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History Repeats Itself–The City of Columbus’ Water in

Basement Mitigation Assessment

Muralikrishna Chelupati – ARCADISC. Timothy Fallara, P.E. – City of Columbus

Mike Foster – City of ColumbusDr. Hazem Gheith, P.E. – ARCADISLaura McGinnis, P.E. – ARCADIS

87th Ohio Water Environment Association Annual ConferenceJune 19, 2013Mason, Ohio

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What are WIBs?

http://www.mosbybuildingarts.com/blog/2011/04/21/preventing-sewer-back-up/

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• Tracking of WIBs affected by WWMP related projects

• Make informed decisions on I/I projects• Evaluate effectiveness of I/I programs• Better allocate O&M resources

Why is Columbus

undertaking this study?

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Topics Background and Goals

Approach

Results

Benefits

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City of Columbus Collection System

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Columbus’ WIB Complaint Tracking

Customer calls with

WIB complaint

Columbus documents WIB complaints in a

database

Field crews complete a site

visit to investigate

Probable responsibility determined

Findings documented in a database

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• Completed in 2009• Evaluated WIB records from 2002 – 2005• Only City responsible WIBs considered• 1400 WIBs evaluated • Identified I/I remediation projects

necessary to mitigate areas unaffected by WWMP projects

Phase I Study

Recommendations from Phase I Study:• Begin implementing I/I remediation projects • Analyze more years of data (all WIBs, not just City responsibility)

• Analyze trends• Further define problem areas• Evaluate project effectiveness

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Phase II Study Goals

Provide Columbus with data trends to:

Prioritize I/I remediation

projects

Identify potential

maintenance issues

Evaluate the effectiveness of

O&M and I/I remediation

projects

Define repeatable process for future studies

Evaluate WIB complaints 2002 – 201013,282 WIB records

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Topics Background and Goals

Approach

Results

Benefits

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Phase II Study ApproachClassify rainfall influenced WIB complaints

Identify potential clusters

Prioritize clusters

Assess potential reasons for WIB complaints

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Developing an Approach to Classify WIBs was Challenging…

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Final Approach to Classify WIB ComplaintsA WIB complaint would be considered ‘wet’ if

rainfall fell on any of the two preceding days or if at least 2.0 inches of rain fell on the third preceding day.

June 16

0.85”

June 17

0.45”

June 18

0”

June 19

0”

June 20

0”

Wet DryWet

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Spatial Distribution of Rain Gauge Data

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WIB Complaint Data

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Using that criteria:Final WIB Complaint

Classification Total WIBs13,282

Wet WIBs10,558

Dry WIBs2,724

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Wet vs. Dry WIB Complaints

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• To prioritize future I/I remediation projects, we need to find the “hot spots”

• Group WIB complaints to define clusters Ignore dry WIBsEvaluate hydraulically connected WIBs

Identifying Potential Clusters

http://www.notoriousspinks.com/2011/01/02/30-day-road-to-discovery-day-1-self-evaluation/confused/

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Sample Cluster

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• How to prioritize 227 clusters to assist Columbus with I/I CIPs?

• After much discussion:Develop

Criteria to Prioritize Clusters

Frequency

Criteria 1Total number of WIB complaints

Criteria 4Total number of

recent WIB complaints

Density

Criteria 2WIB complaint

density per acreage

Criteria 3WIB complaint

density per parcel count

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Scenario No.

Criteria 1 – Total # of Wet WIBs

Criteria 2 – WIB

Density per Area

Criteria 3 – WIB

Densityper

Parcel

Criteria 4– Total #

of Recent WIBs

No. 1 – Equal Weighting

33% 33% 33%

No. 2 – Equal Weighting Including Recent WIB Complaints

25% 25% 25% 25%

No. 3 - Higher Weighting on Recent WIB Complaints

20% 20% 20% 40%

• And more discussion on various methods to rank clusters:

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Scenario 2 vs. Scenario 3

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Assess the potential

reason for WIB

complaints

• Existing Sanitary Sewer Capacity Model used to evaluate potential capacity constraints

• Field investigations still required

Did limited capacity create WIBs?

