ABSTRACT
More than 700 cities in the United States have sewer systems that transport both sanitary and storm water flows in the same system. During rain storms, the combined sanitary and storm water flows can easily overload these sewer systems. Traditional solutions to mitigate or eliminate combined sewer overflow (CSOs) typically involve large and expensive construction projects. The CSO framework can scale easily as a seller agent can also be a buyer agent in the network. A distributed control system architecture implements the control algorithm for each actuator at the location of the actuator. The distributed control architecture contrasts with a centralized control architecture where the control logic for all actuators is implemented at a control center. The CSO net monitoring system was installed in 2008 and its control subsystem was implemented in 2010. The microprocessor is able to independently remove power from other subsystems to conserve power.
