Research Article

Scenario Based Municipal Wastewater Estimation: Development and Application of a Dynamic Simulation Model

Table 1

Details of the parameter values used in the SD model.

Parameter typeValueSourceNote

Initial valueGDP120.648 billionWuhan Statistical YearbookThe data of 2000
Population8,048,100Wuhan Statistical Yearbook
Water pollution1Assumption
ConstantChange in wastewater treatment fee37.5%The government of WuhanIncrease (compared to the data of 2013)
Industrial wastewater discharge coefficient0.75Code for design of outdoor wastewater engineering (GB 50014, 2006)
Pollution standard1Assumption
Elastic coefficient of population0.2Kelley and Schmidt, 1995 [21]
Elastic coefficient of environment0.12Zhang et al., 2009
Elasticity of wastewater treatment fee−0.1Ruijs et al., 2008Combination of assumption and the reference
Lookup functionGrowth rate of populationWuhan Statistical YearbookTime series from 2000 to 2010
GDP (ten thousand yuan) water consumptionWuhan Statistical Yearbook
Growth rate of GDP1Wuhan Statistical Yearbook
Capacity of wastewater treatmentWuhan Water Authority
Per capita wastewater outputIf (time ≤ 2014,65 m3), then it is determined by other variablesCode for design of outdoor wastewater engineering (GB 50014, 2006)
Pollution absorption timeWorld model