Transport of stormwater pollutants through a roadside grassed swale

Urban Water Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 55-67

  Backstrom M ^a   Viklander, M ^a   Malmqvist, P A ^a,b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Pollutants; Road runoff; Stormwater; Suspended solids; Swale; Vegetative control

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; POLLUTION; RUNOFF; STORMS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WASTEWATER;

HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RUNOFF; SOIL POLLUTION; STORMWATER; WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 33749247111     PISSN: 1573062X     EISSN: 17449006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15730620600855985     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Barrett, M. and Walsh, P. and Malina, J. and Charbeneau, R. (1998) Performance of vegetative controls for treating highway runoff J. Envrn. Engng., 124, pp. 1121-1128.
2. Bäckström, M. Ditches: Sustainable drainage components. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Innovative technologies in urban storm drainage - NOVATECH 98' 1998. In [pp.].
3. Bäckström, M. and Hellström, D. and Viklander, M. Resources utilization analysis: A comparison of different stormwater transport systems. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Urban Storm Drainage 1999. In [pp.].
4. Butler, D. and Parkinson, J. (1997) Towards sustainable urban drainage Water Science Tech., 35, pp. 53-63.
5. Chocat, B. and Krebs, P. and Marsalek, J. and Rauch, W. and Schilling, W. (2001) Urban drainage redefined: From stormwater removal to integrated management Water Science Tech., 43, pp. 61-68.
6. Dierkes, C. and Geiger, W. (1999) Pollution retention capabilities of roadside soils Water Science Tech., 39, pp. 201-208.
7. Ellis, J. (1995) Integrated approaches for acheiving sustainable development of urban storm drainage Water Science Tech., 32, pp. 1-6.
8. Huber, W. (1993) Contaminant transport in surface water. In Handbook of Hydrology. (pp. 14.1-14.50). New York: McGraw-Hill Inc.
9. Jensen, D. and Ledin, A. and Christenssen, T. (1999) Speciation of heavy metals in landfill-leachate polluted groundwater Water Res., 33, pp. 2642-2650.
10. Kercher, W. and Landon, J. and Massarelli, R. (1983) Grassy swales prove cost-effective for water pollution control Public Works, USA, 114, pp. 53-54.
11. Li, J. and Orland, R. and Hogenbirk, T. (1998) Environmental road and lot drainage designs: Alternatives to the curb-gutter-sewer system Can. J. Civil Engng., 25, pp. 26-39.
12. Lorant, F. (1992) Effects of Piped Median vs. Open Ditch Drainage on Stormwater Quality. Ontario: Research and Development Branch, Ministry of Transportation. report no. MAT-92-04
13. Malmqvist, P. Urban stormwater pollutant sources. Department of Sanitary Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. 1983. PhD thesis
14. Malmqvist, P. (2000) Sustainable stormwater management - some Swedish experiences J. Envrn. Science Health, A35, pp. 1251-1266.
15. Marsalek, J. and Barnwell, T. and Geiger, W. and Grottker, M. and Huber, W. and Saul, A. and Schilling, W. and Torno, H. (1993) Urban drainage systems: Design and operation Water Science Tech., 27, pp. 31-70.
16. Norrström, A. and Jacks, G. (1998) Concentration and fractionation of heavy metals in roadside soils receiving de-icing salts The Science of the Total Environment, 218, pp. 161-174.
17. Pettersson, T. and German, J. and Svensson, G. Pollutant removal efficiency in two stormwater ponds in Sweden. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Urban Storm Drainage 1999. In [pp.].
18. Pettersson, T. Stormwater ponds for pollution reduction. Department of Sanitary Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden. 1999. PhD thesis
19. (). Proceedings of the Engineering Foundation Conference 1997. In [pp.].
20. Svensson, G. Modelling of solids and metal transport from small urban watersheds. Department of Sanitary Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden. 1987. PhD thesis
21. US EPA. (1983) NURP Priority Pollutant Monitoring Project - Summary of Findings. Washington DC: Environmental Protection Agency. EPA report 831204
22. Viklander, M. (1999) Substances in urban snow. A comparision of the contamination of snow in different parts of the city of Luleå, Sweden Water, Air and Soil Poll., 114, pp. 377-394.
23. Walsh, P. and Barrett, M. and Malina, J. and Charbeneau, R. (1997) Use of Vegetative Controls for Treatment of Highway Runoff. Austin: Center for Research in Water Resources, The University of Texas at Austin. Online report 97-5
24. Yousef, Y. and Hvitved-Jacobsen, T. and Wanielista, M. and Harper, H. (1987) Removal of contaminants in highway runoff flowing through swales The Science of the Total Environment, 59, pp. 391-399.
25. Yu, S. and Kuo, J. and Fassman, E. and Pan, H. (2001) Field test of grassed-swale performance in removing runoff pollution J. Water Resources Planning Mngmt., 127, pp. 168-171.