Is the cause just unknown?

Did roots cause a backup?

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SSCM Model Plan

& Profile

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What can the model

tell us?

• If the model does predict surcharge

• Indication of surcharge does not directly correlate to WIB complaints, rather surcharge may be one of the many more complex reason for WIB complaints

• If the model does not predict surcharge

• No apparent reason and additional investigations are recommended

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Topics Background and Goals

Approach

Results

Benefits

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Prioritized Clusters

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Very High Cluster

• Why?Wet WIB per AreaWet WIBs per ParcelRecent Wet WIBs

• Potential Reason?Surcharge

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Very High Priority Cluster

• Why?Wet WIBs per AreaWet WIBs per ParcelRecent Wet WIBs - FAILED

• Recent lift station eliminated capacity issues

• Dropped from Very High to lesser priority

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Topics Background and Goals

Approach

Results

Benefits

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Benefits • Now that the WIB complaint data is processed, what else can we do with it?

Look at yearly or monthly trendsEvaluate impact of sewer cleaning

on WIBsAssess severity during specific

rainfall eventsEstimate impact of sewer

modifications on potential WIB complaints

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Analyze Trends

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Sewer Cleaning Has a Positive Impact on WIB Complaints

II Study Area Cleaning Period

Total # Years WIB Data Available

WIB Complaints Per Inch of Rain

Before Cleaning After Cleaning Before

Cleaning After Cleaning

Barthman-Parsons

11/2007 –6/2010 5.3 0.5 2.2 1.7

Early Ditch Relief

6/2006 –9/2007 3.8 3.3 2.9 1.7

Livingston-James

5/2005 –7/2006 2.8 4.4 7.2 4.2

Miller-Kelton 9/2009 –11/2009 7.1 1.1 0.4 0.5

North West Alum Creek

9/2008 –10/2009 6.1 1.2 3.6 2.8

Plum Ridge 4/2010 –6/2010 7.7 0.5 0.1 0.2

West 5th Ave 3/2007 –11/2009 4.8 1.1 0.2 0.2

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Event Specific WIB Data Supports On-Going Projects

How did a large event in 2005 impact this area?

Only three WIB complaints filed

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What trends do we see over time?

Will the proposed large-scale CIP likely reduce WIBs?

WIBs are already trending down

Quickly Summarize WIB Complaints in Specific Areas to Support CIP

Duration TOTAL WIBs TOTAL DRY WIBs TOTAL WET WIBs2002 - 2004 1435 226 12092005 - 2006 1305 196 11092007 - 2008 1291 222 10692009 - 2010 874 258 616

Total 4905 902 4003

WIBs in ACT Meter Basins

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Next Steps• WIB clusters with ‘Very High’ and

‘High’ priority designation will be considered a potential future I/I remediation project

• The remaining clusters will still aid the City in understanding where potential hydraulic constraints and/or maintenance issues may exist

• WIB data will continue to be evaluated as it is collected and to analyze trends and confirm priority areas

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Conclusions • Impact of anticipated WWMP and CIP projects have not yet been evaluated in terms of mitigating WIBs

• Columbus has realized benefits of having the processed WIB data readily available to support other questions and projects

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Questions?

http://www.mosbybuildingarts.com/blog/2011/04/21/preventing-sewer-back-up/

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Imagine the resultC. Timothy Fallara, P.E.Sr. Project ManagerCity of Columbus, DPU, DOSD910 Dublin Road, 3rd Floor Columbus, OH 43215Tel : (614) 645-6728CTFallara@columbus.gov

Muralikrishna ChelupatiEnvironmental Engineer 2ARCADIS U.S.1100 Superior Ave, Suite 1250Cleveland, OH 44114Tel : (216) 298-5218Muralikrishna.Chelupati@arcadis-us.com