scholarly journals Development and Assessment of Watershed Management Indicators Using the Budyko Framework Parameter

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3864
Author(s):  
Kyeung Kim ◽  
Hakkwan Kim ◽  
Hyunji Lee ◽  
Sang-Min Jun ◽  
Soonho Hwang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Watershed Management ◽  
Low Impact Development ◽  
Area Ratio ◽  
Weather Data ◽  
Estimation Model ◽  
Hydrological Simulation ◽  
Impervious Cover ◽  
Management Indicators ◽  
Impervious Area

This study aims to introduce the Budyko curve’s parameter (w) as a watershed quality indicator and establish criteria. Basin-specific (w) was calculated in 183 watersheds based on land use in 2013. Weather data and runoff data were used, and runoff data were calculated using Hydrological Simulation Program-Fortran (HSPF). An estimation model was developed to estimate the w of the unmeasured watershed, and the R2 of the developed model was 0.917, showing that the modeled value was reliable. A cluster analysis between basin-specific w and impervious area ratio in 2013 was performed to classify watershed quality. w was classified into four grades according to the dendrogram and impervious cover model. Watershed quality in 1975 and 2013 was evaluated using the developed indicators and criteria. The quality grades of 30 watersheds deteriorated, and the deteriorated watershed increased built-up and decreased forest and grass. To evaluate the indicators’ applicability, the low impact development (LID) method was applied to HSPF to confirm the indicator and criteria changes. It showed that the watershed to which LID was applied has improved indicator and reduced grade. The indicator developed in this study is expected to be useful for watershed quality assessment and analysis of improvement effects according to watershed management.

Large-Scale Application of Biofiltration Swale Runoff Management Practices

2007 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
William C. Lucas
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Peak Flow ◽  
Low Impact Development ◽  
Urban Runoff ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Check Dams ◽  
Runoff Reduction ◽  
Impervious Area ◽  
Hydrologic Responses

Retaining rainfall where it lands is a fundamental benefit of Low Impact Development (LID). The Delaware Urban Runoff Management Model (DURMM) was developed to address the benefits of LID design. DURMM explicitly addresses the benefits of impervious area disconnection as well as swale flow routing that responds to flow retardance changes. Biofiltration swales are an effective LID BMP for treating urban runoff. By adding check dams, the detention storage provided can also reduce peak rates. This presentation explores how the DURMM runoff reduction approach can be integrated with detention routing procedures to project runoff volume and peak flow reductions provided by BMP facilities. This approach has been applied to a 1,200 unit project on 360 hectares located in Delaware, USA. Over 5 km of biofiltration swales have been designed, many of which have stone check dams placed every 30 to 35 meters to provide detention storage. The engineering involved in the design of such facilities uses hydrologic modeling based upon TR-20 routines, as adapted by the DURMM model. The hydraulic approach includes routing of flows through the check dams. This presentation summarizes the hydrological network, presents the hydrologic responses, along with selected hydrographs to demonstrate the potential of design approach.

scholarly journals The model and simulation of low impact development of the sponge airport, China

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 383-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Peng ◽  
Jiayi Ouyang ◽  
Lei Yu ◽  
Xinchen Wu
Keyword(s):  
Flood Control ◽  
Low Impact Development ◽  
Water Environment ◽  
Drainage System ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
International Airport ◽  
Model And Simulation ◽  
Impervious Area ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Airport Runway

Abstract Recently urban waterlogging problems have become more and more serious, and the construction of an airport runway makes the impervious area of the airport high, which leads to the deterioration of the water environment and frequent waterlogging disasters. It is of great significance to design and construct the sponge airport with low impact development (LID) facilities. In this paper, we take catchment N1 of Beijing Daxing International Airport as a case study. The LID facilities are designed and the runoff process of a heavy rainfall in catchment N1 is simulated before and after the implementation of LID facilities. The results show that the total amount of surface runoff, the number of overflow junctions and full-flow conduits of the rainwater drainage system in catchment N1 of Beijing Daxing International Airport are significantly reduced after the implementation of the LID facilities. Therefore, the application of LID facilities has greatly improved the ability of the airport to remove rainwater and effectively alleviated the risk of waterlogging in the airport flight area. This study provides theoretical support for airport designers and managers to solve flood control and rainwater drainage problems and has vital practical significance.

scholarly journals New Patterns of Temporal and Spatial Variation in Water Quality of a Highly Artificialized Urban River-Course—a Case Study in the Tongzhou Section of the Beiyun River

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juanhui Ren ◽  
Ji Liang ◽  
Bo Ren ◽  
Xiuqing Zheng ◽  
Chaofan Guo
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Low Impact Development ◽  
Urban River ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Dominant Factor ◽  
Water Runoff ◽  
Reclaimed Wastewater ◽  
Water Quality Data ◽  
Impervious Area

