r-^ . ^ ; ’' ; , '■ v\. . ' “'^•J S> itM‘ •r '^iiv " *'H' ■ t, it 4 , ■ .. '* . -J?v ^ ' .‘'"ift -t ‘-'.I -. ■ Al' ": p '♦ m- ,»c_ ■ ■,■., * y ® ' V'.J>' -ills. ,-isrt', 4 (.^ " rf .«.'■* ' pj ^ ^1 r i afiJj - • '*1^ ,\i] •:^m "Tty f i9f^frf] 00 i^ji^ ji ■V •''^^ '’-M" M of this process, especially from the point of view of the small plant is that it is complicated and requires expert management. The sludge formed must be disposed of soon after removal from the tank or a nuisance will result. The reduction of this sludge to a marketable condition is difficult and disposal by simpler methods requires considerable land area. In general the instal- lation cost of an activated sludgje plant is low and the cost of operation is high. The use of Imhoff tanks and trickling filters is the second method considered. Sedimentation in imhoff tanks is a common means of removing part of the solid matter suspended in sewage. The removal of a part of this suspended matter is a necessary precedent to satisfactory treatment by a trickling filter. An imhoff tank when properly operating removes a large part of the settleable matter from sewage in a relatively short time, and delivers an effluent which is comparatively fresh. The sludge accumulating in the lower compartment of the tank is given ample time fcr digestion, is reduced considerably in volume, and when well ripened is not particularly difficult of disposal, imhoff tanks are commonly built with a total depth of from 25 to 35 feet. The greater depths give a sludge which is easier to handle and dries more rapidly. The difficulty and expense of construction are important factors in determining the depth adopted. For this installation deep tanks would be desirable in order to lighten the difficulty of sludge disposal due to the damp climate and comparatively light soil. Imhoff tank treatment effects a considerable reduction in the oxygen demand of the applied sewage. It was brought out in connection 1 ■ bi-^ :.rt V‘^ • '•^ ■^^>‘ J/ .% • • - ' . ' „ f,i iC ■ i ■ -■>'.' . jj', .rf . g , , ;.r\, ^ »iyie ,e;;i T. aaqixe i/X. . .;j^';:‘. a. ;, Md. .y V'’^* ' >r ■C' 25 with Table 22 that this treatment alone would suffice for four months out of the year. This means that by the use of Imhoff tanks the sewage can be treated without pumping for one third of the time, imhoff tanks when properly operating require very little attention. It is desirable, however, that an attendent should inspect them at least twice a day in order to prevent too much scum from clogging the gas vents and to keep the slots open to the sludge chamber. The third method of treatment considered involves the use of fine screening instead of sedimentation in Imhoff tanks. Fine screening is another means of removing solid matter from sewage. This is a method of treatment which appeals to the popular mind and it alone might be sufficient to stop temporarily all complaiEits from land owners below the sewer outlet. Fine screening is usually adopted as an alternative to sedimentation where land values are high or where the excavation for tanks is expensive , Neither of these considerations obtains here. A fine screen plant would require constant attention and power for operation. It would be necessary to provide for prompt disposal of the screenings. At a small plant such as the one under consideration this would mean that small quantities of screenings would be demanding attention at frequent intervals. For satisfactory treatment, as previously outlined it would be necessary to pump the sewage from the screens to further treatment during eleven months of the year. The trickling filter as a means of final treatment should be entirely satisfactory for this installation, from F-' 4 •jV to! ..^IVVS — ■ *^ ■ ^ _. * 'jt\ ^•''/-’r- si ' . ~ ^9 ^'“ - '■' ' ''• ^ ■^'■' ■ i, ' ^ ■ ' '; '• .*'■*', u£r‘''V ''^ ► 4 ^ B ■’' -‘j' '*'■'* w '’ 3 Ik y\->X^ W ,>t^- ' HJrtW r : IS' .t ' '. -^’s '•.■*•'. ... TliiAw*’'’ ¥ ‘..A’ • I’X’' in ■'^B.'^ • ‘if* ■“(Kca i •■ "i lJk\>%vi,. -J p y^'.- ‘t04W _^;w '■"” t>iTc ftf - :.‘‘t^«^-^^i‘!ids'"W‘ .va^-.>jn^««»v.,o' . t>if|kyt)ftj ^.iKr ■' ' ‘ ,i£;^ Jt- -i ,i. .')• WW>T. ji ‘•itf rt'^' r»'rSfc'i*'P\ 'jTIFiU , VJ'. 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' ff^^.:. ., Z, « -. }k,Si.¥.m>M ,q '?!■ ^ .yc^ :**| .jiXXp'; ' a ■ y»v# ^ , . ,, q*9-3 ' ■'.,•• •■•> % , »*:f ' )",'\ /."