Wastewater Collection Systems
Wastewater Collection Systems
Wastewater collections systems are comprised of gravity pipes, manholes, tanks, lift stations, control structures, and force mains that gather used water from residential and nonresidential customers and convey the flow to the wastewater treatment plant. It takes thousands of miles of pipeline to collect this wastewater so it can be treated and returned to the environment.
Resources
AWWA Benchmarking: Performance Management for Water and Wastewater Utilities
In an ever-changing environment, utility managers must balance the needs of regulations and customer expectations and deliver a quality product with well-received rates. Benchmarking remains a consistent tool used in the water sector industry for more than 20 years as a method to support a utility’s continual improvement efforts.
Technical Resources
Manuals
AWWA Standards
M23 PVC Pipe — Design and Installation
This manual provides the user with both general and technical information to aid in design, procurement, installation, and maintenance of PVC pipe and fittings.
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M29 Water Utility Capital Financing
Planning and obtaining financing for water utility capital projects. This edition addresses both traditional and innovative utility financing alternatives to meet both short-and long-term capital requirements.
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M41 Ductile-Iron Pipe and Fittings
This AWWA manual of water supply practice covers the specification, design, installation, and maintenance of ductile-iron pipe and fittings for potable water systems.
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M47 Capital Project Delivery
This manual describes a variety of project delivery methods and provides guidance to utility managers, project engineers, and buyers for managing any size construction project.
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M49 Quarter-Turn Valves: Head Loss, Torque, and Cavitation Analysis
Recommended methods for calculating operating torque, head loss, and cavitation for quarter-turn valves typically used in water works service. M49 also provides guidance on generally available methods for using quarter-turn valves as well as their cavitation, flow, and torque characteristics.
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Events With a Focus on Wastewater Collection
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Water Infrastructure Conference
The Water Infrastructure Conference features the latest science, technology, and solutions.
September 14-17, 2025
Orlando, FL
AWWA/WEF The Utility Management Conference™
The world of water is finite. Find new ways to protect and conserve.
February 11-14, 2025
Dallas, TX
Related Resources
2023 AWWA Utility Benchmarking
Utility managers can use the data and analyses in this report to determine how their utility’s performance compares to the water or wastewater industry in six areas of operations: Organizational Development, Business Operations, Customer Relations, Water Operations, Wastewater Operations, and Historical Trends.
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Wastewater Operator Certification Exam Prep
This book offers 500-plus practice questions and answers so you can take your wastewater operator certification exam with confidence.
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AWWA Small Systems Field Guide: Water and Wastewater
Operators of small water systems do it all — O&M, management, sampling, customer service, everything. This field guide may be the handiest book ever written for these unsung heroes of public health protection.
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Wastewater Microbiology: A Handbook for Operators
This book provides the treatment information wastewater operators need to know. Chapters cover wastewater treatment system overview, general microscopy, bacteria, protozoa, metazoans, filamentous bacteria, as well as microbiology and process control.
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AWWA Wastewater Operator Field Guide
This handy field reference contains all the information, charts, graphs, formulas, and definitions that are needed by wastewater system operators in performing their daily duties.
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Design-Build for Water and Wastewater Projects
Complete guide to planning, procuring, and executing design-build projects for water and wastewater systems.
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External Resources
USEPA: Guide for Evaluating Capacity, Management, Operation, and Maintenance (CMOM) Programs at Sanitary Sewer Collection Systems
USEPA Drinking Water and Wastewater Utility Customer Assistance Programs
USEPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)- Municipal Wastewater
USEPA Small and Rural Wastewater Systems
CDC Sanitation & Wastewater
AWWA Policy Statements
AWWA’s policy statements are brief statements on protecting and improving water supply, water quality, management, and the interests of the public and the environment. They are written by consensus, subject to review and comment by AWWA committees, councils, and members. Because they represent AWWA’s position on these matters, they are approved by the AWWA Executive Committee of the board of directors.
Technical Committee Engagement
AWWA members are recognized globally for their industry expertise and their generosity in sharing that expertise for a better world through better water. AWWA members participate in committee activities, developing conference programs, writing technical manuals, developing standards, creating educational content and contributing to AWWA publications. Committee members primarily interact through conference calls, emails, and face to face meetings at conferences and events.
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