September 2013 - Civiele Techniek en Geowetenschappen
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September 2013 - Civiele Techniek en Geowetenschappen
Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering Uitgave: Redactie: Contact: Internet: Nummer: TU Delft • Faculteit CiTG • sectie Sanitary Engineering Jennifer Duiverman• Jules van Lier Postbus 5048 • 2600 GA Delft • +31(0)15 2783347 • secr-gez-citg@tudelft.nl www.sanitaryengineering.tudelft.nl 13e jaargang nummer 4 • September 2013 Redactie Het einde van de zomer is in zicht. Nog even een 30+ “the MOOC”. Met Anke en Peter als Spindoktors, hebben eindsprint en de zomer van 2013 gaat te boek als we het traject volledig in de hand en de inschrijvingen bijzonder geslaagd! Een ideale zomer. Ik heb weinig nemen gestaag toe naar het ongelooflijke aantal van mensen horen klagen dus ik ga er maar van uit dat, 20.000 studenten voor onze “Introduction to Water behalve mezelf, de meeste mensen op zijn minst Technology MOOC”. Uiteraard gaan we ervan uit dat thermo-tolerant zijn. Een voldaan gevoel? Iets knaagt deze aantallen worden meegenomen in de berekening er wel. De sectie Sanitary Engineering is doorgegroeid outputfinanciering zodat we met een gerust hart naar naar een coherente groep van waterspecialisten uit de de toekomst kunnen kijken. Het indirecte effect van de verschillende sub-disciplines. We worden binnen de MOOC is een wereldwijde interesse voor onze opleiding. Faculteit als voorbeeld gesteld als het gaat over gender Met een mogelijk numerus fixus in het verschiet kunnen equity, en de voertaal is veranderd van Nederlands naar we overgaan tot selectie van alleen de beste studenten.. Engels (alleen nog het voorwoord van die Nieuwsbrief..). Naast de MOOC start in september ook onze online In deze ontwikkeling hadden we een vast baken, een MSc, waarmee we volledig meebewegen met de nieuwe trouwe medewerkster die achter de schermen de tent ontwikkelingen in onderwijsland. Meebewegen, laveren liet draaien. Goed gelezen, de zin is in verleden tijd… op de toppen van de golven, gebruik maken van reeds Op 12 september nemen we officieel afscheid van ons bestaande stromingen en krachten. Dit waren juist de aller “Mieke”, zij gaat met pensioen. Mieke was jaren ons overwegingen die ik had toen ik dit jaar met een zeilboot ‘single entry point’, met volledig overzicht over het reilen de Cycladen in Griekenland rondvoer in de vakantie. Met en zeilen van de sectie. Niemand wist het, maar in feite windkracht 7 en lange zeegolven heeft het geen zin om was Mieke ons sectiehoofd, baken voor staf en tijdelijk tegendraads te zijn. De krachten zijn simpelweg te groot. medewerkers. Zoals aan elk mooi feestje komt ook hier Maar gebruikmakend van de krachten blijkt dat je opeens aan een eind. We zijn Mieke zeer dankbaar voor haar de boot met een ongelooflijke snelheid van 10 knopen inzet en we wensen haar een ongelooflijk mooie tijd toe in vooruit kunt krijgen. We zullen dankbaar gebruik maken goede gezondheid. Natuurlijk blijft ze tot in de lengte der van de verdiensten van Mieke, het Delft online onderwijs dagen als bijzondere gast zeer welkom bij onze sectie. team en ons eigen kunnen om onze kennis voor een Maar goed het tekent de zomer van waar men dacht daar ieder ter wereld beschikbaar te maken. Hijs de zeilen..! komt nooit een einde aan (wie zong dat ook al weer). Daarnaast werd de zomer getekend door een grafiek Jules van Lier waarvan we wekelijks een update kregen. De TU Delft en zeker onze sectie Sanitary Engineering, is in de greep van Nieuwsbrief ontvangen? Wilt u onze nieuwsbrief ook ontvangen? Stuur dan een e-mail naar de sectie Sanitary Engineering: secr-gez-citg@tudelft.nl Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 Agenda Data colloquia 16.00-17.00 uur Spreker 1 Spreker 2 Spreker 3 Locatie 19-09-2013 Guido Kooijman Jorge Elias Maxil Joaquin Osorio 02.110 24-10-2013 Helena Sales Ortells Yu Tao Lina Bachert 2.62 14-11-2013 Haoyu Wang Steef de Valk Annelies Aarts 2.62 05-12-2013 (10.30) Xuedong Zhang Nikola Stanic Sam Olivero 4.98 Promoties Conferenties Amer El-Kalliny International Water Week Conference Topic: Photocatalytic Oxidation for Drinking Water Datum: 5-6 november 2013 Treatment Using Hypochlorite and Titanium Locatie: Amsterdam RAI Dioxide Water Movie Challenge Datum: 25-09-2013 Participation: Tijd: 10.00 uur More information: tracing@waternetwerk.nl www.facebook.com/youngiww Locatie: TU Delft, Aula Vakantiecursus 2014 Anke Grefte Datum: 10 januari 2014 Topic: Removal of Natural Organic Matter Fractions Locatie: TU Delft, CiTG, collegezaal A en B by Anion Exchange Aanmelden: www.aanmelder.nl/vakantiecursus2014 Datum: 29-11-2013 Meer informatie:secr-gez-citg@tudelft.nl Tijd: 10.00 uur Locatie: TU Delft, Aula Afstudeercolloquia Gea Terhorst Workshops & Symposia Topic: Verandering van de drinkwaterkwaliteit in SLIMM monitoren van de drinkwaterkwaliteit een distributienetwerk; de effecten van Datum: 26-09-2013 transport en opstarten van een nieuwe Tijd: 12.30-16.30 uur zuivering Locatie: Productiebedrijf Engelse Werk van Datum: 20-09-2013 Vitens, Ruiterlaan 46, 8019 BP Zwolle Tijd: 14.00 uur Aanmelden: www.waternetwerk.nl Kennisprogramma Urban Drainage Datum: 24-10-2013 Tijd: 13.00-16.00 uur Locatie: Deltares, Rotterdamseweg 185, Delft Informatie: www.gezondheidstechniek.tudelft.nl Aanmelden: j.g.langeveld@tudelft.nl 2 Locatie: TU Delft, CiTG, zaal G Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 Workshops 3 Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 4 Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 Promotieverslagen Photocatalytic Oxidation for Drinking Water Treatment Using Hypochlorite and Titanium Dioxide of HA in LPUV/NaOCl process is higher than that for the MPUV/NaOCl process, which results in a higher initial rate of AOX and CHCl3 formation. This raised the attention to the risk of using the LPUV/NaOCl Amer El-Kalliny process especially at the short reaction times that are relevant for water treatment. Based on the obtained The main focus of this thesis is to study the advanced results, a fixed-bed photocatalytic reactor can be oxidation processes (AOPs) of water pollutants via applied for a small scale drinking water purification UV/hypochlorite (homogeneous AOPs), and UV solar plants. This is mainly due to that TiO2 coated by the light/TiO2 (heterogeneous AOPs) in which the highly electrophoretic deposition technique on stainless steel oxidative hydroxyl radicals (•OH) are produced. These woven meshes fitted in layers has major advantages radicals are capable of destructing the emerging over the commonly used flat-plate reactor and the organic pollutants in water. The combined action dispersed-phase reactor. This