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BLASTING EXCAVATION FOR CONNECTING A NEW TUNNEL TO AN ACTIVE SEWAGE TUNNEL IN A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
(STEF92 Technology, 2025-08-15, Sadettin Bağdatli, Ali Kahriman, Enver Alan, Aysema Dondurmaci, Fatih Kerem Kekulluoglu)
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This study presents the controlled blasting method used to excavate the buffer zone between a new connection tunnel and an active sewage tunnel operating at full capacity at the Tuzla Advanced Biological Wastewater Treatment Plant in Istanbul, owned by ISKI. Treating up to 650,000 m- of wastewater daily for a population of 2.6 million, the plant required new treatment units to be connected to the existing system due to increased capacity needs. Since the existing 2,200 mm-diameter sewage tunnel, built in 1998, cou...
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