One challenge of climate change adaptation is to design watershed-based stormwater management plans that meet current total maximum daily load targets and also take into consideration anticipated changes in future precipitation patterns. We present a multi-scale, multiobjective framework for generating a diverse family of stormwater best management practice (BMP) plans for entire watersheds. Ea...

While there are many resources available to aid in the design and construction of most structural stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs), there are few guides pertaining to their operation and maintenance. Historically, it seems as though “build-em” and walk has been common-place. However, increasing focus upon mass balances, numeric goal setting and Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), now ...

Detention ponds are currently accepted as stormwater best management practices (BMPs) in coastal South Carolina. These ponds are typical catch basins for stormwater piped directly from impervious surfaces in many residential and resort areas. Nutrients often concentrate in the ponds and contribute to eutrophication within the ponds and downgradient estuaries. A supplementary BMP is proposed tha...

Simulated stormwater management devices baited with alfalfa infusion were constructed to test conveyance pipe dimension and orientation as a potential deterrent to mosquito oviposition. Various configurations of pipe diameter, length, and orientation were evaluated based on egg raft counts. Field trials tested pipes of 1.3-, 5-, and 10-cm diam and 0-, 90-, or 270-cm lengths, in both horizontal ...

Applied Ecological Services, Inc., has designed, engineered, constructed or overseen the construction of numerous wetland biofiltration projects. Project goals have been to clean up macronutrient-burdened water from industrial sources, agricultural systems and sewage treatment facilities. Septic management has been involved in many projects where biofilters have been created to manage stormwate...

There is growing evidence that changes in the current hydrological behaviour of urbanising catchments are a major source of impacts on the downstream water bodies. However, current flow-rates are rarely considered in studies on urban stormwater management, usually focused on extreme flow-rates. We argue that taking into account receiving water bodies is possible with relatively small modificati...

1.0 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................1 2.0 Sources of Urban Runoff Pollutants and Source Reduction Options.......................................................................1 2.1 Other Pollutant Contributions to the Storm Drainage System .....................

seattle has been working at green infrastructure for over a decade, and its commitment over many years has resulted in a serious overall program. the city does not yet have a comprehensive citywide green infrastructure plan; its Comprehensive drainage plan is generally supportive of green infrastructure (which it dubs “natural drainage strategies”), but does not spell out an overall vision of i...

stormwater represents one of the least researched forms of wastewater in environmental science. contaminated industrial stormwater, that is stormwater generated by runoff from industrial sites such as refineries, smelters and mine sites, is even less well understood. however, contaminated industrial stormwater can have damaging environmental impacts because it generally occurs in sudden bursts ...