Predicting infiltration pollutant retention in bioretention sustainable drainage systems: Model development and validation

Hydrology Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 855-867

  Quinn, Ruth ^a   Dussaillant, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dual permeability model; Heavy metals; Rain garden; Sustainable drainage

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; DRAINAGE; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METALS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RAIN;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; DUAL-PERMEABILITY MODELS; LANGMUIR AND FREUNDLICH ISOTHERMS; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; RAIN GARDENS; SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE URBAN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS;

WATER POLLUTION;

DESIGN; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METAL; INFILTRATION; MODEL VALIDATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RUNOFF; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN DRAINAGE; URBANIZATION; WATER FLOW; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 84919917378     PISSN: 19989563     EISSN: 22247955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2014.146     Document Type: Article

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