presents a novel reactor of both •OH and Cl• that are produced during the in the oxidation of water contaminants such as humic NaOCl/UV processes increased the chlorination acids and atrazine. Up-scaling of such reactors is potential of humic acids (HA). In addition, at a high feasible. It is worth to highlight that the results obtained free-radical dose, such as in swimming pool water has led to an improved understanding and applications recirculation systems, the equal levels of adsorbable of AOPs for water treatment. The findings can be used organic halogens (AOX) and CHCl3 are formed with to improve the performance of both small and large both low pressure (LP) and medium pressure (MP), scale water purification plants. respectively. CHCl3, once formed, is not degraded A.S.M.El-Kalliny@tudelft.nl with either LP or MP. Moreover, the photo-degradation Removal of Natural Organic Matter Fractions by Anion Exchange of specific NOM fractions is not well understood. Therefore, knowledge about NOM fractions as well as their behaviour in water treatment processes is essential. Impact on drinking water treatment processes and This thesis aimed to answer the question: How can the removal biological stability of specific NOM fractions by anion exchange improve treatment processes as well as the biological stability of the produced Anke Grefte drinking water? To answer this question, liquid chromatography (LC) with This thesis focuses on improving drinking water quality, organic carbon detection (OCD)(LC-OCD) was used as specifically the biological stability of the produced drinking NOM characterisation method. NOM fractions determined by water. The biological stability of the treated water is negatively LC-OCD using FIFFIKUS software are biopolymers (BP), humic influenced by the presence of certain natural organic matter substances (HS),building blocks ( BB), low molecular weight (NOM) fractions. Therefore, specific NOM fractions should be (LMW) acids and neutrals. IEX was used to remove NOM from removed from the source water to improve biological stability. the water and the pilot plant of drinking water treatment plant It is known that NOM can efficiently be removed by anion Weesperkarspel (Waternet) was used to execute the research. exchange (IEX) resins. However, the removal and conversion 5 Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 A multi-component model was formulated to predict From this research can be concluded that anion exchange the removal of different NOM fractions by IEX. By the was a good and cost-effective way to remove NOM. LC-OCD summation of the modelled breakthrough curves from five has shown to be a useful method for NOM characterisation. NOM fractions determined by LC-OCD, the breakthrough IEX removed specifically humic acids which was also the of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) was predicted. main fraction reacting with ozone. Extension of the treatment lane with IEX before ozonation improved the biological The best position of IEX in the treatment lane was stability of the produced water. This research showed that determined based on water quality as well as costs. Different knowledge of specifically the concentration of humic acids placement positions of IEX in the treatment lane and two is important. IEX configurations (MIEX® and fluidised IEX (FIX)) were compared. The total costs for IEX for the three positions were approximately equal, however the savings on following treatment processes caused a cost reduction for the IEX positions before coagulation and before ozonation compared to IEX positioned after slow sand filtration. To measure the effect of NOM removal by IEX on the biological stability of drinking water two treatment lanes were compared in biological stability of the produced water. IEX was used as pre-treatment (before ozonation) in one lane and removed 50% of DOC, the other lane was used as reference. Biologically stable water was defined in terms of assimilable organic carbon (AOC), biofilm formation rate (BFR) and DOC. It was shown that by removing HS by IEX before ozonation less biodegradable NOM was formed than without IEX and the biological stability (AOC, BFR and DOC) of the drinking water was improved. The effect of NOM composition and ozone dose on the ozone demand, disinfection capacity and bromate formation was investigated. It was shown that the reaction of ozone on NOM varied by NOM composition. HS and BB were the main fractions reacting with ozone. Results showed that for the same ozone dosage per DOC, the ozone demand was higher, less bromate was formed and a lower disinfection capacity was reached for water containing mainly humic substances, than for water where the humic substances were partly removed. 6 A.Grefte@tudelft.nl Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 Afstudeerverslagen Verandering van de drinkwaterkwaliteit in een distributienetwerk aan het begin van het netwerk een significante afname De effecten van transport en opstarten van Het patroon in het totale deeltjesvolume wordt op de een nieuwe zuivering zuivering gedomineerd door pieken die ontstaan ten gemeten voor deze parameterconcentraties. gevolg van het terugleveren van drinkwater uit de Gea Terhorst watertoren in Zaltbommel richting het distributienetwerk van Kolff. De afgelopen decennia is veel onderzoek gedaan naar Vanuit drinkwaterzuivering Kolff wordt bijna elke nacht de kwaliteit van drinkwater tijdens het zuiveringsproces. gedurende een paar uur water richting de watertoren De drinkwaterkwaliteit moet echter aan de wettelijke in Zaltbommel gepompt. Net zoals in het begin van het eisen voldoen op het moment dat het water aan de klant netwerk, bezinkt ook ijzer en mangaan in het begin van geleverd wordt. Tijdens het transport van de zuivering de leiding tussen de zuivering en de watertoren. Op naar de klant kan de drinkwaterkwaliteit veranderen dagen met weinig verbruik wordt vanuit de watertoren ten gevolge van fysische, chemische en biologische in Zaltbommel met hogere snelheid water teruggepompt processen in het distributienet. naar het distributienetwerk van drinkwaterzuivering Kolff, waardoor het bezonken materiaal zoals ijzer en mangaan Om meer inzicht te krijgen in de mate van verandering weer opwervelt. Door dit terugleveren stroomt water het van drinkwaterkwaliteit over het distributienetwerk is distributienetwerk in met een significant hogere ijzer- gekeken naar de veranderingen tussen het uitgaande en mangaanconcentratie en troebelheid ten opzichte reinwater van de zuivering en het water dat bij de van het water dat direct uit de zuivering het netwerk in consument uit de kraan komt. Daarnaast is gekeken naar gepompt wordt. de verandering