Reducing pressure on the wastewater network

Climate change will cause increased pressure on the wastewater network

In Strand municipalitiy, surface runoff and wastewater share the same pipe network. As a result, both wastewater and rainwater is channeled into the treatment plant. Pumping and cleaning the water requires considerable amounts of energy.

Climate change will cause increased precipitation and more extreme weather events in the future, which will lead to increased pressure on the wastewater network.

Will save substantial amounts of energy

To address this challenge, Strand will separate surface runoff and wastewater in two individual pipe networks. By handling surface runoff in a separate pipe, the amount of wastewater going into the treatment plant is reduced. This way they avoid cleaning rainwater which is already considered pure, which again will free capacity for the wastewater network.

This will save substantial amounts of energy. During the same project, the municipality will install new water pipe systems.

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