Evaluation of Best Management Practices for Urban Stormwater Management

2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 (8) ◽  
pp. 6928-6944
Author(s):  
M. Park ◽  
S. Pincetl ◽  
M. K. Stenstrom
Keyword(s):  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Urban Stormwater ◽  
Urban Stormwater Management ◽  
Best Management

Stormwater management in a catchbasin perspective - best practices or sustainable strategies?

2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 159-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Bäckström ◽  
P.-A. Malmqvist ◽  
M. Viklander
Keyword(s):  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Pollutant Removal ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Environmental Objectives ◽  
Important Pathway ◽  
Pollutant Sources ◽  
Pollutant Source ◽  
The Eu

A strategy for sustainable stormwater management is needed. This study has focused on the relative importance of stormwater as a pollutant source in a catchbasin, if Best Management Practices (BMPs) result in pollutant removal or pollutant redistribution, and methods for screening of stormwater strategies. Stormwater is most likely an important pathway for pollutants in a catchbasin perspective. True pollutant removal can only be achieved if the pollutant sources are eliminated. Until that is reached, we should have the best possible control of the pollutant fluxes in the watershed. This study indicates that the search for a sustainable stormwater strategy could be easier to handle if different “screens” could be used. The Swedish environmental objectives, which try to encapsulate all aspects of sustainability, may be used as a foundation for a “sustainability screen”. By using this screen, the “unsustainable” features of different stormwater strategies could be pointed out. A “standards and legislation screen” will be based on the EU Water Framework Directive. As this study has shown, it is doubtful whether the conventional BMPs, such as stormwater ponds and infiltration facilities, produce a sufficient pollutant control.

Beyond best management practices: pelagic biogeochemical dynamics in urban stormwater ponds

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 1384-1395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clayton J. Williams ◽  
Paul C. Frost ◽  
Marguerite A. Xenopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Urban Stormwater ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Stormwater Ponds

Operational Monitoring of Urban Stormwater Management Facilities and Receiving Subwatersheds in Richmond Hill, Ontario

2004 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 392-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel D. Olding ◽  
Tracey S. Steele ◽  
John C. Nemeth
Keyword(s):  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Suspended Solids ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Storm Event ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Operational Monitoring ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Urban Impacts

Abstract Untreated stormwater discharge has been found to have major impacts on urban watercourses. Despite the acknowledgement of the importance of adopting broader-scale approaches to managing stormwater, there is limited information describing the subwatershed benefits of implementing numerous best management practices (BMPs). Operational monitoring of stormwater management facilities (SWMFs) and streams in three subwatersheds undergoing urbanization was undertaken over a five-year period to measure potential changes in suspended solids concentrations, hydrology and temperature. SWMFs at construction sites had elevated total suspended solids (TSS) discharges relative to facilities in stable catchments, but reduced TSS discharges in comparison to uncontrolled construction sites. The discharge from single facilities was found to have the potential to increase downstream watercourse TSS concentrations in headwater areas, but increases were often not detectable further downstream. TSS discharges from SWMFs in stable catchments were similar to published ranges, and were a useful tool to identify facilities that were not functioning as designed. Based upon the current subwatershed imperviousness levels, water quality impacts from cumulative SWMF discharges appear to be less likely to be significant than some other factors, such as the changes in the subwatershed hydrological response. No increase in peakflow or duration of midbankfull flow for the 25-mm and 2-year storm event and no trend in baseflow or water temperature were detectable over the study period, despite the increase in imperviousness due to watershed urbanization. The findings from this operational monitoring study suggest that implementation of BMPs may help to mitigate urban impacts at the subwatershed level.

Costs of Best Management Practices and Associated Land for Urban Stormwater Control

2003 ◽  
Vol 129 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Sample ◽  
James P. Heaney ◽  
Leonard T. Wright ◽  
Chi-Yuan Fan ◽  
Fu-Hsiung Lai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Urban Stormwater ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Stormwater Control
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