^’ i- • , ..j,; - ^ Kh ' ■ ■■) . Jtf s Tm '.L m^- ‘ ‘' .V *. t • ‘ <’V ^4^3 iv - 27 soreenino’ is particulaxly adapted to certain definite conditions which do not obtain here. The adoption of fine screening as a preliminary to filtration would increase the period of pumping from 8 to 11 months yearly and thus add unnecessarily to the cost of operation. Table 23 has been prepared to show the estimated cost of sewage treatment by Irnhoff tanks and sprinkling filters, and the cost of treatment by the activated sludge process. This table is based largely on data given by Mr. Hc-P.Eddy in the Engineering Record, Vol.74, p.557, 1916. His data are listed in the lower part of the table. He estimated power for the activated sludge process to cost lj6 per kilowatt hour. In this study power has been estimated at 5/6 per kilov/att hour. This is a probable minimum figure for the vicinity of Champaign and Urbana. In estimating activated sludge power coats it was assumed that 1.5 cubic feet of air at a pressure of 7 1/2 pounds per square inch would be required for complete treatment of one gallon of sewage. Since sufficient diluting water is available to make complete treatment unnecessary during the greater part of the year, 65 per cent of 1.5 gallons or .98 gallon was taken as the average amount of air to be required per gallon during eleven months of the year when the plant is to be in operation. See column 11, Table 22, If Irnhoff tanks and trickling filters are installed the tanks alone will be expected to give the sewage sufficient treatment during three months of heavy sewage flow. During the months when the trickling fiters will be most needed the rate of sewage flow win be less than during the months when consider- ' .iV 'vH ^ ( i U-' ,'■ ^ '*,# •' i t . 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' _■ ' (' ^ , . ^■ iii.'TL' . .|:. ' ■ . i '.• Y> i: . ' . ^ .i. 4 i ; , ,.v .^V >'>.'■■. :0 .‘Stt^^r, ;;’..-.;'-J . .* ' ■' ii'' . if:. ■ , , ' S ■./.■• •' V. 'ii ■ ,<;/'■ ' _ jL'*J i * 28 able diluting water is available, For this reason the laihoff tanks should be designed for a greater rate of flow than the sprinkling filters. This requires that in the comparative cost estimate a distribution of cost must be made between the Imhoff tanks and the trickling filters. The distribution of first cost was made from cost data on the Fitchburg, Mass, plant, given in American Sewerage Tractive, Vol 3, p.6l9. The distribution of operating cost was made roughly from cost data on a vertical flov/ sedimentation and trickling filter installation at Glovers- ville, N.Y.*- Power for pumping was estimated at bfi per kilowatt hour. In figuring fixed charges the interest rate was taken as 5 per cent and the useful life of the plant as 17 years. The annual rate of depreciation corresponding to this interest rate and plant life is about 4 per cent, making the total fixed charges on capital equal to 9 per cent annually. This cost comparison shows clearly that the activated sludge process is financially inferior to an Imhoff tank and trickling filter installation for sewage treatment at Champaign and Urbana. Chapter VIT. THE ADOPTED IvIETHOD In the previous chapter it was shown that sewage treatment by coarse screening, Imhoff tanks and trickling filters was particularly adapted to local conditions. In this chapter * American Sewerage Practice. Vol -3, p.624, 1916. I 29 a preliminary design of such a plant will be developed. General design data for 1936 conditions are as follows: (1) Population (including 19,000 student s) ... .60,600 (2) Sewage Flow, million gallons daily Average 4.28 Maximum. 8,41 Minimum 1.05 Maximum Dry weather ,5.00 (5) Topography Flat (4) Soil at Plant Ordinary Glacial Till 10? Water Bearing Gravel 1,' Compact Yellow Clay 8? (5) Elevations to 111. State Water Survey Datum General Ground Surface 95.0 Salt Fork. . Normal Low Water 86,5 High Water 97. o Sewer at Inlet to Plant* ....... .95, 0 (6) Diameter of Inlet Sewer 27" For 1946 the rate of sewage flov/ is estimated to be 5,02 million gsllons daily or 117 per cent of the average for 1956, Plate 10 shows a map of the adopted disposal site and also shows the general layout suggested for the sewage treatment plant. The raw seweige upon entering the plant is to pass through a bar screen. The maximum velocity in the screen chamber is to be 1,5 feet per second. At the screen chamber provision should be made for by -passing all of the influent sewage. After screening the sewage is to go to the Imhoff tanks. Since the tank treatment is to be the only treatment provided during three months of the year the tanks should be 10 designed for the greatest average rate of flow for one of those months or 6.1 million gallons daily. Four tanks are designed, each to have a capacity of 1.525 million gallons daily, A retention period of 2.5 hours is used. The required capacity of the sedimentation chamber is 159,000 gallons. The Imhoff tanks are to be rectangular, longitudinal flow tanks, 90 feet long. The average velocity of flow will be 0.60 feet per minute. At times of maximum flow the velocity will be 0,8b feet per minute. The sedimentation capacity is to be provided by three flowing through channels, each 9.2 feet wide with a depth at the side of 5.1 feet