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Click on “Download PDF” for the PDF version or on the title for the HTML version. If you are not an ASABE member or if your employer has not arranged for access to the full-text, Click here for options. VACUUM SEWER DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION IN RURAL ALASKAPublished by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan www.asabe.org Citation: Pp. 370-377 in On-Site Wastewater Treatment, Proc. Ninth Natl. Symp. on Individual and Small Community Sewage Systems (11-14 March 2001, Fort Worth, Texas, USA), ed. K. Mancl., St. Joseph, Mich. ASAE 701P0009.(doi:10.13031/2013.6047)Authors: D. Schubert, P. Costello, T. Heintzman, E. Lohr Keywords: Vacuum sewers, arctic pipe, Alaska, cold climate, pipelines, wastewater, vacuum pumps, freeze, heat loss Vacuum sewer collection systems have proven to be a practical and cost effective means of wastewater collection when the local topography is flat and thaw unstable ground prohibits buried utilities. There are 10 vacuum collection systems currently in operation or under construction in rural Alaska. This paper provides a brief overview of cold regions factors associated with the design and construction of vacuum sewers. The recent $12.9 million (US) combined vacuum sewer with circulating water distribution system in Savoonga, Alaska is described. (Download PDF) (Export to EndNotes)
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