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Zhou, Jianpeng, Azadeh Akhavan Bloorchian, Sina Nassiri, and Abdolreza Osouli. "A Simplified Model for Predicting the Effectiveness of Bioswale’s Control on Stormwater Runoff from Roadways." Water 13, no. 20 (October 9, 2021): 2798. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13202798.

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Bioswales are commonly constructed along roadways to control stormwater runoff. Many factors can affect the performance of a bioswale such as the size of the bioswale and its associated drainage area, rainfall characteristics, site conditions, soil properties, and deterioration of the bioswale’s condition over usage. Transportation agencies and engineering communities need a reliable and convenient method for predicting the effectiveness of bioswale. Although available software tools can be used to model and analyze design options, input values for a large number of variables and highly skilled modelers are required to handle these sophisticated modeling tools. The objective of this study was to develop a simplified and easy-to-use mathematical model for predicting the effectiveness of bioswales through empirical predictions of stormwater runoff as a function of four key parameters: area ratio (bioswale surface area to its drainage service area), rainfall depth, rainfall intensity, and sediment accumulation (build-up) on bioswale’s surface area. A PCSWMM model was developed to simulate the physical conditions of a field-scale bioswale. This PCSWMM tool was also used to simulate an idealized (conceptual) catchment model that represents common highway geometries and characteristics. A total of 72 scenarios were simulated on various combinations of the four studied parameters: area ratio (9%, 13%); rainfall depth (2.54, 5.08, 7.62, 10.16 cm); rainfall intensity (2.54, 5.08, 10.16 cm/h); and sediment accumulation (0, 0.25, 1.78 cm). Half of the total scenarios (i.e., 36 scenarios) were used to develop a new simplified mathematical model, and the other 36 scenarios were used to calibrate and validate this newly developed model. The analysis revealed a reasonable correlation (R2 = 0.967) between modelled predictions and PCSWMM-simulated results, indicating the newly developed mathematical model can serve as an adequate alternative for simulating bioswales’ performance for stormwater runoff control.
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Shetty, Nandan, Ranran Hu, Jessica Hoch, Brian Mailloux, Matthew Palmer, Duncan Menge, Krista McGuire, Wade McGillis, and Patricia Culligan. "Quantifying Urban Bioswale Nitrogen Cycling in the Soil, Gas, and Plant Phases." Water 10, no. 11 (November 12, 2018): 1627. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w10111627.

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Bioswales are a common feature of urban green infrastructure plans for stormwater management. Despite this fact, the nitrogen (N) cycle in bioswales remains poorly quantified, especially during dry weather in the soil, gas, and plant phases. To quantify the nitrogen cycle across seven bioswale sites located in the Bronx, New York City, we measured rates of ammonium and nitrate production in bioswale soils. We also measured soil nitrous oxide gas emissions and plant foliar nitrogen. We found that all mineralized nitrogen underwent nitrification, indicating that the soils were nitrogen-rich, particularly during summer months when nitrogen cycling rates increase, as indicated by higher levels of ammonium in the soil. In comparison to mineralization (0 to 110 g N m−2 y−1), the amounts of nitrogen uptake by the plants (0 to 5 g N m−2 y−1) and of nitrogen in gas emissions from the soils (1 to 10 g N m−2 y−1) were low, although nitrous oxide gas emissions increased in the summer. The bioswales’ greatest influx of nitrogen was via stormwater (84 to 591 g N m−2 y−1). These findings indicate that bioswale plants receive overabundant nitrogen from stormwater runoff. However, soils currently used for bioswales contain organic matter contributing to the urban nitrogen load. Thus, bioswale designs should use less nitrogen rich soils and minimize fertilization for lower nitrogen runoff.
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Faraj, Bahram Abdalrahman, and Yaseen Ahmed Hamaamin. "Optimization of Locations for Bioswales Stormwater Management Using BMP Siting Tool - Case Study of Sulaymaniyah City-KRG-Iraq." Journal of Engineering 29, no. 1 (January 1, 2023): 76–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.31026/j.eng.2023.01.05.

