Event Title
Performance of and Amendments to Urban Bioretention Systems for Removal of Stormwater Contaminants
Location
Science Center, Bent Corridor
Start Date
10-27-2017 6:40 PM
End Date
10-27-2017 7:20 PM
Research Program
Re-Inventing the Nation's Urban Water Infrastructure Program (RENUWIT), Colorado School of Mines
Poster Number
40
Abstract
As urbanization has expanded, polluted urban stormwater runoff has become a greater concern. While originally installed to control water quantity by smoothing out urban runoff hydrographs, best management practices such as bioretention systems may also remove contaminants in runoff. This project had three primary goals: 1) to evaluate the performance of the Iris Rain Garden with respect to the removal of dissolved trace organic contaminants, 2) to determine the hydraulic conductivity of various geomedia, and 3) to determine the removal of targeted metal contaminants by various geomedia. It was found that the Iris Rain Garden reduced the amount of atrazine, caffeine, carbendazim, and triphenyl phosphate in stormwater runoff. Furthermore, hydraulic conductivity values for various types of geomedia were determined. Currently, work is being done with various geomedia to characterize the removal of heavy metals.
Recommended Citation
Eisenbraun, Emma, "Performance of and Amendments to Urban Bioretention Systems for Removal of Stormwater Contaminants" (2017). Celebration of Undergraduate Research. 43.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/cour/2017/posters/43
Major
Chemistry
Project Mentor(s)
Christopher Higgins, Brittnee Halpin, Andrea Portmann and Carrie McDonough, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
Document Type
Poster
Performance of and Amendments to Urban Bioretention Systems for Removal of Stormwater Contaminants
Science Center, Bent Corridor
As urbanization has expanded, polluted urban stormwater runoff has become a greater concern. While originally installed to control water quantity by smoothing out urban runoff hydrographs, best management practices such as bioretention systems may also remove contaminants in runoff. This project had three primary goals: 1) to evaluate the performance of the Iris Rain Garden with respect to the removal of dissolved trace organic contaminants, 2) to determine the hydraulic conductivity of various geomedia, and 3) to determine the removal of targeted metal contaminants by various geomedia. It was found that the Iris Rain Garden reduced the amount of atrazine, caffeine, carbendazim, and triphenyl phosphate in stormwater runoff. Furthermore, hydraulic conductivity values for various types of geomedia were determined. Currently, work is being done with various geomedia to characterize the removal of heavy metals.
