Apparatus and method for increasing hydraulic capacity of a gravity sewer

Abstract

A method for increasing hydraulic capacity of a gravity sewer system includes installing a receiving structure within or proximate to at least a portion of the gravity sewer system. The receiving structure has at least one fluid inlet opening, at least one liquid outlet opening, and at least one gas outlet opening. The method further includes evacuating at least some of any gas within the receiving structure through the at least one gas outlet opening to create a vacuum within the receiving structure, receiving a flow of at least liquid through the at least one fluid inlet opening of the receiving structure and into the receiving structure, and discharging at least some of the liquid from the receiving structure through the at least one liquid outlet opening of the receiving structure.

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