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GREYWATER SYSTEMS IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
by
Chase Jamison Blood
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF BUILDING SCIENCE
May 2012
Copyright 2012 Chase Jamison Blood
Object Description
| Title | Greywater systems in urban environments |
| Author | Blood, Chase Jamison |
| Author email | chaseblood@gmail.com;chaseblood@gmail.com |
| Degree | Master of Building Science |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Building Science |
| School | School of Architecture |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-05-11 |
| Date submitted | 2012-05-07 |
| Date approved | 2012-05-07 |
| Restricted until | 2012-05-07 |
| Date published | 2012-05-07 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Woll, Ed |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Mar, Erik Carlson, Anders |
| Abstract | This thesis examines the feasibility of greywater systems under various conditions in order to understand optimal circumstances for greywater system instillation and, in turn, site sustainability. The study begins by analyzing historical and modern approaches to greywater such that successful methods can be implemented into present day sustainable design. Current issues pertaining to greywater such as health concerns and overcoming public opposition to recycling water are discussed in order to better design integrated greywater systems that will not be encountered with a negative perspective. Furthermore, sustainability programs such as LEED and Sustainable Sites are examined for implementation of water sustainable site design and if greywater systems are being incentivized by these programs. Water use is dissected into commercial and residential use in order to typify sites and identify consumption patterns in order to generalize a site’s feasibility for greywater system implementation. This data is used to establish an algorithm which quantifies a site’s feasibility for a greywater system in the form of a payback period. Other variables include the amount of rainfall and precipitation, utility data such as water, sewage, and electric rates, and typical user consumption. Four different system types- Membrane Bioreactor, Rotary Biocontactor, Alternating Intermittent Recirculating Reactor, and Brac- are examined and implemented into the modeling process to understand how system demands, based on the given variables, impact system feasibility. Trends and relationships are identified which establish general patterns in model output, including quantified metrics of greywater system variables. Embedded costs and benefits to current infrastructure are discussed to properly understand the true price of the utilities consumed to provide for daily water consumption. |
| Keyword | greywater; graywater; sustainability; holistic design; building science; architecture; public planning; water; |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Blood, Chase Jamison |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-BloodChase-796.pdf |
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| Full text | GREYWATER SYSTEMS IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS by Chase Jamison Blood A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF BUILDING SCIENCE May 2012 Copyright 2012 Chase Jamison Blood |
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