scholarly journals Study on the Implementation of Drainage System at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM)

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Luqman Ismail ◽  
◽  
Sharifah Meryam Shareh Musa ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Runoff ◽  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Drainage System ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Urban Stormwater ◽  
Open Drainage ◽  
Runoff Water ◽  
Drainage Systems ◽  
Urban Stormwater Management ◽  
Land Drainage

Drainage systems play an important role in the development of managing surface runoff water. This is because without proper management of the drainage system, it can cause flooding in the area. Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) has suffered floods and caused significant losses. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to study the types of drainage systems available around the UTHM area. In this regard, semi-structured interviews were conducted with a number of respondents from the Development and Maintenance Office UTHM to study the problems of each existing drainage system around the area and to look at ways of improving the existing drainage system. The types of drainage systems available at UTHM have been identified as conventional drainage systems, Urban Stormwater Management Manual (MSMA), monsoon drainage, main drainage and land drainage. Problems such as drainage system, waste and clogged drainage also being identified. Among the improvements identified are replacing MSMA with open drainage. In conclusion, the study of drainage system implementation at UTHM can provide a clearer picture of the drainage system used around the study area.

A study on the effects of urban runoff controls in the sandsli research catchment, Bergen, Norway

1997 ◽  
Vol 36 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 379-384
Author(s):  
Sveinn T. Thorolfsson
Keyword(s):  
Ground Water ◽  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Drainage System ◽  
Urban Runoff ◽  
Source Control ◽  
Urban Stormwater ◽  
Urban Stormwater Management ◽  
Water Conditions

This paper describes a case study on a new alternative drainage system for urban stormwater management, the so-called “Sandsli-system”. The aim of this study is to evaluate the Sandsli system and the effects of the solution on ground water conditions. The study is carried out in the Sandsli research catchment in Bergen, Norway. The idea behind the “Sandsli-system is not to mix the polluted and the clean stormwater combined with a source control for both stormwater quantity and quality. The clean stormwater is percolated as quickly as possible, while the polluted stormwater is collected and conducted to an appropriate site for disposal or treatment. The Sandsli-system was developed as an alternative drainage system to the conventional drainage system. The system has been functioning satisfactorily since 1981 to date. The advantages of the use of the Sandsli-system is highlighted i.e. recharging the stormwater to the ground water. The Sandsli-system is appropriate to locations with climate and geology similar to that found in the coastal part of Norway

Strategies to overcome barriers and to effectively achieve sustainable urban stormwater management: A review

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anaí Floriano Vasconcelos ◽  
Ademir Paceli Barbassa
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
The Other ◽  
Urban Stormwater ◽  
Urban Stormwater Management ◽  
Solution Strategies ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Common Barriers

Sustainable urban stormwater management (SUSM) is essential to urban sustainability. However, barriers to adopting it are observed even in places where SUSM is more widespread. Recent studies have evaluated strategies for overcoming some types of barriers. However, any study has systematically analyzed the strategies available for overcoming the most common barriers, contributing to widely adopting SUSM. Thus, this article aimed to provide a literature review on these strategies. Sixty-six documents were evaluated, resulting in eight solution strategies, detailed by 81 implementation measures, which were critically analyzed. The interrelationships among the solution strategies and their applicability to overcome the SUSM-related barriers were evaluated. This analysis showed that the solution strategies are interdependent, so it would be inefficient to adopt the strategies in isolation. On the other hand, adopting a strategy can help overcome several barriers, also enhancing other strategies, and consequently contributing to the global scenario of effective SUSM adoption. The availability of this systematized information helps break through common barriers and optimizing efforts to adopt SUSM where it is incipient.

Urban stormwater: the analysis of the failure of the alternative techniques and the management of quality

1995 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-39
Author(s):  
E. Alfakih ◽  
S. Barraud ◽  
Y. Azzout ◽  
B. Chocat
Keyword(s):  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Difficult Problem ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Alternative Technique ◽  
Urban Stormwater ◽  
Urban Stormwater Management ◽  
Porous Pavement ◽  
Alternative Techniques ◽  
Design Construction

The implementation of alternative techniques in urban stormwater management is a difficult problem in terms of choice, design, construction, and operating. We applied a quality management approach to try and have a better understanding of these techniques. The quality of an alternative technique in urban stormwater management is defined; the factors that lead to failures were identified and analysed. In order to reduce these factors, tools were developed, and measures that allow the achievement of the necessary standard of quality are suggested. In this article, all the illustrations refer to the porous pavement technique.

Urban Stormwater Management in Southeast

1981 ◽  
Vol 107 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-166
Author(s):  
David H. Howells ◽  
Neil S. Grigg
Keyword(s):  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Urban Stormwater ◽  
Urban Stormwater Management

Lightweight aggregates to reduce heavy metal pollution in green infrastructure for urban stormwater management

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Concepcion Pla ◽  
Javier Valdes-Abellan ◽  
Miguel Angel Pardo ◽  
Maria Jose Moya-Llamas ◽  
David Benavente
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Metal Pollution ◽  
Heavy Metal Pollution ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Stormwater Management ◽  
Lightweight Aggregates ◽  
Urban Stormwater ◽  
Runoff Water

<p>The impervious nature of urban areas is mostly responsible for urban flooding, runoff water pollution and the interception of groundwater recharge. Green infrastructure and sustainable urban drainage systems combine natural and artificial measures to mitigate the abovementioned problems, improving stormwater management and simultaneously increasing the environmental values of urban areas. The actual rate of urban growth in many urban areas requires the enhancement and optimization of stormwater management infrastructures to integrate the territorial development with the natural processes. Regarding the quality of runoff stormwater, heavy metals are critical for their impact on human health and ecological systems, even more if we consider the cumulative effect that they produce on biota. Thus, innovative stormwater management approaches must consider new solutions to deal with heavy metal pollution problems caused by runoff. In this study, we propose the employment of Arlita<sup>®</sup> and Filtralite<sup>®</sup>, two kind of lightweight aggregates obtained from expanded clays, to remove heavy metal concentration from runoff stormwater. Laboratory experiments were developed to evaluate the removal rate of different heavy metals existent in runoff stormwater. The lightweight aggregates acted as filter materials in column experiments to quantify their removal capacity. In addition, batch tests were also developed to evaluate the exhaustive capacity of the materials. Results from the study confirmed the efficiency of the selected lightweight aggregates to reduce the heavy metals concentration by up to 90% in urban stormwater runoff.</p>

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