and with the inclined sides of the bottom sloping 1.5 vertical to l horizontal. Two scum chambers, 2.7 feet wide, are to be provided between the flowing through channels. The total horizontal area of these scum chambers is to be made equal to one quarter of the area of the sludge digestion chamber. Sludge digestion space is to be provided in three hoppers. In transverse section, these hoppers are to be 20.8 feet wide at the top, 0.8 feet wide at the bottom, and -with sides sloping 1 vertical to 1 horiz^ontal. The sludge storage volume is to extend upward 1 foot above the sloping sides of the hopper. This will allovir 18 inches vertical clearance between the lip of the slot in the flowing through channel and the top of the sludge storage space. The volume thus provided will be equal to 8b20 cubic feet. This will provide storage for 157 days at the rate of .0035 cubic feet of sludge per capita daily. The total inside depth of each sedimentation chamber 31 is to be 12.0 feet and the total inside depth of the 'tank is to be 26,0 feet. The normal water surface is to be at elevation 95,0 About a foot freeboard should be allowed above this. The influent sewage is to enter through submerged gates, one at the end of each flowing through channel and the effluent is to pass over weirs the width of the flowing through channels. If the tops of the tank walls are set at elevation 96.0 the tanks will probably be flooded by the Salt Fork occasionally. In the general layout space is to be left for one more tank to provide for enlargement to meet 1946 conditions. Sludge is to be pumped from the ta nks through an 8 inch pipe by the use of an air lift. If the sludge is lifted to a distribution tower 7,5 feet above normal v;ater level in the tank it can be directed by gravity to any part of the sludge drying beds. The sludge drying beds are designed on the basis of 350 square feet of surface per thousand population contribut- ing for Imhoff sludge and on the basis of 100 square feet per thousand population for secondary tank sludge. It is thought best to build the sludge beds large enough to meet 1946 condi- tions since a large part of the work is earthwork best done while the major job is in progress and since the allowances made for sludge drying area are uncertain at best. An area of 31,400 square feet or 0.72 acres is to be provided. The beds are to consist of 6 inches of 1 inch crushed stone overlain by 10 inches of fine gravel. The sludge drying beds are to be underdrained by 8 inch tiles laid in rov/s 10 feet apart. The surface of the beds is to be at elevation 96.3* They are to be surrounded by an ear them embankment two feet wide at the top (,elev.38.0) with side slopes 2 horizontal to C'.J 32 1 vertical. The effluent of the sludge drying beds is to be passed through the secondary sedimentation tanks. The effluent of the Imhoff tanks must be pumped before it can be treated on the trickling filter. Since the greatest rates of sevJage flow occur only after a rain a portion of these greatest sewage flows may be by-passed to the Salt Fork after sedimentation, without the necessity for further treatment. An overflo?? weir about 20 feet long will be placed between the effluent channel of the Imhoff tanks and the suction well. This overflow should be set to by-pass any excess over 5.2 million gallons daily. The maximum dry weather flow is estimated to be 5,0 million gallons daily. On account of the use of the overflow, the amount of settled sewage pumped and treated will be less than the average for the months considered. Of greater importance is the fact that by the use of the overflow weir a less flexible pumping plant may be installed than if the pumps were required to handle the greatest rates of flow occurr- ing, and that the trickling filter may be operated at a more nearly uniform rate. The partially treated sewage flowing below the crest of the overflow weir will go to the suction well. This wet well will be 7 feet deep below the high water level at elevation 94.50. In plan the well is to be 12 feet by 17 feet with a capacity of 7650 gallons. The ends of the suction pipes are to be set 2 feet above the floor of the suction well. The suction well is to be the basement of part of a building housing an office and laboratory, and the room containing the pumping machinery. The room for office and laboratory purposes is to be i .1 ■| 53 12 feet by 17 feet with its floor at elevation 98,00. The -p\mp room v/iii be 17 feet by 25 feet. The floor of the pump room is to be at elevation 93,00 which w'ill permit the pumos to be self-priming. There will be four 8 inch centrifugal pumps, each direct connected to a 10 horse povier alternating current motor. Each unit is to run at 1150 R.P.M. with a rated capacity of 1200 gallons per minute. The combined capacity of 3 of