Water Quality, and Phosphorus and Nitrogen Balance in a Pond with Porous Concrete Block and Phosphorous Absorbent

Pervious pavements have become one of the most used sustainable urban drainage system (SUDS) techniques in car parks. This research paper presents the results of monitoring water quality from several experimental car park areas designed and constructed in Spain with bays made of interlocking concrete block pavement, porous asphalt, polymer-modified porous concrete and reinforced grass with plastic and concrete cells. Moreover, two different sub-base materials were used (limestone aggregates and basic oxygen furnace slag). This study therefore encompasses the majority of the materials used as permeable surfaces and sub-base layers all over the world. Effluent from the test bays was monitored for dissolved oxygen, pH, electric conductivity, total suspended solids, turbidity and total petroleum hydrocarbons in order to analyze the behaviour shown by each combination of surface and sub-base materials. In addition, permeability tests were undertaken in all car parks using the ‘Laboratorio Caminos Santander’ permeameter and the Cantabrian Portable Infiltrometer. All results are presented together with the influence of surface and sub-base materials on water quality indicators using bivariate correlation statistical analysis at a confidence level of 95%. The polymer-modified porous concrete surface course in combination with limestone aggregate sub-base presented the best performance.

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WATER QUALITY PURIFICATION BY A POROUS CONCRETE BLOCK INCLUDING BACILLUS SUBTILIS NATTO GROUP

PROCEEDINGS OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING ◽

10.2208/prohe.51.1415 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 51 ◽

pp. 1415-1420

Author(s):

Nobuhiro MATSUNAGA ◽

Sousuke MASUDA ◽

Taishi NAKAMUTA ◽

Takahisa TOKUNAGA ◽

Shinichiro YANO ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Bacillus Subtilis ◽

Concrete Block ◽

Porous Concrete ◽

Bacillus Subtilis Natto

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WATER QUALITY PURIFICATION BY THE SYMBIOSIS OF USEFUL MICROBIAL GROUP IN THE POROUS CONCRETE BLOCK AND DENITRIFYING BACTERIA IN SOIL

PROCEEDINGS OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING ◽

10.2208/prohe.52.1291 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 52 ◽

pp. 1291-1296

Author(s):

Nobuhiro MATSUNAGA ◽

Sousuke MASUDA ◽

Taishi NAKAMUTA ◽

Takahisa TOKUNAGA ◽

Shinichiro YANO ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Concrete Block ◽

Denitrifying Bacteria ◽

Porous Concrete ◽

Microbial Group

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A study on the flow-resistance to planted porous concrete block

PROCEEDINGS OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING ◽

10.2208/prohe.40.1009 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 40 ◽

pp. 1009-1014

Author(s):

Kazutoshi KAN ◽

Tuyoshi HORIGUCHI ◽

Hideaki TARE

Keyword(s):

Flow Resistance ◽

Concrete Block ◽

Porous Concrete

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Observations of Infiltration Through Clogged Porous Concrete Block Pavers

Advances in Modeling the Management of Stormwater Impacts ◽

10.1201/9781003208945-10 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 191-205

Author(s):

Christopher Kresin ◽

William James ◽

David Elrick

Keyword(s):

Concrete Block ◽

Porous Concrete

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UK research into the performance of permeable pavement, reservoir structures in controlling stormwater discharge quantity and quality

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.1995.0016 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 63-69 ◽

Cited By ~ 33

Author(s):

C. J. Pratt ◽

J. D. G. Mantle ◽

P. A. Schofield

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Field Study ◽

Concrete Block ◽

Quality Parameters ◽

Water Quality Parameters ◽

Permeable Pavement ◽

Antecedent Conditions ◽

Surface Contaminants ◽

Stone Type

The paper reports on a field study on a permeable, reservoir pavement constructed in 1986 at Nottingham, UK; surfaced with permeable, concrete block paving; and with a different sub-base stone-type in each of four reservoirs, from which the discharges were monitored for quantity and water quality. Hydrological relationships involving rainfall, outflow, outflow duration and antecedent conditions are presented. Water quality parameters are shown to be stable in value after some six months, by which time surface contaminants on the sub-base stone had been washed out of the construction. As outflow volume is reduced and water quality parameters (SS and Pb) are low in value, pollutant outflow loadings are significantly lower than with traditional, impermeable surfaces.

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Experimental results of the hydrological performance of a permeable pavement laboratory rig

Journal of Water Supply Research and Technology—AQUA ◽

10.2166/aqua.2020.118 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 69 (3) ◽

pp. 210-223 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Vasiliki G. Ioannidou ◽

Scott Arthur

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Green Infrastructure ◽

Suspended Solids ◽

Concrete Block ◽

Experimental Results ◽

Storm Water ◽

Water Runoff ◽

Retention Capacity ◽

Quality Aspects ◽

The Impact

Abstract There is an increasing number of everyday flood incidents around the world, the impact of which poses a challenge to society, the economy and the environment. Under the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC), green infrastructure through the use of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) is the recommended policy to manage and treat storm water runoff. Given the limited published experimental information on permeable interlocking concrete block pavements (PICPs), this paper presents novel results from an experimental laboratory study on a permeable interlocking concrete block pavement rig, investigating the short-term hydrology of the pavement, and water quality aspects related to the retention capacity of suspended solids (SS) through the pavement structure. Results of the volume analysis demonstrate high capability of the permeable structure to reduce the concentration time and attenuate the storm. Water quality testing was employed mainly as an indicator of the tendency of the suspended solids retention by the structure, indicating increasing tendency in the sediment mass retention progressively after each rainfall event. Experimental results obtained in the present study have direct application on the implementation of PICPs in car parking lots, urbanised pavement structures and pedestrianised walkways.

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