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Today, urban Stormwater management is one of the main concerns of municipalities and stakeholders. Drought and water scarcity made rainwater harvesting one of the main steps toward climate change adaptation. Due to the deterioration of the quality of urban runoff and the increase of impermeable urban land use, the treatment of urban runoff is essential. Best Management Practice (BMP) and Low Impact Development (LID) approaches are necessary to combat climate change consequences by improving the quantity and quality of water resources. The application of Bioswales along urban streets and roadways can reduce the stress on water resources, recharge groundwater and prevent groundwater pollution. While Sulaymaniyah City has a combined sewer network, the application of Bioswales makes wastewater treatment possible in all seasons. This study aimed to determine suitable locations for LID as one of the methods of urban runoff management in Sulaymaniyah City, KRG Iraq. The research modeled and optimized the placement of Bioswales using the BMP Sitting Tool (BST) in the ArcGIS program. Results of the study suggested a total area of 104329 m2 in 530 locations for the installation of the Bioswale system. Also, results showed that land use parameters and soil hydrological groups could be considered important factors in selecting a suitable location for Bioswale system establishment.
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Papuga, Shirley Anne, Emily Seifert, Steven Kopeck, and Kyotaek Hwang. "Ecohydrology of Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Shrinking Cities: A Two-Year Case Study of a Retrofitted Bioswale in Detroit, MI." Water 14, no. 19 (September 29, 2022): 3064. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w14193064.

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Stormwater management is of great importance in large shrinking cities with aging and outdated infrastructure. Maintenance of vegetated areas, particularly referred to as green infrastructure, is often aimed at mitigating flooding and the urban heat island effect by stormwater storage and evaporative cooling, respectively. This approach has been applied in large cities as a cost-effective and eco-friendly solution. However, the ecohydrological processes and how the ecohydrology influences the function of green infrastructure and its potential to provide those ecosystem services are not well understood. In this study, continuous field measurements including air temperature, stomatal conductance, and phenocam images were taken in a 308 m2 bioswale retrofitted into a 4063 m2 parking lot on the Wayne State University campus in Detroit, Michigan over a two-year period. Our results suggest that plant characteristics such as water use efficiency impact the ecohydrological processes within bioswales and that retrofitted bioswales will need to be adapted over time to meet environmental demands to allow for full and sustained success. Therefore, projected shifts in precipitation regime change are expected to affect the performance of green infrastructure, and each bioswale needs to be developed and engineered to be able to adapt to changing rainfall patterns.
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Coelho, Arnaldo T., Gustavo B. Menezes, Terezinha C. de Brito Galvão, and Joaquim F. T. Coelho. "Performance of Rolled Erosion Control Products (RECPs) as Bioswale Revetments." Sustainability 13, no. 14 (July 11, 2021): 7731. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13147731.

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Vegetated swales, or bioswales, are among the most commonly used type of green infrastructure (GI) for managing stormwater in temperate climate regions. However, performance data on bioswale drainage technology applied to highly weathered soils (low fertility, high acidity, and erosion prone) in tropical and subtropical climates are still limited. Aimed at closing this gap, this research investigated the performance—assessed in terms of vegetation biomass, biodiversity and coverage of swale, the structural integrity of revetments, and erosion control potential—and cost effectiveness of five rolled erosion control products (RECPs) currently available on the market, in combination with herbaceous vegetation as the revetment of drainage swales, in tropical soils. Additionally, the research project evaluated the performance of a new preseeded RECP, the Preseeded Reinforcement Mat, for drainage in areas that are difficult to access. The performances of all six RECPs were generally adequate as bioswale revetments in the conditions investigated, with performance index values ranging from 6 to 10 in a 0 to 10 scale. At the same time, some RECPs were more conducive to the growth of regional herbaceous vegetation species, measured in terms of biodiversity, which ranged from 2 to 14 species in the different bioswales, and some were more cost effective than others, with costs ranging from 19% to 106% of the cost of concrete lined swales.
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Purvis, Rebecca A., Ryan J. Winston, William F. Hunt, Brian Lipscomb, Karthik Narayanaswamy, Andrew McDaniel, Matthew S. Lauffer, and Susan Libes. "Evaluating the Hydrologic Benefits of a Bioswale in Brunswick County, North Carolina (NC), USA." Water 11, no. 6 (June 20, 2019): 1291. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w11061291.

