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Category : Embankments
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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The overall goal of this field study was to evaluate the potential effectiveness of vegetated highway embankments as a stormwater runoff best management practice (BMP) for retention of metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and particulates. The study characterized roadway sediment particulate matter, annual pollutant mass loading, and long-term pollutant retention for three field sites in eastern Kansas. The field study indicated that pollutant retention was primarily a surficial phenomenon, limited to the top 0 to 2 inches of highway embankment soils. Effectiveness of vegetated embankments for net particle retention was found to be greater than 70% for particles of 0.020 mm or greater. The 18 ft long vegetated highway embankments evaluated in this study were effective stormwater runoff BMPs for zinc with 42 to 100% long-term pollutant mass retention. Moderate performance was observed for pyrene and chrysene with 20 to 100% mass retention. Vegetative embankments were less effective for copper and benzo(a)pyrene with 9 to 42% mass retention. The key benefits of utilizing highway embankments for runoff control include cost-effectiveness relative to other engineered systems and compatibility with roadway design and maintenance requirements. While specific pollutant mass retention was observed to be variable and dependent on metal or PAH properties in runoff, the overall result is a significant reduction in pollutant mass to the local watershed, particularly when embankments are greater than 30 to 45 ft in length.
Treatment of Contaminated Roadway Runoff Using Vegetated Filter Strips
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Category : Embankments
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
The overall goal of this field study was to evaluate the potential effectiveness of vegetated highway embankments as a stormwater runoff best management practice (BMP) for retention of metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and particulates. The study characterized roadway sediment particulate matter, annual pollutant mass loading, and long-term pollutant retention for three field sites in eastern Kansas. The field study indicated that pollutant retention was primarily a surficial phenomenon, limited to the top 0 to 2 inches of highway embankment soils. Effectiveness of vegetated embankments for net particle retention was found to be greater than 70% for particles of 0.020 mm or greater. The 18 ft long vegetated highway embankments evaluated in this study were effective stormwater runoff BMPs for zinc with 42 to 100% long-term pollutant mass retention. Moderate performance was observed for pyrene and chrysene with 20 to 100% mass retention. Vegetative embankments were less effective for copper and benzo(a)pyrene with 9 to 42% mass retention. The key benefits of utilizing highway embankments for runoff control include cost-effectiveness relative to other engineered systems and compatibility with roadway design and maintenance requirements. While specific pollutant mass retention was observed to be variable and dependent on metal or PAH properties in runoff, the overall result is a significant reduction in pollutant mass to the local watershed, particularly when embankments are greater than 30 to 45 ft in length.
Publisher:
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Category : Embankments
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
The overall goal of this field study was to evaluate the potential effectiveness of vegetated highway embankments as a stormwater runoff best management practice (BMP) for retention of metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and particulates. The study characterized roadway sediment particulate matter, annual pollutant mass loading, and long-term pollutant retention for three field sites in eastern Kansas. The field study indicated that pollutant retention was primarily a surficial phenomenon, limited to the top 0 to 2 inches of highway embankment soils. Effectiveness of vegetated embankments for net particle retention was found to be greater than 70% for particles of 0.020 mm or greater. The 18 ft long vegetated highway embankments evaluated in this study were effective stormwater runoff BMPs for zinc with 42 to 100% long-term pollutant mass retention. Moderate performance was observed for pyrene and chrysene with 20 to 100% mass retention. Vegetative embankments were less effective for copper and benzo(a)pyrene with 9 to 42% mass retention. The key benefits of utilizing highway embankments for runoff control include cost-effectiveness relative to other engineered systems and compatibility with roadway design and maintenance requirements. While specific pollutant mass retention was observed to be variable and dependent on metal or PAH properties in runoff, the overall result is a significant reduction in pollutant mass to the local watershed, particularly when embankments are greater than 30 to 45 ft in length.
Roadway Runoff Treatment Using Vegetative Filter Strips in South Alabama
Author: Cecil Bernhard
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Vegetated Filter Strips for Agricultural Runoff Treatment
Author: W. L. Magette
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Category : Agricultural pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Category : Agricultural pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Vegetative Filter Strips for Nonpoint Source Pollution Control in Agriculture
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Publisher: UCANR Publications
ISBN: 1601073887
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
Irrigated orchards, vineyards, and row crops have high erosion rates. The vegetative filter strip (VFS) offers one way to control erosion rates and keep soil in the field rather than letting it be carried off site in drainage water.