van de waterkwaliteit door het opstarten van een nieuwe zuivering, welke naast de oude zuivering In het distributienetwerk van drinkwaterzuivering gebouwd is. Met deeltjestellers, MuPFiS (multiple particle Kolff bezinkt en wervelt sediment op door variatie filtration system) en door het nemen van watermonsters in waterverbruik en wordt het patroon in het totale zijn metingen gedaan in het distributienetwerk van deeltjesvolume juist veroorzaakt door de variatie in het drinkwaterzuivering Kolff. drinkwaterverbruik. Door de toename in verbruik tussen begin maart en eind Van de oude zuivering is de beluchting niet tijdig april 2011 neemt de stroomsnelheid van het water in het schoongemaakt en het filtermateriaal niet tijdig vervangen. distributienetwerk toe. Hierdoor bezinkt minder sediment Hierdoor is de waterkwaliteit van het drinkwater dat in het netwerk en wervelt meer sediment op. Gevolg de zuivering verlaat, na juni 2010 verslechterd. Na het hiervan is een toegenomen hoeveelheid zwevende opstarten van de nieuwe zuivering in april 2011 is de stof in het distributienetwerk. Aangezien sediment waterkwaliteit hersteld tot het niveau van voor juni 2010. microbiologie bevat, is door het toegenomen verbruik ook de hoeveelheid ATP en TCC in het netwerk toegenomen. De oxidatie van ammonium, nitriet en mangaan tijdens Aangezien het sediment dat door het hogere verbruik het zuiveringsproces is onvolledig. Door oxidatie is opgewerveld wordt, langer in het netwerk heeft gelegen, bevat dit sediment ook relatief veel microbiologie. Dit is 7 Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 terug te zien in de toename van de hoeveelheid ATP/ TSS gemeten op de locaties aan het einde van het Geconcludeerd wordt dat door het opstarten van de distributienetwerk. nieuwe zuivering geen significante verandering is opgetreden in de drinkwaterkwaliteit van zowel het water De hoeveelheid ATP gemeten op het afgevangen dat de zuivering verlaat als het water op de locaties in sediment is gemiddeld 0.35 ng per liter drinkwater en het distributienetwerk. Wel is een verandering in de dit is circa 10% van de totale gemeten hoeveelheid ATP waterkwaliteit gemeten door het toegenomen verbruik, in het drinkwater. Dit percentage komt overeen met het het vaker terugleveren van water uit Zaltbommel en het percentage gevonden voor de hoeveelheid TCC in het niet tijdig onderhouden van de oude zuivering. water. Hieruit blijkt dat de totale hoeveelheid microbiologie G.G.Terhorst@student.TUDelft.nl in het drinkwater maar voor een klein gedeelte bestaat uit microbiologie aanwezig op het oppervlak van in het water zwevend sediment met een diameter groter dan 1,2 μm. Recent papers in DWES Recent Final Revised Papers DWESD - Papers in Open Discussion 119 Removal and transformation of pharmaceuticals in wastewater 124 Removal of paraquat pesticide with Fenton reaction in a pilot scale treatment plants and constructed wetlands - E. Lee, S. Lee, J. Park, Y. Kim, and J. Cho - Drink. Water Eng. Sci., 6, 89-98, A. Alves, and L. M. Madeira - Drink. Water Eng. Sci. Discuss., 6, 2013 233-260, 2013 120 The large-scale impact of climate change to Mississippi flood hazard in New Orleans - T. L. A. Driessen and M. van Ledden Drink. Water Eng. Sci., 6, 81-87, 2013 121 Status of organochlorine pesticides in Ganga river basin: 125 Study on the antibacterial activity of selected natural herbs and their application in water treatment - P. S. Harikumar and C.M. Manjusha - Drink. Water Eng. Sci. Discuss., 6, 199-231, 2013 126 Assessment of calculation methods for calcium carbonate anthropogenic or glacial? - P. K. Mutiyar and A. K. Mittal - Drink. saturation in drinking water for DIN 38404-10 compliance - P. J. Water Eng. Sci., 6, 69-80, 2013 de Moel, A. W. C. van der Helm, M. van Rijn, J. C. van Dijk, and 122 Development of water use scenarios as a tool for adaptation to climate change - R. Jacinto, M. J. Cruz, and F. D. Santos -Drink. Water Eng. Sci., 6, 61-68, 2013 123 Technical Note: Wet validation of optical tomography for drinking water discolouration studies - R. Floris, P. van Thienen, and H. Beverloo - Drink. Water Eng. Sci., 6, 55-59, 2013 8 water system - C. Oliveira, K. Gruskevica, T. Juhna, K. Tihomirova, W. G. J. van der Meer - Drink. Water Eng. Sci. Discuss., 6, 167198, 2013 127 Online data processing for proactive water distribution network operation - J. Machell, S. R. Mounce, B. Farley, and J. B. Boxall - Drink. Water Eng. Sci. Discuss., 6, 261-290, 2013 Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 Verslagen Waterleidingloop And we also had a winner in our group: Koen won the first price of the 5km race! Guenda Bruni This year the TU Delft Water Management department participated again to the ‘Waterleidingloop’, and as every other year it has been a fulfilling experience! This time it was Waternet to organize the event, they did it in Weesp. We organised our mission from Delft, gathering all together to get there and win, well kind of! We missed the wonderful barbecue organized by Waternet to close the event, but we went home with this satisfying feeling of having spent a nice day doing sport and getting closer to one another. Looking forward to next year’s mission! Some of us participated to the 5 km and some braver ones to the 10 km race, which was in the near Amsterdam: the pattern was beautiful, almost entirely into a park with lakes and trees. The rain joined us at times, and we had to admit that was a nice company! Getting some fresh and wet air while making the last effort to reach the finish line it was a deserved relief! After the run we had a nice afternoon chatting and “coffeeing” while waiting for the results. We had the chance to play some other games as well. G.Bruni@tudelft.nl 9 Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 Ein heißer Sommer in Schweiz in the containers. Whether this is a health risk or not, this is very undesirable from a consumers’ perspective. Doris van Halem Previous research in Bern, Switzerland (Matthews et al., 2013) had focused on the use of copper to damage It was indeed a very hot summer in Switzerland for and poison bacterial cells. In this line of thought it was me this year, where I visited the Sandec group of the proposed to control bacterial growth by adding copper aquatic research institute EAWAG (www.eawag.ch). to the water through a cartridge of brass grains. This Over a period of two months they hosted me as a visiting approach shows similarities to the work we did before researcher. I was happy to learn that Swiss researchers, on the ceramic pot filter, which is impregnated with silver unlike the Dutch, don’t take long summer holidays. Which (van Halem et al., 2009; van der Laan et al., 