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Bioswales are a promising stormwater control measure (SCM) for roadway runoff management, but few studies have assessed performance on a field scale. A bioswale is a vegetated channel with underlying engineered media and a perforated underdrain to promote improved hydrologic and water quality treatment. A bioswale with a rip-rap lined forebay was constructed along state highway NC 211 in Bolivia, North Carolina, USA, and monitored for 12 months. Thirty-seven of the 39 monitored rain events exfiltrated into underlying soils, resulting in no appreciable overflow or underdrain volume. The bioswale completely exfiltrated a storm event of 86.1 mm. The one event to have underdrain-only flow was 4.8 mm. The largest and third-largest rainfall depth events (82.6 and 146 mm, respectively) had a large percentage (85%) of volume exfiltrated, but also had appreciable overflow and underdrain volumes exiting the bioswale, resulting in no peak flow mitigation. Overall, this bioswale design was able to capture and manage storms larger than the design storm (38 mm), showing the positive hydrologic performance that can be achieved by this bioswale. The high treatment capabilities were likely due to the high infiltration rate of the media and the underlying soil, longer forebay underlain with media, gravel detention layer with an underdrain, and shallow slope.
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Xiao, Qingfu, E. McPherson, Qi Zhang, Xinlei Ge, and Randy Dahlgren. "Performance of Two Bioswales on Urban Runoff Management." Infrastructures 2, no. 4 (September 27, 2017): 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/infrastructures2040012.

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Jo, Juwon, Byungsook Choi, and Myeongwoo Lee. "Proposal for Adoption of Bioswale for the Sustainability of Residential Complexes." Journal of the Korean Housing Association 31, no. 5 (October 25, 2020): 71–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.6107/jkha.2020.31.5.071.

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Anderson, Brian S., Bryn M. Phillips, Jennifer P. Voorhees, Katie Siegler, and Ronald Tjeerdema. "Bioswales reduce contaminants associated with toxicity in urban storm water." Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 35, no. 12 (August 4, 2016): 3124–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.3472.

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Scharenbroch, Bryant C., Justin Morgenroth, and Brian Maule. "Tree Species Suitability to Bioswales and Impact on the Urban Water Budget." Journal of Environmental Quality 45, no. 1 (January 2016): 199–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/jeq2015.01.0060.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Bioswales"

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Kelley, John Paul. "Performance of Bioswales for Containment and Treatment of Highway Stormwater Runoff." Master's thesis, Temple University Libraries, 2018. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/497950.

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The focus of this research was to assess the performance of bioswales in mitigating and treating stormwater runoff from highways and to identify critical parameters that influence the load of pollutants from the drainage area. These bioswales are located in Philadelphia and are part of a project initiated by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to upgrade a major roadway (Interstate 95) running through the area. The work included sampling and laboratory analysis of runoff water from 9 storm events to characterize concentrations of contaminants coming from the highway and going in to the bioswales. For one storm event, sampling of vadose-zone and ponded water was included to assess how contaminants move or are retained within the bioswale. The various contaminants include solids, nutrients and metals, which have all been shown to be parameters of concern when dealing with stormwater runoff from highways. In addition, a simulated runoff test was performed to assess the potential risk of a very large storm in mobilizing contaminants within the bioswale. Stepwise linear regression in IBM SPSS was used to analyze the runoff data collected. Characteristics of the rainfall (antecedent dry period, total rainfall, rainfall intensity) were selected as potential explanatory variables to predict contaminant concentration or load. Results of the runoff characterization showed contaminant concentrations that fell within range of literature values from a similar drainage area. Estimated annual loads of contaminants were also in range of what has been observed for highway runoff. Vadose-zone and ponded water sampling showed removal of ammonia, total phosphorus and chemical oxygen demand and build-up of nitrate, total nitrogen and TKN. The build-up was likely due to lack of ion interaction with soil particles, which caused the contaminants to remain in the water. Simulated runoff testing showed no potential for contaminant mobilization within the bioswale but did indicate potential areas of contaminant buildup via observation of a dye tracer. Stepwise linear regressions performed in SPSS showed total rainfall as the most significant predictor of suspended solid, nitrate and total phosphorus load in the bioswales. Results also indicate that there are significant differences between the loads observed for the two bioswales monitored.
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Kulkarni, Madhuri. "Implementation of green infrastructure as stormwater management in Portland, Oregon." Kansas State University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/13780.

