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clay soil-backfill than in chalk and sand one (O’Reill et al.,<br />

1989).<br />

Root intrusion The roots can break the sewer walls as well as open the joints.<br />

Other factors<br />

Sewage characteristics<br />

Inappropriate<br />

maintenance method<br />

Age of sewer<br />

Se<strong>di</strong>ment friction<br />

Wastewater can be corrosive, in particular if it is characterized<br />

by: pH200 mg/L and CO2>0.23<br />

mg/L*carbonate hardness for concrete and asbestos cement<br />

(WSA/FWR,1993). Davies at al. (2001B) estimated that<br />

separated sewer can more likely be damaged than combined<br />

one.<br />

The cleaning by means of pump jetting can erode the inner<br />

sewer wall<br />

It is not the age itself, principally, but the period of<br />

construction accor<strong>di</strong>ng to the historical and technological<br />

development.<br />

An interesting analysis is given by WRc (2001) which is based on a comparison among<br />

the effects of sewer defect size, hydraulic surcharge, groundwater level with water depth and soil<br />

type on ground loss. The worst situation is for a submerged sewer with severe defects, laid in a<br />

sandy fine sand or fine sand subjected to frequent high magnitude hydraulic surcharges; whereas<br />

one of the best picture is a non-submerged sewer with small defects, laid in a me<strong>di</strong>um to high<br />

plasticity clays never subjected to hydraulic surcharges. The location of the experimental areas in<br />

Rome has been done on the basis of this analysis, and the investigated sewer systems (called<br />

Torraccia and Infenetto) were chosen because one was supposed to represent the best situation<br />

(Torraccia) and the worst situation (Infernetto).<br />

Finally, Fenner (2000) identified some informations to be collected for completely<br />

characterizing an urban sewer systems, those information can support the decision for a strategic<br />

rehabilitation planning. They are <strong>di</strong>vided in three groups: physical attributes, data by field visits<br />

and other. In particular:<br />

1. the key physical attributes are: levels cover manhole, pipe sizes, invert levels of<br />

incoming and outgoing pipes and pipe material;<br />

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