White Papers

Over the years, ADS has had the unique opportunity to observe some of the most challenging flow conditions in history and record our observations in white papers.  Visit this section often to find new papers.  If you have an idea for a paper, please contact us.  Please review the links below for currently released technical papers:

White Paper Titles Units of Measure
Inflow and Infiltration | Determining Base Infiltration in Sewers U.S. Customary
Inflow and Infiltration | Executing a Large Flow Metering Project U.S. Customary
The Myth of Measuring Ground Water | Ground Water Measurements in Inflow & Infiltration Studies U.S. Customary
Basin Size | The Magic Knob for Controlling Costs of RDII Reduction U.S. Customary
Estimating Groundwater Infiltration in Sewers U.S. Customary
If I Had This To Do Over | A Twelve Step Program to Successfully Measure Sewer Rehabilitation U.S. Customary
Determining Base Infiltration in Sewers – A Comparison of Empirical Methods and Verification Results U.S. Customary
Depth Perception | Tracking Sewer Performance Using Design Guidelines & Regulatory Expectations U.S. Customary Metric
Wastewater Hydraulics | Be Wary of Weally Wough Waves U.S. Customary
Falling Into An Aeration Tank |Do You Sink or Swim? U.S. Customary
Measurement Strategies and Technologies | Evaluation of Gauge Adjusted Radar for Rainfall Measurement in RDII Programs U.S. Customary
Measurement Strategies and Technologies | Peeling the Onion of Meter Accuracy U.S. Customary
Measurement Strategies and Technologies | Getting More From Flow Monitoring U.S. Customary
SSOs and CSOs | SSO Leaves Telltale Signs U.S. Customary
SSOs and CSOs | Recognizing the Scattergraph Signature of an SSO U.S. Customary
SSOs and CSOs | Characterization of Sanitary Sewer and Combined Sewer Overflows U.S. Customary Metric
Working with Combined Sewers: Geometric and Hydraulic Elements of Egg-Shaped Sewers U.S. Customary Metric
Working with Combined Sewers: Geometric and Hydraulic Elements of Cleveland Egg-Shaped Sewers – Part 1 U.S. Customary
Working with Combined Sewers: Geometric and Hydraulic Elements of Cleveland Egg-Shaped Sewers – Part 2 U.S. Customary
Elements to Successful Rainfall Monitoring | Rain Gauge Equipment Selection for the Urban Sewer Environment U.S. Customary Metric
Elements to Successful Rainfall Monitoring | Rain Gauge Siting Principles for the Urban Sewer Environment U.S. Customary Metric
Scattergraph White Papers Units of Measure
A Comparison of Various Applications of the Manning Equation U.S. Customary Metric
Camp’s Varying Roughness Coefficient Applied to the Manning Equation U.S. Customary Metric
Practical Application of the Froude Number to Flow Monitor Data U.S. Customary Metric
Characterization of Sanitary Sewer and Combined Sewer Overflows U.S. Customary Metric
Evaluating Self-Cleansing in Existing Sewers Using the Tractive Force Method U.S. Customary Metric
Boston’s Pilot Project to Measure CSOs Relies on New Technology and Scattergraphs to Detect Overflows U.S. Customary
Sewer Sociology White Papers Units of Measure
Sewer Sociology | The Days of Our (Sewer) Lives U.S. Customary
Sewer Sociology | San Diego 2013 U.S. Customary