these units is to be 5,2 million gallons daily. All 4 units will have a combined capacity of 6.9 million gallons daily. The pumps are to work against a total head of 20.5 feet. The actual vertical lift will be 13,5 feet. Four dosing tanks will be used. Since all the sewage to be treated on the trickling filter must first be passed through the dosing tanks the same rate of flow is assumed in the design of both the filter and the tanks. The trickling filter will be operating at full load for only a part of the time and therefore need be designed only for the average monthly rate occurring when the available dilution v/ill probably be the lowest - that is in September or October. Therefore a rate of 4,0 million gallons daily is used in the design both of the trickling filter and of the dosing tanks. The maximum rate of ilow will be 5,2 million gallons daily. The dosing tanks are to be right truncated pyramids whose elements make a 45 degree angle with the base. At the bottom the tanks are to be square, 8.2 feet on a side, and at the top they are to be 18.2 feet on a side. There is to be 5.0 feet of water in the tanks when full i I "a..: J. 'Kn# r J . ; ' t- 't rnd. Ci ; Kj I- t i fk. 1 / ) .v'i^ ‘ '^i|'. ■ 3 f ? !■: • . :W, •: 's'; . •• '.’.^rf . . . ■ ' ■ <2'.:.cM^& . ii.v . '•^ K|HK_^'i 7 ‘ V • si ‘ j I’lMi ;:'S; 1 .^'-' * , •’ ^ ; .. , , - ^ :'. :t .. 'u. *r. dilt ^i‘w ^ bj^! M... ;., <- ■ itC ^■> 1 . *i . K' -t •t '• V;.^ "•’ • ’ ^ -‘- -a’ I w'i'C^v i,» < 'f w {: % ;■• t • 9 ,®^ tfi . , J '■• * ■( . ' /•■ ■■"’■' V.' '. *•■'■*? ■ *■' - f -i.-. '•.•• 1 ^ ^*:. w ••’ •• ■'■ ■ >■' X V if ' r: ^ . 15 ,-.^^340 . . fl S^,> ..vw r .. / . p= ': '. . ’. (A r s>i^yf~>- »fe i^/.tf 'z/il'I^TO# i.' ■•<■■ . s .,' ^ ■ '■ '- '-if: ' ,? 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Head lost Invert at Screen Chamber 95.00 High Water Line at Screen Chamber 97.25 2.25 Imhoff Tank 95.00 0.50 Suction W'ell 94.50 -16 . 50 Dosing Tank (full) 111.00 8.00 Nozzles of Trickling Filter 103.00 10.50 Flow Line Jjfain Under-Drain 92.50 .50 " Secondary Tank 92.00 Salt Fork Normal Low Water b6 . 3 High Water 97.0 Surface ofSludge Drying Beds 96. 3 II « Trickling Filter 102.5 PuiTip Room Floor 93.0 Floor of Suction Well 67.5 Office Floor 98.0 The secondary tanks will be flooded at intervals and the Imhoff tanks will be flooded more rarely. Plate 10 shows the general layout of the treatment plant. Plate 12 shows a plan of the Imhoff tanks, pumphouse and dosing tanks and shows a section through this part of the plant. Plate 13 shows part of the sludge drying beds and shows the secondary tanks. Plate 11 shows the distribution system and the collection system of the trickling filter. Plate 14 shows a section of a portion of the trickling filter. It is planned to provide a residence at the plant for the operator in charge. Somewhat more than on acre of ground is left for this purpose. The following is an estimate of the probable cost of a sewage treatment plant such as has been described. An 27 attempt has been made to bring published unit construction costs up to date by the use of index numbers. An index number of 115 has been taken for the first part of 1916,* Engineering- ond Contracting gives 153 as the index to the same base, for March 1933. An estimating prices from 1916 figures a ratio of 1, 32 has been used. Most of the unit prices given below have been estimated from data in "American Sewerage Practice". Vol.III. Prices on pumping machinery were estimated from data furnished by the manufacturers, . FIRST COST OF PLANT. Imhoff Tanks: 6.1 million gallons daily capacity at $13,500 $8 2,000. Pumping Equipment: Four 1200 gallon per minute, 10-horsepov/er units at $lfeO.. 5,800* Sprinkling Filters: 32 , 300 cubic yards at $6.00 (or at $58 , 200 per acre)...., 194,000- Secondary Sedimentation Tanks, 51,000 cubicfeet at .390..., 19,400* Sludge-drying Beds (1946) .72 acre at $4,570.... 3,300. Screen Chamber 700. Dosing Tanks and Apparatus, 4 million gallon daily average capacity at $1,940 7,800. Pump House 2,000. Pipe Lines 6,200. Supts. Residence 4,500. Contingencies 10.6 per cent of total 43,600. Administration 10 per cent of total 40 , 700. $410,000 ♦"Sewerage and gewage Disposal", Metcalf and Eddy, p.VII. "\ 58 ANl'TUAL OPERATING COST. Pumping 976 million gallons at $5.40 for electricity alone $5,270. Superintendent, 12 months at $155.35 1,600, Laborers at $100.00;one for 8 mojone for lOmo. . 1,800. Extra labor, 120 man-days at $5.50 430, Maintenance of buildings and grounds 1,000. LiS'hting,heat ing aid water supply. 250. Plant supplies (oil, etc.,) 500. Plant maintenance 900, Contingencies 9.7 per cent of total 1 . 