Preliminary investigation into the pollution reduction performance of swales used in a stormwater treatment train

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1014-1020

  Kachchu Mohamed, M A ^a   Lucke, T ^a   Boogaard, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clogging; Permeable pavement; Stormwater pollution; Stormwater runoff; Swales

Indexed keywords

MAINTENANCE; NUTRIENTS; PAVEMENTS; POLLUTION; RUNOFF; STORM SEWERS; URBAN GROWTH;

CLOGGING; PERMEABLE PAVEMENTS; STORM WATER RUNOFF; STORMWATER POLLUTION; SWALES;

STORMS;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; STORM WATER;

PAVEMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; RUNOFF; STORMWATER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRASS; LEACHING; LIFESPAN; NUTRIENT; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DRAINAGE, SANITARY; POACEAE; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84897137988     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.822     Document Type: Article

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