2013). gave me the opportunity to meet and collaborate with many water researchers in my field, whom before I only In the EAWAG laboratories, I studied the kinetics of knew from their peer-reviewed publications. EAWAG growth in the presence of either soluble or solid copper has been active in arsenic research for many years, and (wire, grains, coins) both with nutrient limitation and since 2007 even has a director with a special interest nutrient supply (by GDM filtrate). Results show that E.coli in this topic. and total coliforms are no longer culturable at a certain Cu(II) concentration threshold value, but ATP and flow Apart from meeting new, inspiring people, I wanted cytometry reveal there is bacterial growth anyhow. At to learn more on how they organize their research, a certain Cu(II) concentration, there was even more especially the combination of (detailed) laboratory work growth observed than in the control experiments. These and oversees field studies. The Sandec Department results indicate the growth of Cu(II) resistant bacteria. It focuses on Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries, is noteworthy though, that the copper may have stressed and is, amongst other things, the birthplace of SODIS the coliforms and not killed them, making them “viable (SOlar DISinfection in PET bottles; www.sodis.ch). More but not culturable”. The research is currently continued recently they developed a household water treatment focusing on the “rehabilitation” of copper-exposed system based on gravity driven membranes (GDM). bacteria. The newest generation prototypes are currently piloted in Bolivia and Uganda. At Sandec, I collaborated with Dr. Technology acceptance studies had shown that Richard Johnston, the head of the drinking water group, consumers of household water treatment systems prefer with whom I have worked in Bangladesh (UNICEF) since to have transparent receptacles, resulting in a GDM my PhD research. He inspired me once again on how to prototype sensitive to algae growth in the containers combine fundamental curiosity in science with application (green water). Though the easiest solution would be and relevance; too bad he is leaving science for a (very to design darkened containers, the copper has shown challenging!) job with the Joint Monitoring Programme to reduce algae growth significantly, even with just a of WHO. 1-eurocent coin. Research wise I focused during my stay on gaining better Although I spend way too much time at work during my understanding of bacterial (re)growth after household visit – and thus did not see as much of the beautiful filtration in a storage container. Household filters, like the country as I should have – I did have a blast living in gravity driven membranes or ceramic pot filters, remove the lake city of Zurich. Especially when my family joined most (pathogenic) bacteria, but still regrowth is visible me during the last month, because going to a lakeside 10 Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 swimming pool or up the Zurich Berg with a train is just came back from Uganda and is continuing the research more fun with two ecstatic sons. with her very cool portable flow cytometer. I’d like to thank the staff of the Environmental Microbiology Last but not least I want to thank my colleagues at and Process Engineering Departments, which was so Sandec who made me feel part of their team for just a kind to support me (thank you Frederik, Stephan, Wouter, summer. Thanks! Brian and Jacqueline). Also I thank Johanna Otto who d.vanhalem@tudelft.nl CASA-RainGain Urban Flash Flood Workshop 27-28 June 2013, Arlington, Texas first place I have ever visited without any form of public transport and sidewalks are nearly non-existent. Asphalt and bricks, on the contrary, are everywhere. Still, the city Marie-claire ten Veldhuis has a spacious feeling; more space to store stormwater than we have in most of our densely built European cities. Last June I visited the University of Texas at Arlington to meet representatives of the CASA project in the CASA and RainGain decided to have a 2-day workshop US (CASA: Collaborative, Adapative Sensing of the here to share experiences and see how we could Atmosphere). CASA is deploying a network of Xband cooperate and learn from one another. The workshop radars in the Dallas Fortworth (DFW) area to track severe was truly multi-disciplinary: we had representatives from rain storms hitting the metroplex and causing serious universities, national weather service, corps of engineers, flash flooding. In Europe, we are undertaking similar local engineering firms, regional authorities and cities in activities in the RainGain project, where Xband radars the DFW metroplex. We discussed topics ranging from are installed in Leuven, London, Paris and Rotterdam for radar system configurations to hydrological modeling, user high resolution rainfall measurement and flood prediction. needs and public participation. All participants contributed by short presentations, adding to a lively discussion on Arlington in June is a hard place to imagine floods: it is the various topics. as dry and as hot as a desert. It is also a drive-only city: 11 Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 The DFW area receives 500 to 1200 mm of rain per The participants shared some interesting first results year, similar to NW-Europe, but rainfall intensities for on hydrological modeling approaches, especially how short time periods of 10 to 60 minutes are about twice to balance detailed modeling to take full benefit of as high (for instance: T=10 yrs rainfall intensity for 15 high resolution rainfall data with the requirement of minutes is 169 mm/h compared to 72 mm/h in the short computational required for real-time applications. Netherlands1 ). This is due to the DFW area’s proximity Another important topic was the use of extreme rainfall to the Gulf of Mexico, where tropical storm systems alerts and flash flood warnings: existing products apply can be generated above the warm sea waters. Hence to large scales, typically river basins rather than urban their preference for installing a network of radars, to areas, and this tends to result in a lot of over-warning. allow close tracking of storms. In RainGain single It was generally agreed that improvement is needed X-band radars have been installed, but in the future by integrating more detailed observations into warning networks of radars could be envisaged for better storm products: more detailed rainfall data in time and space, tracking and so one radar can fill in for another when higher accuracy and reliability and preferably also a signal is attenuated by intense rain. include more and detailed