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Assessing The Vulnerability Of Pumping Stations To Trash Blockage In Coastal Mega-Cities Of Developing Nations, Robert Ighodaro Ogie, Sarah Dunn, Tomas Holderness, Etienne Turpin

Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A

Pumping stations are important flood mitigation infrastructure used in coastal cities to remove accumulating floodwater from low-lying areas, where drainage is naturally poor due to very low slope gradient. In coastal mega-cities situated in developing nations, these pumping stations are often vulnerable to trash blockage as a result of frequent dumping of solid waste in water bodies. Given that blocked pumps are common causes of drainage infrastructure failure, the inability to identify the most vulnerable pumping stations can lead to inefficient allocation of limited resources for preventative maintenance of the drainage system. This study proposes an approach for measuring and …