A Diagnostic Decision Support System for BMP Selection in Small Urban Watershed

Wang, Yan; Montas, Hubert J.; Brubaker, Kaye L.; Leisnham, Paul T.; Shirmohammadi, Adel; Chanse, Victoria; Rockler, Amanda

doi:10.1007/s11269-017-1605-x

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“…The most usual scales are regional, citywide, local, and microscale. Certain studies use compound indices and other GIS-based techniques to define priority areas according to hydrological and hydraulic aspects [15][16][17][18][19], socioeconomic and environmental aspects [17,18,20,21], and water quality issues [19]. Though, these studies have some limitations because most of the analyses correspond to the local scale and the microscale.…”

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A Multicriteria Planning Framework to Locate and Select Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) in Consolidated Urban Areas

et al. 2019

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The implementation of sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) is increasing due to their advantages, which transcend runoff control. As a result, it is important to find the appropriate SUDS locations to maximize the benefits for the watershed. This study develops a multiscale methodology for consolidated urban areas that allows the analysis of environmental, social, and economic aspects of SUDS implementation according to multiple objectives (i.e., runoff management, water quality improvements, and amenity generation). This methodology includes three scales: (a) citywide, (b) local, and (c) microscale. The citywide scale involves the definition of objectives through workshops with the participation of the main stakeholders, and the development of spatial analyses to identify (1) priority urban drainage sub-catchments: areas that need intervention, and (2) strategic urban drainage sub-catchments: zones with the opportunity to integrate SUDS due the presence of natural elements or future urban redevelopment plans. At a local scale, prospective areas are analyzed to establish the potential of SUDS implementation. Microscale comprises the use of the results from the previous scales to identify the best SUDS placement. In the latter scale, the SUDS types and treatment trains are selected. The methodology was applied to the city of Bogotá (Colombia) with a population of nearly seven million inhabitants living in an area of approximately 400 km2. Results include: (a) The identification of priority urban drainage sub-catchments, where the implementation of SUDS could bring greater benefits; (b) the determination of strategic urban drainage sub-catchments considering Bogotá’s future urban redevelopment plans, and green and blue-green corridors; and (c) the evaluation of SUDS suitability for public and private areas. We found that the most suitable SUDS types for public areas in Bogotá are tree boxes, cisterns, bioretention zones, green swales, extended dry detention basins, and infiltration trenches, while for private residential areas they are rain barrels, tree boxes, green roofs, and green swales.

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A Multicriteria Planning Framework to Locate and Select Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) in Consolidated Urban Areas

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“…; Wang et al. ). Future model development is likely to manifest in the form of advanced modeling capabilities that incorporate complex interdisciplinary elements such as climate change modeling (Fletcher et al.…”

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Evolution and Application of Urban Watershed Management Planning

Mika

Dymond

Aguilar

et al. 2019

J American Water Resour Assoc

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The development of Watershed Management Plans (WMPs) in urban areas aids municipalities in allocating resources, engaging the public and stakeholders, addressing water quality regulations, and mitigating issues related to stormwater runoff and flooding. In this study, 124 urban WMPs across the United States were reviewed to characterize historic approaches and identify emerging trends in watershed planning. Planning methods and tools were qualitatively evaluated, followed by statistical analyses of a subset of 63 WMPs to identify relationships between planning factors. Plans developed by a municipality or consultant were associated with more occurrences of hydrologic modeling and site‐specific recommendations, and fewer occurrences of characterizing social watershed factors, than plans authored by agencies, organizations, or universities. WMPs in the past decade exhibited greater frequency in the use of pollutant load models and spatially explicit hydrologic and hydraulic models. Project prioritization was found to increasingly focus on feasibility to implement proposed strategies. More recent plans additionally exhibited greater consideration for water quality, ecological health, and public participation. Innovation in planning methods and consideration of future watershed conditions are primary areas that were found to be deficient in the study WMPs, although analysis methods and tools continue to improve in the wake of advancing technology and data availability.

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“…The Diagnostic Decision Support System (DDSS) (Wang et al 2017) was developed by a group of researchers from the University of Maryland to identify and locate the most critical NPS pollution areas within a watershed at a high spatial resolution. The DDSS provides a series of spatially distributed small-scale BMPs to treat NPS.…”

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Integrated planning framework for urban stormwater management: one water approach

Hager

Mian

et al. 2021

Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure

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All model development and validation was conducted by Mr. Hager under the supervision of Drs. Rehan Sadiq and Kasun Hewage.A manuscript titled "Performance of low impact development best management practices: a critical review" has been published in the journal Environmental Reviews. That paper was comprised of parts of Chapter 2 of this thesis. The paper was written by James Hager under the supervision of Drs. Rehan Sadiq and Kasun Hewage. Dr. Guangji Hu was also an author on this paper due to his contributions during the paper writing process, including help with paper layout and technical reviews.

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A Diagnostic Decision Support System for BMP Selection in Small Urban Watershed

Cited by 20 publications

References 32 publications

A Multicriteria Planning Framework to Locate and Select Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) in Consolidated Urban Areas

A Multicriteria Planning Framework to Locate and Select Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) in Consolidated Urban Areas

Evolution and Application of Urban Watershed Management Planning

Integrated planning framework for urban stormwater management: one water approach

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