Impacts of Media Depth on Effluent Water Quality and Hydrologic Performance of Undersized Bioretention Cells

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 132-143

  Brown, Robert A ^a   Hunt, William F ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioretention; Hydrology; Low impact development; Media depth; Storm water; Undersized; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIORETENTION; LOW-IMPACT DEVELOPMENT; MEDIA DEPTH; STORM WATER; UNDERSIZED;

CYTOLOGY; DESIGN; EFFLUENTS; ERRORS; HYDROLOGY; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; STORMS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CELLS;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXCAVATION; HYDROLOGY; OUTFLOW; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

NASHVILLE; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952341063     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000167     Document Type: Article

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