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Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
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Green infrastructure is an emerging concept which utilizes vegetated systems rather than traditional gray infrastructure for stormwater management. Conducting a literature review revealed the effectiveness of incentive based planning, the benefits of green infrastructure, information on bioswales and wetlands, stormwater management, Portland, and planning implementation strategies. Portland, Oregon, was selected as the area of study because of its widespread application of green infrastructure. Seeking to understand the reasoning behind the implementation of this atypical civic infrastructure, existing policies in the city’s Comprehensive Plan and the Zoning Code were analyzed. A policy analysis was conducted through itemizing the relevant policies in the Comprehensive Plan and the Zoning Code. Additionally, six in-depth phone interviews were conducted with Portland base planning-related professionals utilizing a snowball sampling technique to qualitatively understand the policies and circumstances that enabled the implementation of the city’s bioswales and wetlands. Findings were revealed through using the grounded theory methodology of coding and memoing to analyze the responses from the interviews. According to the policy itemization and phone interviews, the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code were not the reasons for Portland’s green infrastructure implementation, as hypothesized. Instead, green infrastructure was evident due to a need for compliance with the U.S Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Water Act, and a resulting Stormwater Management Manual created by the city. Additionally, other reasons for implementation included strong leaders, active citizens, and incentives and grants. The city encountered several challenges with implementation including costs, a technical lack of information, and opposition from members against using green infrastructure, which were all ultimately overcome. Lessons learned from this case study of Portland point to four policy recommendations for other cities wanting to implement green infrastructure to help alleviate pollution and flooding: the need for design having a general Comprehensive Plan and detailed Stormwater Management Manual, experimentation to generate and monitor data, collaboration, and funding.
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Melville, Alaina Diane. "Assessment of a Mycorrhizal Fungi Application to Treat Stormwater in an Urban Bioswale." Thesis, Portland State University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10142122.

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This study assessed the effect of an application of mycorrhizal fungi to stormwater filter media on urban bioswale soil and stormwater in an infiltration-based bioswale aged 20 years with established vegetation. The study tested the use of commercially available general purpose biotic soil blend PermaMatrix ® BSP Foundation as a treatment to enhance Earthlite™ stormwater filter media amelioration of zinc, copper, and phosphorus in an ecologically engineered structure designed to collect and infiltrate urban stormwater runoff before it entered the nearby Willamette River.

These results show that the application of PermaMatrix® BSP Foundation biotic soil amendment to Earthlite™ stormwater filter media contributed to the reduction of extractable zinc in bioswale soil (-24% and -26%), as compared to the control, which received a treatment of Earthlite™ stormwater filter media only, and experienced an increase in extractable zinc levels (23% and 39%). The results presented also show evidence that after establishment mycorrhizal treatment demonstrated lowered levels of phosphorus in bioswale soil (-41%) and stormwater (-100%), in contrast to the control, which had increased phosphorus levels. The treatment contributed to reductions between 67% and 100% in every metric detected in stormwater after an establishment period of 17 weeks, while the bioswale with no mycorrhizal treatment had increases between 50% and 117%. Treatment also appeared to enhance the reduction of ammonium and nitrates, while contributing to a greater increase in soil pH.

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Schweitzer, Na'ama. "Greening the Streets: A Comparison of Sustainable Stormwater Management in Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles, California." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/85.

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Stormwater runoff is one of the main sources of pollution for urban waterways. Stormwater has traditionally been managed through concrete-based storm drainage systems, but the past twenty years have introduced an alternative in the form of green infrastructure. Green infrastructure for stormwater management involves the use of low impact development (LID), often vegetated facilities to mimic natural hydrologic systems that capture and allow infiltration of rainwater where it falls and from impervious surfaces upstream, before entering the drainage system. Portland, Oregon and Los Angeles, California have adopted green infrastructure into their stormwater management plans. For this project, bioswales, a form of vegetated LID facility, were tested in each city to determine their pollutant retention capabilities. Results from Portland show that bioswales filter out heavy metals effectively, and results from Los Angeles show that bioswales accumulate heavy metals in the soil over the course of the year (also due to filtering out metals from the stormwater). These results raise the question of whether accumulation can reach dangerous levels or saturate the soil with pollutants so that removal efficiency is diminished, indicating a need for further monitoring. However, the success of bioswales up to this point is encouraging and indicates that this method should continue to be employed.
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Koranchie-Boah, Peter. "Analysis of Biofiltration Efficiency for Treating Stormwater Runoff from a Parking Facility." Connect to resource online, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1220486492.