This paper aims to gain a better understanding of urban river pollution through evaluation of water quality. Data for 10 parameters at eight sites of the Tongzhou Section of the Beiyun River (TSBR) are analyzed. Hierarchical cluster analysis, fuzzy comprehensive assessment, discriminant analysis and Spearman’s correlation analysis were used to estimate the water situation of each cluster and analyze its spatial-temporal variations. Principal component analysis/factor analysis were applied to extract and recognize the sources responsible for water-quality variations. The results showed that temporal variation is greater than spatial and sewage discharge is the dominant factor of the seasonal distribution. Moreover, during the rapid-flow period, water quality is polluted by a combination of organic matter, phosphorus, bio-chemical pollutants and nitrogen; during the gentle-flow period, water quality is influenced by domestic and industrial waste, the activities of algae, aquatic plants and phosphorus pollution. In regard to future improvement of water quality in TSBR, the control of reclaimed wastewater from adjacent factories should first be put in place, as well as other techniques, for example, an increase of the impervious area, low-impact development, and integrated management practices should also be proposed in managing storm water runoff.

scholarly journals Development of an empirical formula for estimation of bioretention outflow rate

Water SA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (2 April) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sezar Gulbaz ◽  
Cevza Melek Kazezyılmaz-Alhan ◽  
Rasim Temür
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Formula ◽  
Peak Flow ◽  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Low Impact Development ◽  
Initial Moisture Content ◽  
Peak Flow Rate ◽  
Impervious Area ◽  
Outflow Rate ◽  
Cent Error ◽  
Peak Value

Urbanization of a watershed affects both surface water and groundwater resources. When impervious area increases, the excess runoff and volume of water collected at the downstream end of the watershed also increases, due to the decrease in groundwater recharge, depression storage, infiltration and evapotranspiration. Low-impact development (LID) methods have been developed in order to diminish adverse effects of excess stormwater runoff. Bioretention is one of the LID types which is used to prevent flooding by decreasing runoff volume and peak flow rate, and to manage storm-water by improving water quality. In this study, an empirical formula is derived to predict the peak outflow out of a bioretention column as a function of the ponding depth on bioretention, hydraulic conductivity, porosity, suction head, initial moisture content and height of the soil mixture used in the bioretention column. Coefficients of the empirical formula are determined by using metaheuristic algorithms. For analyses, the experimental data obtained from rainfall-watershed-bioretention (RWB) system are used. The reliability of the empirical formula is evaluated by calculating the absolute per cent error between the peak value ofthe measured outflow and the calculated outflow of the bioretention columns. The results show that the performance of the empirical formula is satisfactory.

scholarly journals Modelling Low Impact Development Potential With Urban Hydrological Response Units

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marija Eric
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Sampling Methods ◽  
Low Impact Development ◽  
Analysis Procedure ◽  
Hydrological Response ◽  
Total Runoff ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Hydrological Response Unit ◽  
Final Cluster

The purpose of this thesis is to develop a methodology for hydrological modelling the performance of Low Impact Development technologies using an Urban Hydrological Response Unit approach. The K-Means Cluster Analysis procedure was carried out to create clusters of lot parcels which represented the Urban Hydrological Response Units. Different sampling methods were used to select lots from each of the clusters to model before and after Low Impact Development implementation. The runoff response (m3) of an approximate final cluster centre was used to calculate the total runoff (m3) of each cluster. After adding the total runoff (m3) for a group of 15 clusters, the benchmark runoff value (m3) from modelling all lots was closely approached with and without Low Impact Development. A random sample of 7 % and 90 % of lots from each cluster for a group of three clusters closely approached the benchmark runoff value (m3) for both no Low Impact Development and Low Impact Development respectively.

Fire weather thresholds and burnt area in Portugal

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomás Calheiros ◽  
Akli Benali ◽  
João Neves Silva ◽  
Mário Pereira ◽  
João Pedro Nunes
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Fire Suppression ◽  
Cumulative Effect ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Weather Data ◽  
Fire Weather ◽  
Burnt Area ◽  
Fire Weather Index ◽  
Large Fires

