Stormwater quality modelling in combined sewers: calibration and uncertainty analysis

Water Sci Technol. 2005;52(3):63-71.

Abstract

Estimating the level of uncertainty in urban stormwater quality models is vital for their utilization. This paper presents the results of application of a Monte Carlo Markov Chain method based on the Bayesian theory for the calibration and uncertainty analysis of a storm water quality model commonly used in available software. The tested model uses a hydrologic/hydrodynamic scheme to estimate the accumulation, the erosion and the transport of pollutants on surfaces and in sewers. It was calibrated for four different initial conditions of in-sewer deposits. Calibration results showed large variability in the model's responses in function of the initial conditions. They demonstrated that the model's predictive capacity is very low.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bayes Theorem
  • Calibration
  • Cities
  • France
  • Markov Chains
  • Models, Chemical
  • Rain / chemistry*
  • Sewage / chemistry*
  • Uncertainty*
  • Water Supply / standards*

Substances

  • Sewage