280 . $13,000 A sewage treatment plant as outlined in a preliminary way in this chapter would solve the sevirage disposal problem for the cities of Champaign and Urbana. While the cost of the proposed structure is not low it is well belov^ the limit of the sum which the voters of the community axe able to authorize the Urbana and Champaign Sanitary District to spend. When the question of a bond issue for the construction of sewage treatment works comes up, the real question at issue will be not whether such disposal works are to be constructed, but rather, whether such disposal works ai-e to be constructed now or a few years in the future under the compulsion of some higher governmental authority. f- .' '"*. >(? f "";Ul V •'■^ * 4 \ * f . {> TABLES. Number Typical Analyses of Water I Stream Run-off at Monticello and Danville II Frequency of Run-off in Salt Fork. ITT Average Sewage Analyses. IV Grouped Sewage Analyses V Analyses of Day vs. Night Sewage ...VI Population of Cities, VII Attendance at University.,,. ..VIII Hourly Sewage Flow on TypiCcd Days. IX Weekly Averages of Hourly Sewage Flow X Sewage Flow and Corrected University Pumpage for Typical Weeks XI Weekly Selvage Flow for 47 weeks... ,XII Water Exchanged between City and University .XIII Corrected Hourly Pumpage at University XIV Weekly Puinpage at University .XV Corrected Weekly Pumpage at University XVI Distribution of University Pumpage, XVII Weekly Sewage Flovv. Estimate for 1956 XVIII Daily « n ” XIX Hourly " ” " « XX Mean Monthly Air Temperatiires. XXI Variation in Dilution Requirements... .XXII Cost Comparison XXIII ’ < i t- > PLATES. Number Map of Urbana and Champaign Sanitary District (Frontispiece) T I Mean Monthly Run-off II Frequency Curve for Salt Fori Ill Population - Estimate ...IV Hourly Rate of Sev^age Flow for Typical Days V Daily Rate of Sewage Flow for Typical Weeks VI Sewage and Water Mean Weekly Rate of Flow, 1921 VII Relation of Rate of Flow to Strength of Sewage VIII Conditions in Salt Fork IX Sewage Disposal Site X Trickling Filter Plan XI I rah off Tanks, Pump House and Dosing Tanks XII Sludge Drying Beds and Secondary Sedimentation Tanks. XIII Trickling Filter Section. XIV 39 TABLE I. TYPICAL ANALYSER OF WATER. Tap Water p.p, m. Turbidity 13, Color 15. Residue on evaporation 40C. Chlorine in Chlorides 1, Oxygen Consumed 4,9 NH3 Nitrogen 2,8 Albuminoid Nitrogen ,12 Nitrite « ,02 Alkalinity Methyl Orange 362. Dissolved Oxygen per Gent Saturation Relative Stability - Per Cent ( 2 ) Salt Fork p. p. m. 518. 8 , 4.3 .080 .192 .022 246. 6.46 70. 84. (1) As supplied by the Champaign and Urbana Water Co. The University supoly is of practically the same quality as that for Champaign and Urbana except for an added iron content of about 2 p.p.m. (2) Mean of analyses of two samples taken on Oct. 1,1917 at two different stations above junction with the Boneyard. Estimated flow (exclusive of sewage) belovj Champaign sewer outlet Was 1,500,000 gallons per day. From report on "Condition of Salt Fork in the vicinity of Urbana" . Oct. 1917, 0. C.Habermeyer , vno-ineer of the State Water f^rvey. Temp 68 ®F' r I I I ■3 :: ' ) { * -- • ■ V ( .1 i !■ M • •■- ■ . ' ' • *fS i 40 TABLE II. STREAM RUNOFF. Month Sanganion Vermilion Estimate for Salt Fork near near at Sewer Outlet Monticello Danville U) (2) (3) (4) Second -feet per square mile Thousand Gallons Daily Feb. 1908 3.44 169,000 Mar. 2.51 123,400 Apr, . 2.04 100,200 May 6.56 322,000 June .473 23,300 July .106 5,210 Aug, .024 1,178 Sept. ,ol2 589 Oct. .013 638 Nov. ,024 1,178 Dec. .026 1,277 Jan. 1909 ,031 1,523 Feb. 1.69 83,000 Max. .815 40,000 Apr, 2.20 108,000 May 1,34 65,800 June 1.01 49,600 July 1,73 85,000 Aug. .074 3,630 Sept. .029 1,424 Oct. .032 1,571 Nov, .198 9,720 Dec, .184 9,030 Jan. 1910 1.32 64,800 Feb. ,600 29,500 Mar. .671 32,900 Apr. . ,169 8,300 May .705 34,600 June .331 16,240 July .112 5,500 Aug, .039 1,914 Sept. .163 8,000 Oct. .078 3,830 Nov. .0 39 1,914 Dec. .157 7,710 il TABLE II. CONT STREAM RUNOFF. Month Sangamon Vermilion Estimate for Salt Fork near near at Sewer Outlet. Monticello Danville (1) (2) (3) (4) Second-feet per square mile Thousand Gallons Daily Apr. 1915 .161 .148 .154 7,550 May .156 .188 .172 8,450 June .‘^9 .484 ,346 17,000 July .416 .712 .564 27,700 Aug, 2.56 1.97 2 . 26 111,000 Sept. 1.03 ,496 .763 37,500 Oct, ,260 . 256 .258 12,670 Nov, .119 .118 .118 5,790 Dec. .155 .192 .173 8,500 Jan. 1916 S.60 3,12 2.86 140,400 Feb. 2.11 1.36 1.73 84,900 Mar. .967 .497 .742 36,400 Apr. .685 .645 . 665 32,700 May ,516 .930 .723 35,500 June .416 .659 .537 26,300 July .081 .119 .100 4,920 Aug, .022 ,021 .021 1,032 Sept, .014 .020 .017 835 Oct. .021 .030 .025 1 , 227 Nov. .027 .033 ,030 1,473 Dec. .029 .106 .067 3,290 Jan. 1917 .034 .153 .093 4,570 Feb. .037 .044 .040 1,964 Mar. .691 .984 .837 41,200 Apr. .582 .672 .627 30,700 May .354 .938 . 