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Akhavan, Bloorchian Azadeh. "EFFECT OF MAJOR FACTORS ON BIOSWALE PERFORMANCE AND HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES FOR THE CONTROL OF STORMWATER RUNOFF FROM HIGHWAYS." OpenSIUC, 2018. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1531.

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Highways and roadways are the major source of stormwater runoff due to their prevalence and large non-permeable surface area. Best Management Practices (BMPs) such as bioswale provide effective on-site management and control of stormwater runoff from linear infrastructure such as highways. Many factors affect the performance of bioswales for stormwater volume reduction. The ratio of the installed BMP area to its service drainage area, characteristics of precipitation and the amount of sediment build-up over the surface of the BMP area are among the most important factors. Earlier studies have indicated that volume reductions in stormwater runoff from bioswale application range from 50% to 94%. However, the reported research lacks adequate information for a full understanding of how bioswales perform under various conditions. Consequently, additional systematic and in-depth research to better understand and the potential of bioswales as a method of controlling stormwater runoff is indicated. This research examined the effect of the following factors on bioswale performance: the ratio of the BMP area to the service drainage area, precipitation amounts and intensity, and sediment build-up. Hydraulic and hydrological processes were developed and analyzed through conceptual and physical models using appropriate governing equations including the Green-Ampt method. Field study of discrete rainfall events was conducted to collect information to calibrate and validate the numerical models. The field study tested various bioswale conditions with different levels of sediment accumulation. It also considered expected soil loss in the study area using the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) method. In addition to field study, extensive simulations were conducted considering various contributing areas, rainfall depth and intensity, and sediment accumulation. These variables were manipulated to evaluate their effect on runoff volume reduction. Findings indicate that, for a given rainfall depth and duration, increasing the ratio of the BMP area to the service drainage area from 4% to16% results in increased bioswale efficiency ranging from 84% to 99%. The results revealed that input flowrate to the bioswale ranged from 0.04 to 4.7 in./min. depending on the rainfall intensity and soil type in the area. The runoff reduction performance of a newly constructed bioswale ranged from 44% for the highest input flowrate to 99% for the lowest input flowrate rainfall events. On the low end of rainfall volume/intensity, a 4% increase in the BMP area ratio results in a 34% improvement in efficiency (50% to 84%). On the high end of rainfall volume/intensity, a 16% increase in the area ratio results in only a 5% increase in efficiency (94% to 99%). Results also show that sediment accumulation has a substantial negative effect on infiltration rate. The observed efficiency of a bioswale in runoff reduction ranged from 13% to 100%. According to the USLE, the expected amount of soil loss occurring in the right-of-way area of a highway is approximately 1 ton/acre annually. The research revealed that for a given rainfall depth, duration, and area ratio; increasing the amount of sediment accumulation from 0 lbs./sq. ft. (equivalent to a newly constructed bioswale) to 2.7 lbs./sq. ft. (equivalent to a 10-year old bioswale) results in a 52% reduction in the runoff effectiveness of the bioswale sub-catchment from 98% to 46%. Finally, the physical model and associated governing equations were analyzed to describe the process of each studied factor. These results can be used for further study where the sediment accumulation rates differ from those modeled in this research.
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Wang, Siyan. "Advancing Understanding of Green Infrastructure Performance Through Field Measurements and Modeling." Thesis, 2020. https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-5xkg-1854.

