Treatment performance of an extensive vegetated roof in Waterloo, Ontario

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-32

  Linden, Kyle Vander ^a   Stone, Micheal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Green roof; Phosphorus; Source control; Suspended solids; Treatment performance; Water quality

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS; QUALITY CONTROL; RAIN; RUNOFF; STORMS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

GREEN ROOF; SOURCE CONTROL; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TREATMENT MEASURES; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE; URBAN STORMWATER; WATER RETENTION;

ROOFS;

MASS BALANCE; OUTFLOW; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; ROOF; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; URBAN POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RETENTION; WATER STORAGE; WATER TREATMENT;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; WATERLOO;

EID: 77951602391     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2009.004     Document Type: Article

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