information on expected On the other hand, DFW has a lower degree of impacts. imperviousness compared to the more densely built cities in RainGain, so flood peaks are more smoothed. The workshop presentations and discussions And a large part of the stormwater drainage system demonstrated that there is a lot of information and consists of above-ground channels and, while many insights to share between the CASA and RainGain areas in the RainGain participating cities are largely projects. Once the radar network in DFW and the equipped with piped and culverted systems, due radars in RainGain are all fully operational, new and to limited available open space. At the same time, exciting results will provide every reason to organize urbanisation and further densification is a growing another joint event. concern in DFW, since this is the fastest growing region in the US, expected to grow from 6.5 million to 13 million inhabitants in the next 10 years. Citizens have already expressed their concerns about increased flooding as a result of this process. 1 IDF curves for Texas: http://www.utdallas.edu/~brikowi/ Teaching/Applied_Modeling/SurfaceWater/LectureNotes/ Rainfall/Texas_Rainfall_IDF.html IDF curves for the Netherlands: Buishand en Wijngaard, 2007. J.A.E.tenVeldhuis@tudelft.nl 12 Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 Chinese-Dutch opportunities and advances in water technologies Besides the overwhelming economy potential nowadays, China is facing environmental challenges. The same as to any other societies, water is one of the most Gang Liu important issues. Great efforts have been made by Chinese government and professionals. There is a great China and the Netherlands are intensifying their playground in front of us where the Chinese opportunities cooperation in the field of water (treatment) technologies. and advances meet Dutch knowledge, experiences and The project known as Sino-Dutch has been launched technologies. Let’s look forward to hearing more progress very successfully in 2011 and is targeting exchange and I will bring you more updates soon. and development in cost efficient water technologies. Other projects have also been launched by NOW and KNAW to promote the cooperation between the two countries. After great success of organizing two research seminars in 2012 in China and the Netherlands, and one workshop in 2013 hosted by TU Delft, Dutch and Chinese professionals have had close understanding of the opportunities and advances in their water technologies. This year, in April, Prof. Jules van Lier had a visit to the lab of research centre for Eco-Environmental Science (RCEES) in Beijing. And Dr. Merle de Kreuk visited EES in May. During their visit, the research interests were Figure 1. Presentations and discussions at OASEN Water further discussed and exchanged. Between 30 June and Company 3 July, the research team head by Prof. Qu and Prof. Yang from RCEES had another visit to the Netherlands. The visit was made to Sanitary Engineering Lab at TU Delft, drinking water treatment plant of Oasen Water Company (Rudenhuis) and the underground wastewater treatment plant of Dokhaven. Our Chinese visitors were impressed by the advanced technologies developed and used by Dutch water companies. There is a great potential for the Dutch and Chinese water professionals to work together in the coming future. During the meeting on 2 July, the potential cooperation Figure 2. Site visit of drinking water treatments at Rudenhuis was discussed and preliminary cooperation timeline and agreement has been established. Based on the G.Liu-1@tudelft.nl agreement, the cooperation will be started from student exchange, and joint research projects will be followed up. The official cooperation agreement will be signed during the next workshop that will be organized in Beijing, next May. 13 Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 Studentverslagen The urban water cycle in Beira, Mozambique The city’s port and railway station act as a gateway for the export of coal and the import of oil and goods to the Adam Morón landlocked nations of Zimbabwe and Malawi. The recent exploitation of the mineral resources has led to two They told me to not worry so much. That I wasn’t forgetting growth scenario’s for Beira. Whereas the city currently anything. That it would be fine. On the last day before boasts a population of around 450 000 inhabitants, the starting my three day journey to Beira, Mozambique, I growth numbers indicate a 2035 population that could was coming off a weekend of nerves and reservations vary between 827 000 and 1 422 000 inhabitants. of the uncertainties waiting for me at the mouth of the Pungue river at the Indian ocean. So, the interaction between drinking water and sanitation treatment capacity and infrastructure is the elephant After all, it was my choice to go to the Witteveen+Bos in the room that I’ve been tasked with to look after. In offices in Deventer a few months earlier, for the retrospect, the only type of elephant I’ve studied during opportunity of doing a part of my thesis abroad and the that month-and-a-half in Mozambique. experience of doing so for a consulting firm. But, it was starting to feel like the stage was set for a trip into the Finding the different pumping stations, water towers and Heart of Darkness, where I would have to stay loyal to treatment plants provided my with a good incentive to get the nightmare of my choice. I had managed to convince to know different parts of the city. A city whose center is more than a few people far wiser and experienced than dominated by Art Deco and Modern architecture in steady myself that I could handle working in a different language but graceful decay, and whose suburbs are made up by and culture and felt I had something to prove in return unplanned settlements. This contrast in urban planning for their confidence. At least in the months of July and highlights yet another interesting point of concern. On the August, the time of day is the same in Mozambique as one hand, broad streets and integral planning comprise in the Netherlands. the part of the city constructed between the 1930’s and 1950’s. One the other, small buildings are constructed While the Pungue river is murky and winding and the first, utilities connected after and permission from the drinking water treatment facilities are over 100 km inland, municipality is obtained as a final measure. A second I’m quite thankful that I didn’t have to live by Joseph elephant in an already crowded room. Konrad’s experience, being met instead with friendly people and a great set of adventures of my own. The third defining factor of the city is defined by its main artery - the Pungue