<p>Fire strongly depends on the weather, especially in Mediterranean climate regions with rainy winters but dry and hot summers, as in Portugal. Fire weather indices are commonly used to assess the current and/or cumulative effect of weather conditions on fuel moisture and fire behaviour. The Daily Severity Rating (DSR) is a numeric rating of the difficulty of controlling fires, based on the Canadian Fire Weather Index (FWI), developed to accurately assess the expected efforts required for fire suppression. Recently, the 90th percentile of DSR (90pDSR) was identified as a good indicator of extreme fire weather and well related to the burnt area in some regions of the Iberian Peninsula. The purposes of this work were: 1) to verify if this threshold is adequate for all continental Portugal; 2) to identify and characterize local variations of this threshold, at a higher spatial resolution; and, 3) to analyse other variables that can explain this spatial heterogeneity.</p><p>We used fire data from the Portuguese Institute for the Conservation of Nature and Forests and weather data from ERA5, for the 2001 – 2019 study period. We also used the Land Use and Occupation Charter for 2018 (COS2018), provided by the Directorate-General for Territory, to assess land use and cover in Portugal. The meteorological variables to compute the DSR are air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and daily accumulated precipitation, at 12 UTC. DSR percentiles (DSRp) were computed for summer period (between 15<sup>th</sup> May and 31<sup>st</sup> October) and combined with large (>100 ha) burnt areas (BA), with the purpose to identify which DSRp value is responsible of a large amount of BA (80 or 90%). Cluster analysis was performed using the relation between DSRp and BA, in each municipality of Continental Portugal.</p><p>Results reveal that the 90pDSR is an adequate threshold for the entire territory. However, at the municipalities’ level, some important differences appear between DSRp thresholds that explain 90 and 80% of the total BA. Cluster analysis shows that these differences justified the existence of several statistically significant clusters. Generally, municipalities where large fires take place in high or very high DSRp are located in north and central coastal areas, Serra da Estrela, Serra de Montejunto and Algarve. In contrast, clusters where large fires where registered with low DSRp appear in northern and central hinterland. COS2018 data was assessed to analyse if and how the vegetation cover type influences the clusters’ distribution and affects the relationship between DSRp and total BA. Preliminary results expose a possible vegetation influence, especially between forests and shrublands.</p>

The hydrological response of the combination between LID and underground integrated pip corridors based on SUSTAIN

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanshan Li ◽  
Zhaoli Wang ◽  
Qing'e Liu
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Low Impact Development ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
Rapid Expansion ◽  
Hydrological Response ◽  
Hydrological Simulation ◽  
Simulation Accuracy ◽  
Appearance Time ◽  
Swmm Model

<p>With the global climate change and the rapid expansion of urban land use, urban storms and floods have occurred frequently. The state has gradually attached importance to the unified construction of low-impact development facilities (LID) and underground integrated pipe corridors (GL), which makes sponge city both beautiful and practical. In order to study the urban hydrological response of the combination between LID and underground integrated pip corridors (LID_GL), the Yangmei River Basin, a pilot area of ​​Guangzhou's integrated pipe corridors, was taken as an example to evaluate and compare the hydrological response of traditional development, GL, LID, GL_LID scenarios. The results show that:</p><ul><li>(1) The traditional development scenario is verified by the measured rainfall of “2018.06.08”. The simulation results are consistent with the areas where are liable to waterlogging under the actual circumstance, which proves that the SWMM model is suitable for the hydrological response evaluation of LID_GL scenario in the Yangmei River Basin.</li> <li>(2) The SUSTAIN model can realize the optimized layout of LID, but the simulation accuracy needs to be improved. On the contrary, the SWMM model cannot realize the LID optimized layout, but the simulation accuracy of urban hydrological response is high. To Combine their advantages, the LID optimized layout schemes calculated by SUSTAIN model are input into SWMM model for hydrological simulation. The results show that this method can avoid the situation that the evaluation results are irrational due to improper layout of LID.</li> <li>(3) The overflow reduction in the LID_GL scenario is best, which can exceed 60% under high-return-period rainfall conditions. Its peak outlet flow is lower than GL scenario and the peak appearance time is also delayed.</li> </ul><p>The above research results can provide reference and theoretical support for the unified construction of LID and underground integrated pip corridors (LID_GL) in the future.</p>

scholarly journals Assessing the effects of four SUDS scenarios on combined sewer overflows in Oslo, Norway: evaluating the low-impact development module of the Mike Urban model

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (6) ◽  
pp. 1437-1454
Author(s):  
Ragni R. Hernes ◽  
Ashenafi S. Gragne ◽  
Elhadi M. H. Abdalla ◽  
Bent C. Braskerud ◽  
Knut Alfredsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Impact Development ◽  
Model Performance ◽  
Superior Performance ◽  
Combined Sewer Overflows ◽  
Urban Model ◽  
Area Reduction ◽  
Impervious Area ◽  
Combined Sewer ◽  
Sewer Overflows ◽  
Event Based

Abstract Paved surfaces, increased precipitation intensities in addition to limited capacity in the sewer systems, cause a higher risk of combined sewer overflows (CSOs). Sustainable drainage systems (SUDS) offer an alternative approach to mitigate CSO by managing the stormwater locally. Seven SUDS scenarios, developed based on the concept of effective impervious area reduction, have been implemented in the Grefsen catchment using the Mike Urban model. This study evaluated the hydrological performance of two SUDS controls (i.e. green roof (GR) and rain garden (RG)) modules of the model and the effect of the SUDS scenarios on the CSOs using event-based and continuous simulations. The Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency (NSE) along with flow duration curves (FDCs) has been used for evaluating the model performance. Event-based evaluations revealed the superior performance of the RG in reducing CSOs for larger precipitation events, while GRs were proven to have beneficial outcomes during smaller events. The study illustrated another way of assessing the continuous simulations by employing the FDCs. The FDCs were assessed against a discharge threshold at the outlet (which authorities can set as design criteria) of the catchment in terms of the extent, each scenario reduced occurrence and duration of outflow that invokes flow in the overflow pipe.

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