646 31,700 June 1.96 2.38 2 .17 106,600 July .273 .372 ,322 15,800 Aug. .276 .137 ,206 10,120 Sept, .103 .098 .100 4,920 Oct. .029 1,423 Nov. ,048 2,350 Dec, .035 1,720 il TABLE II. CONT. STREAM RUNOFF. Month Sangamon Vermilion Estimate for Salt Fork near near at Sewer Outlet. Monticello Danville (1) (2) (3) (4) Second-feet per square mile Thousand Gallons Daily Jan. 1911 1,00 49,200 Feb. .584 28,700 Mar. .484 23,800 Apr. 1.22 59,900 May .322 ' 15,800 June .054 2,650 July ,014 687 Aug. .0088 432 Sept. .589 28,900 Oct. .951 46, 700 Nov. 1.33 65,300 Dec. .909 44,700 Jan. 1912 .564 27,700 Feb. .840 41,200 Mar, . 3.89 191,000 Apr . . 2.35 115,400 May 1.93 94,800 June .264 12,960 July .575 28,300 Aug. .139 6,920 Sept. .037 1,817 Oct. — — — Nov, ,320 15,700 Deo. .104 5,110 July 1914 ,014 687 Aug. .0065 319 Sept. ,012 589 Oct. .0080 393 Nov. .010 .015 .012 589 Dec. .015 .021 .018 884 Jan. 1915 .014 ,023 .018 884 Feb, .842 .702 .772 37,900 Mar , .161 .255 .208 10,220 f 1 I I ♦ f » I 'j. I - f i; u r * . .k •>l I V r f; •.j V ■■ . .1 ; (■ ,V.- I S • 'A u ■i \\ 1 1 ! .1 - ! i| 7T ■j I I f’ i. - i ■ ky - I'- 1 , I t ' ^•i t ,V ', 1 H •li r i' I 43 TABLE II. CONT, STREAM RUNOFF. Month Sangamon Vermilion Estimate for Salt Fork near near at Sewer Outlet. Monticello Da nville U) (2) (3) Second-feet per square mile (4) Thousand Gallons Daily Jan. 1918 .017 835 Feb. ^.16 106,000 Mar. .275 13,500 Apr . 1.13 55,500 May 1.14 56,000 June .667 32,700 July .778 38,200 Aug. .055 2,700 Sept. .431 (1) Mean monthly discharge -from U. S. 21,100 G. S. water supply papers 265, 285, 305, 325, 405, 435, 455, 475* Drainage area 550 sq. mi. (2) Water supply papers 403, 433, 453. Dr a inage area 1280 sq. mi. (3) The a verage of (l) and (2). (4) Based on drainage area 76 sq. mi. 44 TABIiHl III. ESTIIvL-.TS OF MIKII'aUI’vl FLOV/ III SALT FORK Based on 109 Months of Record. 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IL 49 TABLE VII. POPULATION. Year Champai gn & Urbana Rockford S, Bend Indiana P eoria Decatur Dan- ville Univ. of 111. 1860 3,765 6,979 3,803 14,045 3,839 1,632 1870 6,902 11,049 7,206 22 ,849 7,161 4,751 1880 8,045 13,129 13,280 29,259 9,547 7,733 1890 9,350 23,584 21,819 41,024 16,841 11,491 1900 14,826 31,051 35,999 56,100 20,75 4 16,354 1910 20 , 66o 45,401 53,684 66,950 31,140 27,871 1980 26,103 65,651 70,983 76,121 43,818 33,750 7,839 1936 41,600 19,000 1946 51,200 21,000 1950 55,100 1850 2,093 1,652 5,095 736 Year when population^: 26,103 1920 1893 1893 1875 1905 1908 (Estimated annual increase in population = 967 for Ohampaign and Urbana. ) 50 TABLE VIII. Net Attendance for Each Academic Tear in the Champaig;n and Urbana Departments of the University. From a Tabulation in the Office of the Supervising Architect. Year Attendance Y ear A tte 1869-70 ISO 1897 699 71 277 98 8 35 72 434 99 973 73 4-00 1899-1900 1156 74 405 01 1341 75 373 02 1549 76 383 03 18 36 77 274 04 2188 78 256 05 2376 79 276 06 2616 80 303 07 2866 81 302 08 3223 82 281 09 3463 83 282 1910 3676 84 245 11 3793 95 273 12 3983 86 2’^6 13 4002 87 252 14 4338 88 274 15 4928 89 296 16' 5270 90 356 17 5610 91 387 18 4504 92 420 19 6123 93 518 20 7839 94 552 1920-1921 7989 95 633 1921-1922 8714 96 682 51 TABLE IX. Champaign Sewage Rate of Flow at the Plant on Typical Days in Thousand Gallons per Day. Time A.M. S W M 8: 30-9: 30 972, 120 3 875 9: 30-10: 30 1080. 1320 1110 10: 30=11: 30 1110 1330 1170 11: 30-12: 30 1040 1260 1140 P. M. 12: k)-l: 30 372 1230 1100 1- 30-2* 30 1010 1230 945 2: 30-3: 30 372 1330 952 3: 30-4: 30 1040 1200 1070 4: 30-5 : 30 1010 1200 1080 5: 30-6: 30 1110 1200 914 6: 30-7: 30 1110 1200 833 7: 30-8: 30 972 1200 828 8 : 30-g : 30 310 1140 770 3: 30-10: 30 850 1140 740 10: 30-11: 30 702 800 742 11: 30-12: 30 730 890 643 A H 12:'.30-1: 30 702 360 640 1*30-2* 30 340 740 643 2: 30-3: 30 438 620 677 3. 30-4* 30 438 570 1190 4* 30-5: 30' 475 570 1440 5: 30-6* 30 6* 30-7* 30 402 452 l?8 1730 2330 ?: 30-sJ 30 610 8 30 2930 2620 Mean 828 1015 1166 0 = Typical summer day. Wed. July 13,1921 winter, ” ” jan. .12,1920 , il - Sept. 2, 1321. Shows effect of rain. Only a tr rain was recorded, for the day. of NOTE: The miniimn recorded 300,000 gallons per recorded hourly rate rate of flow for one hour = day on August 6, 1921. The maximum is shown under M. r* ' I / » •S ( \ 4 ( I f 0 i ^ . r f • 1 \ {■ 'n "’I Vi i J’ • j Ci ^ r • i, V « i: i s TABLE X. WEEKLY AVERAGES OF HOURLY FLOW IN THE CPIA?/!PAIGN SEWER. Unit Rate given in 1000-Gal. per hour. Cay Saturday Saturday Monday Mo nday Monday Saturday Date J an . 1 eb . 19 Mar . 21 May 16 June c June 25 to to to to to to Period J an . 7 Feb. 26 Mar . 28 May 23 June 13 July 2 All 8:30-9:30 49.0 52,5 80 . 5 62.5 67.5 43.5 9: 30-10: 30 58.5 59.5 83.0 70.5 72,5 50.0 10: 30-11-30 58.5 60,0 84.0 70,0 73.5 50.0 11: 30-12: 30 59.0 58.5 84.0 68.0 74.0 50.0 PHI 2: 30-1: 30 57.0 58.0 83.0 67.0 75.5 49.0 1: 30-2: 30 56.0 55.5 83.5 64.0 70.5 44.5 2: 30-3: 30 58.0 57.5 82.5 64.5 71.0 43.5 3:30-4: 30 56.5 56,0 81.5 64. 