river. Used as a source of The purpose of my six weeks in Beira was to make an drinking water by both Beira at the downstream end analysis of the city’s urban water infrastructure, both and the Zimbabwean city of Mutare upstream, the river drinking water and sanitation. The analysis will be used experiences salt water intrusion up to 80 kilometers to define projects for the Beira Master Plan 2035 as the upstream from the estuary mouth - consequently city currently finds itself at an important crossroads for leading to the intake station at a distance 100 kilometers what concerns development and population. upstream. With the water demand along the river 14 Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 expected to increase it should be asked whether or not an increase in treatment capacity should be combined with a secondary raw water source. The Indian ocean, far closer to the city and its population, coupled with a reduction of the pumping energy required over that smaller distance, could provide a solution. Another elephant. I’ve returned from Beira, appreciative that the three elephants have provided me with a lens with which to study and describe the intricate workings of a young and growing city. I’ve taken back to the Netherlands a wildly Figure 3: At the mouth of the Pungue Estuary interesting experience, the results of which - I hope - will be returned to Beira and it’s people. A.J.Moron@student.tudelft.nl Figure 1: Schematic of the Beira sewer system and pumping stations Figure 2: The physiography and drainage pattern of the Pungue River Basin 15 Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 Prijzen Cees Boeter prijs 2013 Irene Caltran Irene heeft zich tijdens haar BSc-eindwerk verdiept Marie-claire ten Veldhuis in arseenverwijdering via kleinschalige zuiveringstechnieken die kunnen worden toegepast bij Op 18 juni jl. is voor de elfde keer de Cees Boeter huishoudens in Bangladesh. Ze heeft de eigenschappen prijs uitgereikt, de jaarlijkse prijs voor het beste BSc- van verschillende materialen gemeten om de eindwerk van de afdeling Watermanagement. adsorptiecapaciteit te kunnen bepalen. Daarna heeft De Cees Boeter prijs is ingesteld door de afdeling ze de materialen toegepast voor arseenverwijdering Watermanagement van de faculteit Civiele Techniek in batch-experimenten en in kinetische experimenten en Geowetenschappen van de TU Delft. De prijs heeft voor 2 verschillende soorten water. Irene heeft een als doel studenten te stimuleren om werk van een grote hoeveelheid experimentele gegevens verzameld hoog academisch niveau te leveren en de toepassing en deze op een overzichtelijke wijze geanalyseerd en van de resultaten van het eindwerk in de praktijk te gepresenteerd. In haar rapport geeft ze er blijk van ook bevorderen. Aan de prijs is een geldbedrag van € kritisch op de gevonden experimentele resultaten te 250 verbonden, beschikbaar gesteld door de afdeling kunnen reflecteren. De jury was dan ook erg onder de Watermanagement. indruk van de omvang van het experimentele werk en de kwaliteit van de rapportage. Cees Boeter was bijna 40 jaar verbonden aan het laboratorium voor Gezondheidstechniek. Met grote Abel Heinsbroek inzet en verstand van zaken heeft hij steeds studenten, Abel heeft zijn bachelor-eindwerk uitgevoerd in promovendi en onderzoekers met raad en daad Mozambique, waar hij voor de uitdaging stond de bijgestaan bij hun onderzoek en experimenten. Als drinkwaterzuivering in het plaatsje Vilankulos te blijk van waardering heet de prijs voor het beste BSc- verbeteren met ter plaatse beschikbare middelen. eindwerk de Cees Boeter prijs. Cees reikt elk jaar zelf De bestaande waterzuivering functioneerde niet meer de prijs uit. door gebrek aan onderhoud en lokale operationele kennis. Abel heeft ervoor gekozen een nieuwe In een BSc-eindwerk moet een student in 8 weken drinkwaterzuivering te ontwerpen op basis van een een onderwerp uitwerken, een eind-rapport schrijven zeer robuuste zuiveringstechniek. Hij heeft ter plaatse en de resultaten presenteren aan begeleiders en een proefinstallatie gebouwd en getest. Dit vraagt mede-studenten. Een deskundige jury van ervaren het nodige improvisatietalent, zeker gezien de lokale bachelor-eindwerkbegeleiders bepaalt de nominaties omstandigheden. Deze combinatie van intelligente en uiteindelijke winnaar van de Cees Boeterprijs. Criteria creativiteit en praktische inslag heeft de jury erg bij de beoordeling van het eindwerk zijn het inhoudelijk gewaardeerd. niveau van het werk, vindingrijkheid bij het vinden van oplossingen, combinatie van theorie en praktische Bas des Tombe toepassing en het niveau van de eindrapportage. Bas is voor zijn bachelor-eindwerk naar Vietnam afgereisd om daar verziltingsproblemen te onderzoeken Voor het collegejaar 2012/2013 zijn de genomineerden: 16 van onttrekkingsputten voor irrigatiewater. In zijn BSc- Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 eindwerk heeft hij onderzocht of de komst van een garnalenkwekerij in het duingebied langs de kust van Vietnam de oorzaak kan zijn van verzilting van het grondwater ter plaatse van de onttrekkingsput. Bas heeft in het veld data proberen te verzamelen over de lokale situatie. Hij kon weinig concrete data te pakken krijgen, maar hij heeft zich op basis van de beperkte data wel een beeld gevormd waarop hij zijn aannamen heeft gebaseerd. Met de data en de aannamen heeft hij de situatie in een numeriek model geschematiseerd en zijn analyse uitgevoerd. Dit getuigt van creativiteit, inzicht en doorzettingsvermogen. Bas heeft bovendien al zijn informatie op het internet beschikbaar gesteld, zodat aanvullende data tijdens een vervolgstudie eenvoudig kan worden ingevuld. De resultaten van het onderzoek van Bas zullen door het bedrijf ter plaatse worden gebruikt voor vervolgstudie. De jury was ook dit jaar onder de indruk van de hoeveelheid werk die de bachelorstudenten binnen een periode van krap 2 maanden weten te verzetten en hoeveel nieuwe kennis ze zich weten eigen te maken. De inzet en ondernemingszin van studenten die ervoor kiezen hun eindwerk in een ver buitenland te doen heeft de jury zeer gewaardeerd. Uiteindelijk heeft de combinatie van veldwerk en gedegen theoretische uitwerking de doorslag gegeven. Op grond hiervan heeft de jury besloten de Cees BoeterPrijs 2013 toe te kennen aan Bas des Tombe voor zijn onderzoek naar verziltingsproblematiek in Vietnam. J.A.E.tenVeldhuis@tudelft.nl 17 Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 Delft Urban Water Movie contest Nominees The four nominees of the Delft Urban Water movie contest “Well Water Waste Wealth” wins Delft Urban were officially presented during the Delft Urban Water Water movie contest! seminar on 11 