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Sylvain Coutu
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Integrated stochastic modeling of pharmaceuticals in sewage networks
Sylvain Coutu, Timothée Noé Pouchon, Pierre Claude Jean Queloz
Pharmaceuticals and particularly antibiotics can harm sensitive aquatic species. Their occurrence in urban wastewater systems is the consequence of five successive processes: (i) ingestion of the substance, (ii) accumulation in the urine, (iii) excretion, ...
Springer Verlag2016Modelling the effect of fluctuating herbicide concentrations on algae growth
Sylvain Coutu, Pierre-Jean Copin
Herbicide concentrations fluctuate widely in watercourses after crop applications and rain events. The level of concentrations in pulses can exceed the water chronic quality criteria. In the present study, we proposed modelling the effects of successive pu ...
Elsevier2015Substance flow analysis as a tool for mitigating the impact of pharmaceuticals on the aquatic system
Luca Rossi, Sylvain Coutu, Htet Kyi Wynn, Jonas Margot
Pharmaceuticals constitute an important environmental issue for receiving waters. A holistic approach, taking into consideration the sources of these compounds (hospitals, domestic use), discharges (wastewater effluent, combined sewer overflows) and relate ...
Elsevier2013Temporal dynamics of antibiotics in wastewater treatment plant influent
David Andrew Barry, Luca Rossi, Sylvain Coutu, Htet Kyi Wynn, Vera Wyrsch
A yearlong field experimental campaign was conducted to reveal time scales over which antibiotic fluxes vary in the influent of a wastewater treatment plant (WTP). In particular, sampling was carried out to ascertain the amplitudes of monthly, daily and ho ...
Elsevier2013Temporal variability of antibiotics fluxes in wastewater and contribution from hospitals
David Andrew Barry, Luca Rossi, Sylvain Coutu
Significant quantities of antibiotics are used in all parts of the globe to treat diseases with bacterial origins. After ingestion, antibiotics are excreted by the patient and transmitted in due course to the aquatic environment. This study examined tempor ...
Public Library of Science2013A computational platform for integrated modelling of micropollution in the urban environment
David Andrew Barry, Luca Rossi, Sylvain Coutu, Timothée Noé Pouchon
Anthropogenic chemical contaminants are found routinely in our water resources. Although most of these compounds are usually present at low concentrations, they are of concern due to their ecotoxicity, antibacterial resistance and potential harm to human h ...
2013Model falsification diagnosis and sensor placement for leak detection in pressurized pipe networks
Ian Smith, Sylvain Coutu, James-Alexandre Goulet
Pressurized pipe networks used for fresh-water distribution can take advantage of recent advances in sensing technologies and data-interpretation to evaluate their performance. In this paper, a leak-detection and a sensor placement methodology are proposed ...
Elsevier2013Impact of climate change on runoff pollution in urban environments
David Andrew Barry, Sylvain Coutu, Sébastien Kramer
Runoff from urban environments is generally contaminated. These contaminants mostly originate from road traffic and building envelopes. Facade envelopes generate lead, zinc and even biocides, which are used for facade protection. Road traffic produces part ...
2012Lessivage des polluants urbains et changement climatique : l’influence des modèles
David Andrew Barry, Luca Rossi, Sylvain Coutu, Sébastien Kramer
Rainfall for the next century will be influenced by global warming. These modified rainfalls will have influences on rainfall runoff. In order to analyze these impacts, this study compared different buildup and washoff functions with several future rainfal ...
2012Modelling wind-driven rain on buildings in urbanized area using 3-D GIS and LiDAR datasets
Luca Rossi, François Golay, Sylvain Coutu, Claudio Magalhaes Carneiro, Pauline Emery, Vera Wyrsch
This study investigated the distribution of the fraction of rainfall intercepted by the facades of buildings located in an urbanized area. We used the frequently used semi-empirical standard ISO-15927-3 to simulate Wind-Driven Rain on facades. The implemen ...
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