Water quality improvement through reductions of pollutant loads using bioretention

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 567-576

  Li, Houng ^a   Davis, Allen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological treatment; Runoff; Stormwater management; Urban areas; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; BIORETENTION; BIORETENTION CELL; BIORETENTION MEDIA; CONCENTRATION REDUCTION; DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS; DISSOLVED COPPER; E. COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; MARYLAND; MASS REMOVAL; NITROGEN SPECIES; OIL AND GREASE; ORGANIC MATTER; PERFORMANCE BENEFITS; POLLUTANT LOADS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RUNOFF VOLUMES; STORMWATER; STORMWATER MANAGEMENT; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TOTAL CHROMIUM; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY IMPAIRMENT;

ARSENIC; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CADMIUM; CELL MEMBRANES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENTS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METAL RECOVERY; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL; STORM SEWERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING; ZINC;

WATER POLLUTION;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 67749111761     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000026     Document Type: Article

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