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Urbanization has posed great challenges for environmental sustainability, human health, and wellbeing. One of these challenges is stormwater management stemming from widespread imperviousness in urban areas. For many cities, including New York City, stormwater management issues are being exacerbated by the impacts of climate change, which is increasing the frequency and intensity of wet weather flows in multiple regions of the world. In New York City, stormwater runoff is collected with wastewater sewage in a combined sewer system (CSS) that dates back to over a century ago. At the time the system was put in place, it was designed to transport a combination of storm and wastewater to local treatment plants with a capacity of about twice the dry-weather flow. With the expansion of urbanization and population growth, this outdated system is now easily overwhelmed during wet weather flow. In some areas of the City, rainfall of less than a few millimeters can cause untreated combined storm and waste water in excess of the system’s capacity (Schlanger, 2014), to be discharged directly into a nearby surface water. The combination of storm and wastewater is referred to as combined sewerage, and overflow events are referred to as combined sewer overflows (CSOs). CSOs are a leading source of local water body pollution in NYC, as well as countless other older cities in the US and abroad that operate with combined sewer systems. To solve the CSO problem, many cities, including NYC, have adopted green infrastructure (GI) plans that aim to capture stormwater locally before it can make its way into a CSS. In New York City, right-of-way bioswales (ROWBs) are composed of about 60% of the GI that has been implemented to date (The New York City Department of Environmental Protection, 2020) for stormwater management and CSO reduction. However, despite the popularity of ROWBs as a GI intervention, few research studies have focused on quantifying their hydrological performance. This can be attributed, in part, to the greater complexity of ROWB behavior in comparison to other GI interventions, such as green roofs, which have attracted wider research interest. In addition, because ROWBs are located in the public right-of-way, monitoring and measurement of the behavior of these systems also poses additional challenges. The first study in this dissertation presents three new field methods for quantifying the stormwater retention capacity of individual ROWBs. By applying the field methods at a ROWB site located in the Bronx, NYC, the influence of rainfall characteristics and the monitored soil moisture content of the ROWB on the ROWB’s hydrological performance was explored. A definition of a so-called ‘rain peaky event’ (RPE) was introduced to divide an individual storm into several sub-events. A RPE event-based empirical model for predicting the stormwater retention behavior of the ROWB was then developed based on the monitored soil moisture content of the ROWB and the rain depth recorded every 15 minutes during a storm event. This study found that the predicted stormwater retention volume per rain depth per unit drainage area of the studied ROWB, is not significantly different from that of several NYC based extensive green roofs. However, compared to the drainage area of the green roofs, which is the same as the roof’s surface area, the drainage area of the studied ROWB was about 84 times its surface area. Thus, per unit area, the ROWB was found to have significantly higher (almost two orders of magnitude) total stormwater capacity than the extensive green roofs. The second study in this dissertation assessed the applicability of the physics-based one-dimensional finite element model HYDRUS-1D, for simulating the infiltration process of a ROWB during storm events using long-term monitored soil moisture content as an input. The simulation results from the HYDRUS-1D was validated by field measurement results taken at the ROWB site located in the Bronx, NYC, and compared with the RPE event-based empirical model presented in the first study. The HYDRUS-1D model was found capable of predicting the ROWB’s cumulative stormwater retention at intervals of one minute, as well as the total retention volume of stormwater inflows into the ROWB per rain peaky event, except for events with an average stormwater inflow intensity high than 20 cm/hr. The study revealed that HYDRUS-1D has a tendency to under-predict the retention capacity of the studied ROWB for a storm with an inflow intensity high than 20 cm/hr, thus providing a lower bound on ROWB stormwater retention. The current published version of the HYDRUS-1D was also found to be erroneous when simulating the ROWB stormwater infiltration process in cases where the ROWB’s soil moisture content was close to saturation. The third study investigated the effectiveness of increased perviousness on CSO reduction and water quality improvement in NYC, toward an aim of understanding how GI implementation can improve city-wide stormwater management issues. By using the enterococci (ENT) concentration as an indicator of water quality and the runoff coefficient to represent land perviousness over an area, a random forest classification model was developed for predicting whether a water body is swimmable or not at 50 shore sites along the main waterways of NYC. The model revealed the significant contribution of land perviousness, and hence GI interventions and green space, to CSO pollution reduction for CSO-shed areas located adjacent to slower-moving waterways. For CSO-shed areas located adjacent to faster moving waterways, the influence of land perviousness was found to be negligible. The random forest classification model developed in this third study can be used as a tool for city planners and agencies as part of plans for GI implementation that focus on the optimization of local water quality, among other objectives. Overall, the research presented in this dissertation aimed to provide a deeper insight into the factors governing the hydrological performance of the most prevalent GI in NYC – namely right-of-way bioswales. In addition, the research aimed to provide insight into linkages between land perviousness and CSO pollution levels in NYC local waterways, which can be used to inform the implementation and overall performance of the entire NYC GI system.
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Books on the topic "Bioswales"