5 70.0 49.0 4:30-5:30 56.5 54.0 81,5 62.5 67.0 48.0 5: 30-6: 30 55.0 53.0 81.5 60.0 64,0 45.0 6:30-7: 30 54.0 53.0 81.0 62.0 63.0 43.0 7:30-8:30 53.0 51.0 77.5 58.0 59,5 43.0 8:30-9: 30 53.0 47.5 76.5 56.5 57.0 37.5 9: 30-10: 30 51.5 46.5 75.5 53.0 53.5 37.5 10: 30-11: 30 46.0 44.0 74.5 46.0 51.6 34.0 AMll: 30-12: 30 44.0 43.0 73.5 45.0 51.0 33.0 12: 30-1: 30 42.5 41.0 73.5 36.0 49.5 30.5 1:30-2:30 36.0 37.0 71.5 33.0 46.5 27.5 2: 30—3: 30 32.5 33.0 70,0 33.0 43.5 25 . 5 3:30 -4:30 30.0 29.0 70.0 29.0 42.5 25,0 4: 3^'-5: 30 29.5 28.5 69.5 33.0 40.5 22.0 5: 30-6:30 29.0 28.5 74.5 37.5 40.0 21.0 6:30-7: 30 31.0 31.0 74.5 36.5 42.0 26.5 7: 30-8: 30 32.0 39.0 78.0 41.0 51.0 33.5 1 TABLE X. Cont. Day- Wednesday Tuesday Tuesday Friday S aturd ay Wednes- Date July 20 Aug. 3 Aug. 16 Sept. 2 Nov. 17 day, De to to to to to Dec. 7t( Period July 27 Au g. 10 Aug. 23 Sept, 9 Nov. 23 Dec. 14 AM 8 : 30-9 : 30 36.5 37.0 35.0 62.5 88.0 73.0 9: 30-10: 30 44.0 40.0 45.5 62.5 91.5 79.0 10: 30rll: 30 46.0 49.0 49.0 62.5 91.0 82.5 11:30-12: 30 45.0 46.5 46.0 60.0 90.5 82.0 PM12: 30-1: 30 44.5 43.5 43.0 57.5 89.0 81,0 1:30-2: 30 42.0 43,0 ^0 . 0 57.0 87.5 82.0 2:30-3:30 44.0 42.0 39.0 56.0 87.0 82 . 5 3: 30-4: 30 45.0 42.0 38.5 54.5 86.0 81.5 4: 30-5 : 30 44.0 41.5 38,0 53.0 85.5 79.0 5: 30-6: 30 41.0 41.0 37.5 51.0 85.0 79.5 S: 30-7: 30 39.5 39 . 0 34.5 49.0 83,5 SO.O 7: 30-8: 30 36.0 38.0 31.0 48.0 32.0 SO.O 8: 30-9: 30 34.0 36.0 29.5 46.5 . 82.0 79.5 9: 30-10: 30 33.5 34.0 28.0 45.5 82.5 78.0 10: 30-11: 30 30.0 31.0 26.0 42.0 82.5 76.5 AHll: 30-12: 30 27.5 28. 5 24.5 40.5 82.5 76.0 1: 30-2: 30 24.0 27.0 22.0 38.5 81.0 75.0 2: 30-3: 30 23.5 24.0 20.0 37,5 80,5 71,0 3:30-4: 30 21.5 21.5 19.5 36,5 80.0 38. 5 4: 3'^-5: 30 20.5 2C.0 19.0 38.5 79.0 65.5 5:30-6:30 19.5 19.0 20.5 44.5 79,0 33.0 6: 30-7: 30 18.5 21.5 24.5 46.0 79,0 58.0 7: 30-8; 30 18.0 24.0 26.0 48.0 82.0 53.5 8 : 30-9 ; 30 24.5 27.0 28.0 56,0 84,5 60.5 N ■I. I I: M. TABLE XI, I:IEAN RATE OF FLOW IN THOUSAND GALLON UNITS DAILY FOR TYPICAL WEEKS. Champaign's Sewage Day July Rfl. Feb. Rfl. May 25-31 10-16 20-26 inc. inc. inc . Sun. Mon. Tues, Vi ed. 2150 Thurs. 2544 Fri. , 26 2453 Sat. 2185 bun. 755 1038 2082 Mon. 865 1151 2117 Tues. 856 1162 .01 2130 Wed. 827 1138 Thurs. 877 1113 i>r i. 790 1104 Sat. 844 1096 Mean 831 1115 2237 Corrected Univers ity Pumnau 5 Rfl. Jan, Feb. May 10-16 20-26 25-31 1.10 473 3.60 293 .06 460 .01 448 337 461 381 546 319 352 798 531 709 490 450 525 361 291 466 783 471 Ril = Rainfall during day. TABLE XII D5 Champaign 19B1 MEAN V®EKLY SE?JA GE FLOWS IN TROUSANR GALLONS DAILY, We©}f Flow Rainfall Week Flov; Rainfall Ending Ending Jan. 1 1315 .02 July 2 910 rzr> » 8 1102 .17 ” 9 922 .26 •• 15 1012 .13 " 16 827 ” 22 1025 .50 ” 23 862 .92 ” 39 1076 .22 ” 30 917 1.28 Feb. 5 1183 .71 Aug. 6 853 1.20 ” 12 1260 . 33 " 13 962 1,94 " 19 1147 ” 20 778 .14 " 26 1114 .01 " 27 877 .98 Max . 5 1112 .35 Sept. 3 991 1,17 ” 12 1614 ^ " 10 1060 1,74 ” 19 1925 .10 " 17 978 .88 ” 26 1816 1.92 " 24 1120 .59 Apr. 2 1887 1.32 Oct. ]. 1130 1,23 ” 9 1904 .23 " 8 1290 .78 ” 13 1.37 " 15 1100 ” 23 1.35 ” 22 1280 .33 " 30 1.57 ” 29 1140 1.05 May 7 2121 .10 Nov. 5 1090 .074 I. 14 1650 . 39 12 0.69 " 21 1285 ” 19 2040 4.0? “ 28 1857 4.77 "26 2070 . 15 June 4 2030 .42 Dec. 3 2090 .31 ” 11 1460 .36 " 10 1820 .01 " 18 1110 . 69 " 17 1410 ,71 » 25 1020 .57 " 24 ” 31 56 TABLE XIII, WATER EXCHANGED BETWEEN THE CHAiiPAIGN AIT3 tjrbANA water company and THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. (Part a) Puinped by City to University Date June 24,1320 August 15 October 10 November 7 January 2,1921 March 13 Thousand Gallons 54 208 242 242 215 201 (Part b) Pumped by University to City May 18,1921 195 tt 19 255 «i 20 242 It 21 255 tt 22 275 tt 24 215 It 25 248 ?i 26 269 June 1 262 It 2 262 tt 4 382 tt 8 242 It 9 289 Tt 10 248 n 14 255 ft 15 269 It 18 295 n 21 242 It 24 295 tt 235 ti 28 242 Jdly • 1 248 H 2 221 II 3 242 II 6 242 ft 7 215 l« 13 295 li 14 261 U 15 295 n 17 282 it 20 261 II 26 269 ti 28 255 II 29 269 5T TABLE XIII. Cont. (Part b.Cont.} Pumped by University to City. Thousand Gallons Sept ..27,1921 255 t! 29 369 ii 30 235 Oct. 1 282 ti 5 275 n 7 242 t» 9 295 It 13 161 II 25 269 14 28 259 Nol^. 2 269 II 4 248 n 5 242 11 11 295 II 14 289 It 15 269 11 22 208 Ii 30 175 Dec. 3 269 n 5 235 II 7 221 II 10 248 11 13 201 11 16 224 II 17 221 Ii 18 201 II 22 255 Jan. 3,1922 295 II 6 287 II 7 228 II 9 302 n 10 375 n 11 215 II 12 228 n 13 248 II 14 215 58 TABLE XIV. CORKECTE-n RATE OF HOURLY PUMP AGE AT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ON TODITESDAYS. 1921. March 9 August 3 Thousand Gallons Thousand Gallons Daily. Daily. 