June. Nominees were selected out of no less than 24 submissions from all over the world. The 2nd Roy Meijer prize of the contest, the iPad, went to “City=Catchment Area” by David Ginting and Ravina Binol. The jury liked Gautum Vishwanath from Bangalore is the winner of the the clear and convincing story-line and was impressed Delft Urban Water Movie Contest, for his movie entitled by the creative and speedy sketch-wise presentation ‘Well Water Waste Wealth’. In this short film we descend supporting the movie’s message. a water well and hear what happens as we use it or pollute it. Water problems in India’s cities are many, but Jury Mr Vishnwanath shows inventive solutions to close the The jury this year consisted of: urban cycles of water, nutrients and food. Tracy Metz According to the jury, he “presents out-of-the-box Mark van Loosdrecht solutions that show how big problems can be answered Pieter van der Zaag by small and pragmatic actions”. Furthermore: “The jury Hans Ruijgers was impressed by the movie’s quality and the way it combines creativity with a wide range of inventive and Contest practical solutions. “Well, it used to talk to you” and we The Delft Urban Water movie contest is a yearly event hope Mr Vishwanath’s solutions will continue to do so organised by the partners of Delft Urban Water. for years to come. More information is on: www.delfturbanwater.nl r.e.t.meijer@tudelft.nl 18 Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 Onderwijs Colleges voor 20.000 studenten Geboortejaar Anke Grefte / Peter de Moel In de nieuwsbrief van juni hebben we verteld over onze Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) ‘Introduction to water treatment’. Dit is de gratis online uitvoering op het edX platform van het nieuwe BSc vak CTB3365 Opleiding met dezelfde naam. Vanaf 9 mei zagen we dat er zich elke dag ongeveer 150 studenten registreerden. Op 6 september stond de teller op 19.511. Eigenlijk kregen we er dus elke dag een collegezaal bij. De course begint op 16 september, waarbij zich dan ongeveer 20.000 studenten aangemeld zullen hebben. Geen collegezaal maar een opnamestudio De studenten komen uit de hele wereld (90 landen, geen China), zijn van alle leeftijden, het merendeel van het mannelijk geslacht (72%) en velen hebben academisch onderwijs gehad. Geen college maar een video Herkomst De inschrijving voor de cursus is nog open. https://www.edx.org/course/delft-university- technology/ ctb3365x/introduction-water- treatment/786 a.grefte@tudelft.nl / p.j.demoel@tudelft.nl 19 Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 Nieuwe medewerkers Alexander Hendriks Hi, I am Alexander Hendriks, 31 years old. In 2001 I started my study Environmental Technology at Wageningen University. In 2004 I obtained my Bachelor’s degree in “Environmental Technology - Aquatic ecology and Ecology”. In 2006 I obtained my Master’s degree in “Environmental Technology - Wastewater Treatment”. In 2006 and 2007 I was responsible for the additional lessons in chemistry, physics, math and biology for In September I start working at the Sanitary Engineering the 5th and 6th grade of gymnasium (high school). In section on a PhD research regarding high rate December 2007 I started my career at Royal Haskoning (selective) volatile fatty acid (VFA) production from (from July 2012 Royal HaskoningDHV) as wastewater (soluble) industrial waste using the granular sludge engineer. During this time I have been dealing with proces. The produced VFA can be used for, amongst studies regarding (static and dynamic) optimization of others, bioplastic production. I am looking forward to the waterlines and sludge treatment lines of several the coming years of research on this topic. wastewater treatment plants. Also studies regarding I live in Wijchen at the farm of my parents. In my prevention and growth of algae have been part of my spare time I like ballroom dancing, tropical fish farming, daily work. During the optimization studies I specialized working at the farm and spending time with family and myself in sludge treatment, sludge dewatering and friends. ALE extraction. Peng Wei A.T.W.M.Hendriks@tudelft.nl years. It is really a nice opportunity but also a new challenge for me. In my spare time I like sports (such I am Peng Wei, coming from China. I finished my as football), music and reading. master degree of Environmental Engineering from Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2010. Then I stayed in our institute as a research assistant, and mainly did some CFD modeling as well as experimental work on two-phase flow in the flat sheet membrane bioreactor system. I am very glad to join in Prof. Luuk Rietveld’s group as a PhD candidate to continue my study in the coming 20 P.Wei@tudelft.nl Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 David de Ridder larger exposed surface than TiO2 spheres, they can be expected to show higher adsorption/OH radical After studying Civil Engineering (with the specialisation production than the latter. Sanitary Engineering) and completing a PhD thesis at A final research interest is atmospheric water collection. this faculty, it is a bit strange to write in the newsletter When no sea/ground/surfacewater is available, it can as a newcomer, as I know most of you allready. still be obtained from the atmosphere by condensation. I’m contracted for 2 years as a postdoc. During this Doing so efficiently is, however, quite a challenge. My period I’ll be supporting main lecturers in various MSc proposed configurations include desiccants (water- courses and aim to obtain basic lecturing qualification. attracting materials), subsoil cooling/condensation Research-wise, there are several challenges waiting as and/or centrifuge/venturi condensation. Other aspects well. One research proposal involves tweaking zeolites such as heat storage, recovery of heat of condensation, to adsorb a broad range of organic micropollutants, efficient wind collection can influence performance as while still maintaining fast kinetics and exclusion of NOM well. While this last project is a bit more off my field of or to adsorb specific AOC-relevant organic fractions. expertise than the others, it is massively inspiring to Also, the adsorption of ammonium from RO permeate talk/think/write/read about it. onto zeolites, and its consequentive degradation in in-situ oxidative treatment will be investigated. The combination adsorption/advanced oxidation remains interesting, as these processes can have synergy. I’m allready involved in a short research project with Chongqing University regarding adsorption/ photocatalysis on TiO2-coated zeolites, and feel that there are sufficient further research opportunities in this field. One of