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Dollhopf, D. J. Using reinforced native grass sod for biostrips, bioswales, and sediment control. [Sacramento, CA]: California Department of Transportation, 2008.

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Book chapters on the topic "Bioswales"

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"Stormwater Runoff Treatment Using Bioswales Augmented with Advanced Nanoengineered Materials." In Aquananotechnology, 688–707. CRC Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b17455-38.

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Hansen, Gail, and Joseli Macedo. "Green Infrastructure." In Urban Ecology for Citizens and Planners, 111–19. University Press of Florida, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5744/florida/9781683402527.003.0011.

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Green infrastructure comprises natural elements, such as bioswales and greenways, that mitigate the effects of urbanization and development. These elements may mimic natural systems or make use of them to perform functions usually relegated to “gray infrastructure,” such as culverts and cisterns. Low-impact development strategies can be used in the implementation of green infrastructure in urban areas. The purpose of these strategies is to decrease the reliability on infrastructure designed to retain and store stormwater, decant and filter runoff from paved surfaces, and prevent erosion on slopes whilst creating urban amenities that increase access to natural environments, such as urban parks. Green infrastructure improves the quality of built environments, helps conserve natural features and amenities, and provides greater integration of nature into cities.
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Conference papers on the topic "Bioswales"

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Lucas, Shannon, Michael Clar, and Jim Gracie. "A Green Street Retrofit in a Chesapeake Bay Community Using Bioswales." In 2011 Low Impact Development Conference. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784413883.009.

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Gong, Jing, Ming Huang, Ye Li, Zhi-Peng Li, and Ming Li. "Using reinforced native grass sod for biostrips bioswales and sediment control." In 2015 International Conference on Mechanics and Mechatronics (ICMM2015). WORLD SCIENTIFIC, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789814699143_0117.

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Tummala, Chandra Mouli, and Timothy M. Dittrich. "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Bioswales and Catch Basin Inserts for Treating Urban Stormwater Runoff in Detroit, Michigan." In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2019. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/9780784482360.013.

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Sarikin Samari, Labib, Zhongqi Cheng, Vargas Olga, Kaitlin McLaughlin, Kohinoor Begum, Seidemann David, Salvado Engel-Dimauro, Peter Groffman, Richard K. Shaw, and Elena Timchenko. "SOIL PROFILES IN BIOSWALE: IMPLICATIONS ON SOIL DEVELOPMENT AND BIOSWALE MANAGEMENT." In Northeastern Section - 57th Annual Meeting - 2022. Geological Society of America, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/abs/2022ne-375302.

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Kaiser, Samantha. "The effect of bioswale characteristics on arthropod diversity." In 2016 International Congress of Entomology. Entomological Society of America, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/ice.2016.111483.

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Winston, R. J., S. K. Luell, and W. F. Hunt. "Retrofitting with Bioretention and a Bioswale to Treat Bridge Deck Stormwater Runoff." In Green Streets and Highways Conference 2010. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/41148(389)13.

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Winston, R. J., S. K. Luell, and W. F. Hunt. "Mitigating the Effects of Bridge Deck Runoff: A Case Study Using Bioretention and a Bioswale." In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/41114(371)307.

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Pope, Gina Ginevra, Jonathan E. Nyquist, Laura Toran, Robert Traver, and Gerald Zaremba. "Time-lapse resistivity monitoring of a simulated runoff test of a bioswale in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania." In Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems 2021. Society of Exploration Geophysicists and Environment and Engineering Geophysical Society, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4133/sageep.33-176.

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Reports on the topic "Bioswales"

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Melville, Alaina. Assessment of a Mycorrhizal Fungi Application to Treat Stormwater in an Urban Bioswale. Portland State University Library, January 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/etd.3019.

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