Bioretention cell efficacy in cold climates: Part 2 - water quality performance

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1222-1233

  Khan, U T ^a   Valeo, C ^a   Chu, A ^b   van Duin, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c The City of Calgary   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioretention; Cold weather; Long term effects; Urban runoff; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIORETENTION; BIORETENTION CELL; COLD CLIMATE; COLD WEATHER; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; IMPACT PERFORMANCE; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LOADING EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM SIMULATION; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; LONG-TERM OPERATION; RUNOFF VOLUMES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; URBAN RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY PERFORMANCE;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; IMPURITIES; LOADING; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE; WATER QUALITY;

EXPERIMENTS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CELL ORGANELLE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION EFFECT; URBAN CLIMATE; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84869058464     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: 12086029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l2012-111     Document Type: Article

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