Publisher: UCANR Publications
ISBN: 1601073887
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
Irrigated orchards, vineyards, and row crops have high erosion rates. The vegetative filter strip (VFS) offers one way to control erosion rates and keep soil in the field rather than letting it be carried off site in drainage water.
Vegetated Filter Strips for Agricultural Runoff Treatment
Author: U. S. Government Printing Office (Gpo)
Publisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289256579
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
The United States Government Printing Office (GPO) was created in June 1860, and is an agency of the the U.S. federal government based in Washington D.C. The office prints documents produced by and for the federal government, including Congress, the Supreme Court, the Executive Office of the President and other executive departments, and independent agencies. The Coastal Zone Information Center (CZIC) collection provides access to nearly 5,000 coastal related documents that the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) received from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Central Library. The collection provides almost 30 years of data and information crucial to the understanding of U.S. coastal management and NOAA's mission to sustain healthy coasts. This is one of their documents.
Publisher: BiblioGov
ISBN: 9781289256579
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
The United States Government Printing Office (GPO) was created in June 1860, and is an agency of the the U.S. federal government based in Washington D.C. The office prints documents produced by and for the federal government, including Congress, the Supreme Court, the Executive Office of the President and other executive departments, and independent agencies. The Coastal Zone Information Center (CZIC) collection provides access to nearly 5,000 coastal related documents that the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) received from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Central Library. The collection provides almost 30 years of data and information crucial to the understanding of U.S. coastal management and NOAA's mission to sustain healthy coasts. This is one of their documents.
Reduction in Sediment and Chemical Load Agricultural Field Runoff by Vegetative Filter Strips
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Category : Agricultural pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Category : Agricultural pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Vegetative Filter Strips for Open Feedlot Runoff Treatment
Author: Jeffrey Lorimor
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 4
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 4
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The Effectiveness of Vegetative Filter Strips in Attenuating Nutrients, Pathogens and Sediment of Runoff Waters from Irrigated Pastures of the Sierra Foothills
Author: Victoria Ann Erikson
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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Evaluation and Management of Highway Runoff Water Quality
Author: G. Kenneth Young
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Category : Road drainage
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
The objective of this manual is to gather and to synthesize the results of past documentation and research on highway stormwater runoff into a single-volume user's manual on water quality impact assessment and mitigation. The manual will be useful to highway designers and environmental professionals by presenting the available and appropriate impact prediction and mitigation tools for use during highway project planning and development activities. The development of this document had three components: a literature search on existing research results and operational findings on highway stormwater runoff that identifies existing water quality impact assessment and mitigation techniques; interviews with highway practitioners concerning the use of research results including maintenance of mitigation measures; and synthesis of the accumulated information into this single-volume, practical guidance manual. This manual is intended to be a self-contained desk reference for highway practitioners. An extensive bibliography is included, and the mathematical nomenclature is unified among the sections.
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Category : Road drainage
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
The objective of this manual is to gather and to synthesize the results of past documentation and research on highway stormwater runoff into a single-volume user's manual on water quality impact assessment and mitigation. The manual will be useful to highway designers and environmental professionals by presenting the available and appropriate impact prediction and mitigation tools for use during highway project planning and development activities. The development of this document had three components: a literature search on existing research results and operational findings on highway stormwater runoff that identifies existing water quality impact assessment and mitigation techniques; interviews with highway practitioners concerning the use of research results including maintenance of mitigation measures; and synthesis of the accumulated information into this single-volume, practical guidance manual. This manual is intended to be a self-contained desk reference for highway practitioners. An extensive bibliography is included, and the mathematical nomenclature is unified among the sections.
Vegetative Filter Strips Reduce Feedlot Runoff Pollutants
Author: Shafiqur Rahman
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Category : Buffer zones (Ecosystem management)
Languages : en
Pages : 4
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Category : Buffer zones (Ecosystem management)
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description