Performance of grass swales for improving water quality from highway runoff

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 6731-6742

  Stagge, James H ^a   Davis, Allen P ^a   Jamil, Eliea ^a   Kim, Hunho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practice; Check dam; Filter strip; Runoff; Stormwater; Swale; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EFFLUENTS; NUTRIENTS; POLLUTION; STORMS; WATER QUALITY;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CHECK DAM; FILTER STRIP; STORMWATERS; SWALE;

RUNOFF;

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; RUNOFF; STORM WATER; ZINC;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DAM; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; NITRITE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; ROAD; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; FILTRATION; GRASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84870061876     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.02.037     Document Type: Article

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