BMP Performance Analysis Results for the International Stormwater BMP Database

Clary, Jane; Leisenring, Marc; Poresky, Aaron; Earles, Andrew; Jones, Jonathan E.

doi:10.1061/41173(414)47

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“…Typical sampling strategies quantify performance as the percent change in nutrient concentration or loads in inflows versus outflows, or as annual average load reductions. For example, syntheses of urban stormwater BMP studies from around the world suggest average expected removal efficiencies for TP of 13% , to 58.5% for bioretention basins (rain gardens). Some studies suggest that bioretention cells release rather than retain TP .…”

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“…Some studies suggest that bioretention cells release rather than retain TP. 82 Similarly, expected TP removal rates range from 2% 79,80 to 12.7% for detention ponds. 81 It is important to note that previous laboratory and field studies have found that BMPs can result in the release of nutrients under certain design and temporal conditions, which would create negative removal rates; 83−85 such negative rates are not, to our knowledge, represented in existing models.…”

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Best Management Practices for Diffuse Nutrient Pollution: Wicked Problems Across Urban and Agricultural Watersheds

Lintern

McPhillips

Winfrey

et al. 2020

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Extensive time and financial resources have been dedicated to address nonpoint sources of nitrogen and phosphorus in watersheds. Despite these efforts, many watersheds have not seen substantial improvement in water quality. The objective of this study is to review the literature and investigate key factors affecting the lack of improvement in nutrient levels in waterways in urban and agricultural regions. From 94 studies identified in the academic literature, we found that, although 60% of studies found improvements in water quality after implementation of Best Management Practices (BMPs) within the watershed, these studies were mostly modeling studies rather than field monitoring studies. For studies that were unable to find improvements in water quality after the implementation of BMPs, the lack of improvement was attributed to lack of knowledge about BMP functioning, lag times, nonoptimal placement and distribution of BMPs in the watershed, postimplementation BMP failure, and socio-political and economic challenges. We refer to these limiting factors as known unknowns. We also acknowledge the existence of unknown unknowns that hinder further improvement in BMP effectiveness and suggest that machine learning, approaches from the field of business and operations management, and long-term convergent studies could be used to resolve these unknown unknowns.

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Best Management Practices for Diffuse Nutrient Pollution: Wicked Problems Across Urban and Agricultural Watersheds

Lintern

McPhillips

Winfrey

et al. 2020

Environ. Sci. Technol.

125

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“…These results are lower than those found in the literature. Clary et al (2017) obtained a median TSS removal rate of 69%, and Tondera et al (2018) found a 77% removal efficiency for TSS. These studies, however, have influent concentrations that are much higher than those found in the current study.…”

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Seasonal hydrological and water quality performance of individual and in-series stormwater infrastructures as treatment trains in cold climate

Brodeur-Doucet

Pineau

Corrivault-Gascon

et al. 2021

Water Quality Research Journal

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The performance of stormwater treatment trains and of their individual green infrastructures was evaluated near Montreal, Canada. Three treatment trains were studied: Train 1 – five bioretention cells in series with a wet retention pond; Train 2 – an infiltration trench in series with a dry detention pond; and Train 3 – Train 2 in series with a wet retention pond. A total of 47 rain events were monitored to quantity the hydrological performance, while water quality samples were taken during 24 rainfall events. During the summer, the bioretention cells led to a reduction in runoff volumes varying from 8 to 100%. Overall, the three studied treatment trains and all of the individual infrastructures, except for the dry pond, provided reductions in the mean concentrations of total suspended solids, chemical oxygen demand, total nitrogen and total phosphorous. Results also showed that the use of a train of stormwater infrastructures can be more effective to reach Quebec's legislated targets than single infrastructures, but only if the infrastructures are sequenced properly. Indeed, the addition of a dry basin at the end of Train 2 affected negatively the removal efficiency of the four studied contaminants.

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Characterization of Street Sweeping Material for Addressing Total Maximum Daily Waste Load Allocations

Hixon

Dymond

2019

J. Sustainable Water Built Environ.

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BMP Performance Analysis Results for the International Stormwater BMP Database

Cited by 5 publications

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Best Management Practices for Diffuse Nutrient Pollution: Wicked Problems Across Urban and Agricultural Watersheds

Best Management Practices for Diffuse Nutrient Pollution: Wicked Problems Across Urban and Agricultural Watersheds

Seasonal hydrological and water quality performance of individual and in-series stormwater infrastructures as treatment trains in cold climate

Characterization of Street Sweeping Material for Addressing Total Maximum Daily Waste Load Allocations

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