Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment: Recent submissions
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Laboratory Media Test Comparisons to Long-Term Performance of Biofilter and Media Filter Treatment-Train Stormwater Controls
(ASCE, 11/1/2021)Stormwater biofilters and bioretention controls have been extensively studied and are commonly encouraged as effective stormwater controls. Most of these controls incorporate media to enhance pollutant removal. There is ... -
Inter-Event Water Quality Variability and Intra-Event Pollutant Dynamics in Context of Effective Impervious Area
(ASCE, 11/1/2021)Water quality modeling has been studied extensively to better manage urban runoff impacts on stream health and effectively address stormwater permitting requirements. Recent studies have indicated that previous modeling ... -
Future Projection of Extreme Rainfall for Flood Management due to Climate Change in an Urban Area
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)In urban areas, due to climate change, frequent occurrence of shorter duration rainfall extremes will increase the possibility of damaging flash floods. It is crucial to assess the impacts of climate change on rainfall ... -
Incorporating a Multiple-Benefit Analysis into a Stormwater Decision-Support Tool at Planning Level
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)As we move into an era of increased urbanization, stormwater practitioners are charged with creating multibenefit solutions through the installation of stormwater control measures (SCMs). Two drivers facilitate the accrual ... -
Seeking More Cost-Efficient Design Criteria for Infiltration Trenches
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)For many jurisdictions, the current design criteria for low-impact development practices (LIDs) including infiltration trenches require LIDs to provide enough storage capacity to store catchment runoff from the location’s ... -
Air Temperature Reductions at the Base of Tree Canopies
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)Trees in urban settings have a significant role in regulating urban hydrologic cycles. Urban trees, either as standalone plantings or as part of a tree pit, are an increasingly popular stormwater management tool. Beyond ... -
Green Roof Aging Effect on Physical Properties and Hydrologic Performance
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)Many studies focus on the hydrologic performance of green roofs, but the aging effect remains largely unknown due to the scarcity of long-term monitored data. This study characterized virgin and 7-year-old growth media and ... -
Effectiveness of Retention Ponds for Sustainable Urban Flood Mitigation across Range of Storm Depths in Northern Tehran, Iran
(ASCE, 5/1/2021)Although there has been a growing interest in the application of stormwater best management practices, many developing countries still rely solely on traditional practices, such as channels, for urban flood management. The ... -
Sources and Impacts of Uncertainty in Uncalibrated Bioretention Models Using SWMM 5.1.012
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)Using the USEPA’s Storm Water Management Model version 5.1.012 (SWMM), a case study of a street right-of-way bioretention system (ROWB) configured as a storage node is compared against SWMM’s Low Impact Development (LID) ... -
Stormwater Treatment Effectiveness of Established Lined Bioretention Facilities in Portland, Oregon
(ASCE, 5/1/2021)Bioretention systems are commonly used to treat and detain stormwater runoff and help mitigate many negative effects of urbanization. The goal of this project is to assess the pollution reduction effectiveness of lined ... -
Dynamic Treatment of County Maintenance and Service Facility Stormwater by a Pump-Fed Bioswale System
(ASCE, 5/1/2021)Limited data exist on the stormwater characteristics and treatment of maintenance and services (M&S) facilities. Such facilities are generally dynamic in land use and support diverse operations. This study characterized ... -
Modeling Seasonal Performance of Operational Urban Rain Garden Using HYDRUS-1D
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)Accounting for seasonal effects on rain garden performance can be challenging in colder regions. Changes in temperature cause changes in the viscosity of water, infiltration rates, and evapotranspiration rates. A variably ... -
Siting Surface Infiltration-Based Stormwater Control Measures Using a Geographic Information Systems Approach
(ASCE, 5/1/2021)Infiltration-based stormwater control measures (SCMs) are commonly the preferred practice implemented to mitigate the hydrologic impacts of urbanization, such as increased surface runoff volumes from small to moderate rain ... -
Environmentally Useful Life of Interlocking Concrete Block Pavements: Critical Time Period Concept
(ASCE, 5/1/2021)In this study, we present a critical time concept for evaluating the environmental performance of interlocking concrete block pavements (ICBP) formulated through extensive field observations. Infiltration measurements were ... -
Hydrologic Modeling of Distributed Stormwater Control Measure Retrofit and Examination of Impact of Subcatchment Discretization in PCSWMM
(ASCE, 8/1/2021)Modifications made to the landscape during urbanization can lead to increased stormwater runoff volumes and peak flows. Low-impact development (LID) techniques and green stormwater infrastructure are implemented to minimize ... -
Creating a Water Quality Scale Methodology Using California as a Case Study
(ASCE, 5/1/2021)Water availability analysis traditionally has involved understanding how much water enters and leaves a region and how much is used or stored each year. This mass balance of water, or water budget, is useful for tracking ... -
Modeling Infiltration in Green Stormwater Infrastructure: Effect of Geometric Shape
(ASCE, 5/1/2021)Geometric shape can play an important role in modeling and designing green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) systems because of its influence on system infiltration processes. The effects of GSI system geometry were assessed ... -
Estimating Regionalized Planning Costs of Green Infrastructure and Low-Impact Development Stormwater Management Practices: Updates to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s National Stormwater Calculator
(ASCE, 5/1/2021)Estimating regional costs of green infrastructure (GI) and low-impact development (LID) stormwater management controls is an important issue for many municipalities and water utilities in the United States. The National ... -
Runoff Reduction by Four Green Stormwater Infrastructure Systems in a Shared Environment
(ASCE, 5/1/2021)Green stormwater infrastructure (GI) imitates the hydrology of undeveloped land to mediate the impacts of stormwater runoff, but research is lacking that characterizes the performances of different types of independent GI ... -
Monitoring the Water Quality Benefits of a Triangular Swale Treating a Highway Runoff
(ASCE, 2/1/2021)Swales are among the most commonly used stormwater control measures (SCMs) worldwide. In 2009, the North Carolina DOT constructed a grassed swale in Knightdale, North Carolina, in the right-of-way of Interstate 540 near ...