6 to 7 A.M. 341 485 n t 468 377 8 701 485 9 754 485 10 898 609 11 701 665 12 M 540 432 1 P.M. 521 432 2 521 557 3 573 503 4 573 485 5 665 485 6 521 360 7 412 485 c 432 468 9 396 485 10 341 432 11 341 283 12 M. N. 360 216 1 A.M. 324 252 2 324 252 3 341 252 4 341 233 5 324 233 59 TABLE XV. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS MEAN WEEKLY PUMPIGE IN THOUSAI'ID GALLO l^TS DAILY. Week Ending Rate of Week Finding Rate of Flow Flow January 1 326 July 2 628 » 8 410 " 9 585 " 15 430 " 16 660 22 424 " 23 525 " 29 422 " 30 592 February 5 414 August 6 424 " 12 423 ” 13 428 " 19 380 " 20 366 ” 26 440 ” 27 381 March 5 474 September 3 416 " 12 472 " 10 357 " 19 472 ” 17 395 " 26 444 It 24 437 April 2 453 October 1 572 « 9 493 ” 8 5 37 '* 16 481 ” 15 533 " 23 487 ” 22 472 •' 30 482* ” 29 523 May 7 463* November 5 566 - ”14 516* " 12 515 ”21 620* " 19 552 "28 554 " 26 477 June 4 529 December 3 565 " 11 503 ” 10 570 " 12 554 ,1 17 577 " 25 536 " 24 452 II " 31 343 1922 January 7 546 " 14 642 ” 21 636 " 28 635 Mean for year = 493, Mean per student = ol,6 gallons daily * Calculated from pumpage from well No. 6 at the rate of 32,600 gallons per hour .. 'A • • !T » 'll fi r * ■ :v-- j i¥ . .-f '•.:j||'.;r.; ;j, '’;. >-’,i...c-i' ,; ,v«^,u«.y ♦A*’ - ) <= ,1 ,\',v v^fiL •■ V «4k.. ■‘ .-^ ■'»: ^ ’ 1'. n ' .1 ■ 1 *-j ^ . '•’, f. '■•- ■*^ «_ j ;■ '‘Vt ' r?> I . S '* ■ ■• ■'■!’^ r . v.v" *w ■ ^ ^ ■ '• • ’■ ■v>4 - ■■ cf' x " • 1*. t%i 'W »C ; '■ T,1 .*! ‘“■■™*^ ‘ I' T^V ■'Tr. f iXt i '-t -c . '■ 4' ^ ' ■ '‘- *. M& yf- 1. .4. C. . #» ^ ^ » .. 'tfl ’■ -iy-.fwfe jvG r* -. ,-A.i '.5^, •■•' "Wl.'V* . 4,,<.„ •'. ^ f, c ii>'' Ik • ■’* k UB'%, l» '/ ii • ■f» ”:r > V.^i' f i V..ME . , [■1 i '- ^ rr ijV '■' % >m Myy.’m. 'n ** ’■ V ■^i'' . 1 ti' "V '*^-{k%' - U ■: 'f ■ *r ,.^i 'fi /■J '(/ ■'•v t . 'tm- K^V *»Wt' «4 j ; . -'.w . 4-1. • »wW . •- '• ■ ■• _ K. »H,., «,^V.;; ^ ^ ‘A. " ' ^ i ..V TJ!g ^v:; V’" ' NTto ■iw/ iWiu. ■-, tSliliii- •-■ .^f ■asa,: TABLE XVI MEAN WEEKLY USE OF WATER BY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS THE UNIVERSITY PU'.TAGE CORRECTED FOR THE FLOW OF WATER TO AND FROM THE MAINS OF TFIE CHAA'IPAiaN AND URBANA WATER COMPANY. Week Thousand Gallons Week Thousand Gallon Endi: ng Per Bay Endi ng Per Day Jan, 1 326 July 1 492 n 8 471 It 9 443 1) 15 430 11 16 581 22 424 II 23 446 29 422 ii 30 477 Feb . 5 414 Aug. 6 424 f) 12 428 It 13 428 n 19 380 It 20 366 ?i 26 440 II 27 381 Mar, 5 474 Sept, .3 416 ?i 12 472 tf 10 357 n 19 501 li 17 395 It 26 444 t) 24 437 April 2 453 Oct. 1 408 It 9 493 ft 8 464 It 16 481 n 15 468 It 23 487 if 22 472 li 30 482 n 29 448 May 7 463 Nov. 5 457 It 14 516 II 12 473 n 21 484 ti 19 472 It 28 411 tt 26 448 June 4 414 Dec. 3 501 It 11 391 11 10 469 it 18 438 II 17 485 It 25 459 •1 24 388 11 31 343 1922 Jan. 7 463 f1 14 429 Mean = 444. Thousand gallons dally. SI TABLE XVII. DISTRIBUTION OF UNIVERSITY PUMPAGE. University Buildings Connected to Champaign Sanitary Sev;er. r Rate (1) Vivarium Y.W. C.A. .95 33.5 Union (part) l.OOe Armory 6. 00 e Hor ticul ture .03 1.0 isolation Hospital ,50e Beef Cattle Buildings 3.00e Mumford’s House ,54 18.8 Stock Judging Pavilion Dairy Barn & Milk-house 6.00 e Gymnasium 5.87 206.6 Gym Annex e Education 2.59 91.3 Botany Green House 1.17 41.3 Wood Shop Metal Shop .01 ,4 Electrical Engineering Lab, .07 2.4 Power House 63.1 (2) Locomotive Test Lab. Ceramics 1.56 54.8 Mining Lab. .17 5.5 Transportation 12.50 439.6 M e ch an i c al E n gi ne ar i n g L ab . .04 1.3 Unaccounted For 3.96 Total 45.96 Buildings Connected to Ur b ana Sewers. Health Service A.M. Lab, Engineering Hall ,70 24.6 Physics 1,47 51.9 Library e Administration .94 33.1 University Hall .93 32,9 Law Natural History 1.32 43.6 Chemistry 12.80 455 . 5 Woman's Bldr. 3. 38 118.6 Lincoln n O • O 34.5 Auditorium e Agriculture 7.70. 270.8 A gricul tur al Gr een Hous e .07 2.3 Smith Music ,82 28.9 Horse Barn l.OOe Imp. Barn 11 00 e Genetics .07 2.5 62 table XVII. Cont. DISTRIBUTION OF UNIVERSITY PUMPAaE University Buildings connected to Urbana Sanitary Sewers. Rate Farm Meoiianics ,22 7.9 Agronomy .05 1,7 Flow er Green-nous e ,16 5.5 Horticulture Green-House Unaccounted For 2.33 3,39 81.9 Total 3S.33 The Totals are as Follows: Per Cent Received by Champaign SevVers 45.36 ” " urbana « 3S.33 Not received by Sanitary " 14. 70 99.99 vl) The mean rate of flow for the three weeks Feb. 18, to March 11, expressed in thousand gallons per v/eek. (2) Boiler make-up. e Percenta.ge estimated (meter readings not available). * The per cent of the total average. f 'I T. yffl-ar ( .1 )i '.1 A-fS: I • nJui T! ( • - L,*: ; .T ■•>.. ir 1 ^ ti ) T I I i... ■!S '’■ ' ' i 1 f ( r \ §5 TABLE XIX. CHA^'IPATGN AW UREANA 1936 ESTIMATE ilEAN DAILY SEWAGE FLOW FOR TYPICAL WEEKS. MILLION GALLONS DAILY. Day 1931 4:6. Ofa Use Corrected 294$ 20 3< 1936 C, Flow at U. of I . C . Flow Correcti^ Use at Estimate C. Flow U.of I. 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