Facilities development and planning model - a management tool for the strategic planning process and application thereof

Abstract

The comprehensive content of the planning process for wastewater conveyance and treatment facilities, and the optimization thereof, resulted in the development of the Facilities Development and Planning Model (FDP). The FDP model was developed for the operators of wastewater care facilities in order to obtain an efficient and dynamic means of assessing the regional inputs, evaluating the existing system and situation, and for considering various generic scenarios.

The FDP model can be adapted to be utilized for the planning of facilities for other bulk services infrastructure.

The paper describes the application of the FDP model in an wastewater treatment environment.