them could be to coat the zeolites or UV-transparant ceramics with TiO2 nanotubes/rods rather than fine particles. As TiO2 tubes/rods have a D.J.deRidder@tudelft.nl 21 Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 Dispuut Watermanagement MDE Balkan countries 2013 Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia. In the latter institute, the basic hydrology knowledge that some of Joris de Vos us learned last year was put into practice. Of course a visit to Belgrade could not be completed without a After months of preparation, it finally happened! From trip on the Danube and Sava River. Also the evenings the 7th till the 16th of July, the Multiple Day Excursion were far from boring. If you want to know why, ask one of the Dispuut Watermanagement went to as many of the participants! It has something to do with those as four (!) countries in ten days. Serbia, Bosnia and same famous rivers… Herzegovina, Montenegro and Croatia were visited. The next destination of our trip was Sarajevo. The tour started at Eindhoven Airport where all the 25 Culturally seen totally different from Belgrade. Also the participants got the flight to Belgrade, most of them not landscape was very different. The boring environment knowing what would come. One thing was certain, they of Belgrade’s surroundings has been replaced by have agreed to a multifaceted adventure! Because of beautiful karstic landscapes and two big rivers from this diversity, I will not be able to explain everything of Belgrade were replaced by a reddish small stream this tour in detail, but I’ll do my best to mention some called Miljacka. For us, Sarajevo was characterized highlights. by a tour along all facets of the urban water cycle. This As can be deduced from previous section, the first was already experienced during sanitary stops the first city we visited was Belgrade, the capital of Serbia night. There is no water pressure in the nights because and former Yugoslavia. This city at the confluence of the leakage sensitive distribution network. However, point of the Danube and the Sava river offered us next morning we had water pressure again so we went of course the second longest river of Europe, but all washed and brushed to our next appointment: the also a number of company visits and institutes. The Sava River Watershed Agency. After a small talk, many first institute was the Jaroslav Černi institute, for the urban water cycle related projects were visited guided development of Water Resources in the Serbian water by Amila Ibrulj, a former MSc student from UNESCO- sector. We got a presentation about the status of Water IHE in Delft. First we went to the WWTP Butile in the Management in Serbia and international cooperation western part of Sarajevo. This WWTP was built in 1984 in the field of water and several laboratories were in combination with the main collectors in the city. A visited. The hydraulic laboratory with very detailed quick look in the history books learns us that the Winter physical scale models of Serbian dams and rivers Olympic Games were held in Sarajevo that same year, was shown and we also visited their chemical- and however it’s still unknown to me if there is a relation biological laboratories. One thing I can remember between the two events. We arrived on an overgrown from these laboratories is that I haven’t seen most of location and a perfect background for a horror movie. their advanced equipment ever in my life. That’s also In 1992, the WWTP fell into disuse because of the the reason that I can’t explain what all that equipment Yugoslav wars. Essential elements were plundered was meant for. After all, my preconceptions about and there was no money available to maintain the laboratories in Southeast Europe were hereby already WWTP anymore. Nothing really happened for 21 disproved. After this, more institutes were visited like years, so this was the first time for many people in the Directorate for Inland Waterways and the Republic our group to have a look in an empty WWTP where 22 Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 all major elements are still recognizable. From the In Montenegro, there was nothing like a laboratory sludge digester, we had a good overview of the plant. but only rivers and beautiful environments. The best Further we visited the laboratory on the same complex, way to explore this was by raft through the second which is still in use, where for the second time in a deepest canyon in the world. A group picture shows week my preconceptions about Southeast Europe a piece of the amazing view we had on our overnight were disproved. We also saw the outflow point of the stay in what we called doghouses (they were not much ‘effluent’ in the Miljacka River. The only thing I can say bigger), what was quite a nice concept over here. A is that I prefer to live upstream of this point. guided early morning hike learned us more about this interesting environment. After this adventure, we went down to our final destination Croatia, were we could rest so far possible and visit the two cities Dubrovnik and Split in the last two days we had before we flew back to Schiphol again. To conclude this story: it was an interesting study tour with the combination of nice projects and a lot of fun! I want to thank Bas Heijman and Thom Bogaard for joining us and I am now already looking forward to next year’s study tour, the Grote Verre Reis to a more distant corner of the world. Keep up to date on: www.dispuutwatermanagement.nl After this dirty part of the urban water cycle (I wonder if I may call it a real cycle after what we’ve seen), we went to the drinking water source of Sarajevo: the Bosna River spring where clear but very cold water is seeping out of the mountains. A small installation treats the water to an acceptable quality here. What I can remember is that there were pressure filters with a coagulant and after that only a chlorination step to improve the reliability of the water with regard to pathogens. Because it was around 30 °C outside, the comfortable temperature of 8 °C in the plant was highly appreciated by our group. After this visit, the HEIS Dispuut-WM-CITG@tudelft.nl institute was on the program with for the third time a nice laboratory visit this week. The morning after this, we went further down to Montenegro. 23 Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 Media 24 Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 25 Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 Promotie Jojanneke Dirksen Afstuderen Udo Ouwerkerk Afstuderen Rafael Romero 26 Nieuwsbrief Sanitary Engineering september 2013 Afstuderen Anthonie Hogendoorn Afstuderen Marleen Heidekamp Afstuderen Andreas Moerman 27