Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment: Recent submissions
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Characterizing Stormwater Basin Conditions Using Tracked BMP Inspection and Rating Reports from the Virginia Department of Transportation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Studies have rarely used stormwater best management practice (BMP) condition rating data to quantify changes in condition ratings and characterize condition issues, making it challenging to implement proactive maintenance ... -
Characterization of Nitrogen Discharge from Extensive Sedum Green Roofs with Multiple Amending Designs and Materials
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Green roofs are effective stormwater control measures for mitigating urban hydrology; however, their potential to manage nutrient discharges has not been consistently documented. Thirty-two pilot scale newly constructed ... -
Phosphorus Recovery from Synthetic Stormwater Using Iron- and Slag-Amended Green Infrastructure Soils
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The demand for phosphorus (P), fueled by the need for fertilizers to increase food production due to the ever-increasing population, is increasing P in the environment and diminishing global reserves of this nonrenewable ... -
Green Infrastructure in Series to Treat Stormwater Runoff from a Highway Overpass
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) is effective at capturing and treating runoff from impervious traffic areas, including roadways, parking lots, and pedestrian walkways; however, its application in treating highway or ... -
The Past, Present, and Future of Wastewater Management in Alabama’s Black Belt
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The Alabama Black Belt was originally named for its dark, fertile topsoil, which was well suited for growing cotton, and in the early 1800s was once one of the most prosperous regions of the United States. Currently home ... -
Nitrogen Removal in Bioretention Systems with Hydraulic Outlet Controls
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Nitrogen pollution in stormwater runoff is among the most difficult to mitigate via bioretention, particularly for dissolved species like NO3−-NO2− (NOx). Bioretention soil mix (BSM) amended with compost often leaches ... -
Effects of Postprocessing Decisions on Flow-Weighted Event Mean Concentrations
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)The sensitivity of an industry-defining stormwater quality metric, the flow-weighted event mean concentration (EMC), to nonstandardized calculation protocols was evaluated. Our objective was to explicate quantitative methods ... -
Relationship between Groundwater Nitrate Concentration and Density of Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems: Role of Soil Parent Material and Impact on Pollution Risk
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Nitrate (NO3−) pollution from onsite wastewater treatment systems (OWTS) is a concern in coastal communities that rely on groundwater for drinking water because of health risks associated with high levels of NO3− and the ... -
Disconnect between Capture Areas and Stormwater Runoff: A Pre- and Postinstallation Model of Two Stormwater Control Measures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2024)Overland runoff was modeled before and after the installation of two stormwater control measures (SCMs) in a 23-ha urban catchment. The location of adjacent SCMs, a berm and bioswales, on the same hillslope provided an ... -
Quantitative Analysis of the Water Budget of a Rain Garden in Pennsylvania
(ASCE, 2024/05/01)Stormwater control measures (SCMs), such as rain gardens, aim to restore the hydrologic cycle impacted by development. Development increases runoff and reduces infiltration, groundwater replenishment, and evapotranspiration ... -
Hydrologic Performance of Vegetated Compost Blankets for Highway Stormwater Management
(ASCE, 2024/08/01)In an attempt to reduce the impacts of stormwater, stakeholders are exploring ways to improve the performance of existing stormwater control measures adjacent to highways, including vegetated filter strips (VFSs). This ... -
A Synthesis of Climate Change Impacts on Stormwater Management Systems: Designing for Resiliency and Future Challenges
(ASCE, 2024/05/01)Climate change is projected to alter rainfall patterns in many parts of the US and around the world, highlighting the importance of stormwater management systems within resiliency efforts. Stormwater systems typically are ... -
Performance Assessment of Stormwater Management Infrastructures in a Parking Lot near Montreal, Canada
(ASCE, 2024/02/01)Stormwater control measures, including green and gray infrastructures, are increasingly used to enhance the level of sustainability of conventional drainage networks in managing rainfall-induced runoff. This paper studies ... -
Real-Time Control and Bioretention: Implications for Hydrology
(ASCE, 2024/02/01)Bioretention practices have been developed to restore natural hydrologic regimes by reducing runoff volume and mitigating the peak flows of urban runoff. This is critical as cities encounter more extreme weather and their ... -
Stormwater-Retaining Ground Surface Depressions of Solar Photovoltaic Farms
(ASCE, 2024/02/01)Solar photovoltaic (PV) farms are commonly used for harnessing renewable solar energy, but they will change the natural landscape. Surface depression storage refers to the maximum empty volume that precipitation can fill ... -
Particle Swarm Optimization for Inverse Modeling of Soils in Urban Green Stormwater Infrastructure Sites
(ASCE, 2024/05/01)The measurement of soil parameters at green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) sites is a labor and time-intensive process. Use of machine learning and inverse modeling techniques to estimate soil parameters provides an answer ... -
Tracking the Cost of Maintaining Stormwater Best-Management Practice Facilities: The Role of Database Design and Data Entry Best Practices
(ASCE, 2024/02/01)Best-management practices (BMPs) are widely used to mitigate non-point source pollution from stormwater discharges. However, long-term operation and maintenance of stormwater BMPs have been an afterthought before the ... -
Assessing the Water Quality Performance of Limestone Media in Bioretention and Sand Filter Basin Testbeds
(ASCE, 2023/11/01)Low impact development (LID) practices are commonly used stormwater control measures (SCMs) designed to mimic the predevelopment hydrologic regime by restoring the natural water cycle and enhancing water quality. A full-scale ... -
Evaluating Minimum Environmental Flow Requirements in Rivers: A Combined Decision-Tree Approach Integrating Hydrological, Physical Habitat, and Water Quality Indexes
(ASCE, 6/30/2023 )The present study proposes a new method to assess the minimum environmental flow regime of rivers in which hydrological, physical habitat, and water quality indexes are integrated in a decision tree. Conventional methods ... -
A New Method for Estimating Water-Quality Flows
(ASCE, 7/25/2023 )Water-quality flow (WQF) is used as the basis for designing some stormwater control measures. The conventional method for determining the WQF incorporates several assumptions that do not reflect reality. A method is presented ...