Studying the effect of bioswales on nutrient pollution in urban combined sewer systems

The Science of the Total Environment
Nandan H ShettyPatricia J Culligan

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of bioswales on nutrient pollution in an urban combined sewershed. This evaluation was based on two criteria: the ability of bioswales to (1) remove nutrient pollution from stormwater runoff directly and (2) decrease sewer overflow volumes, which indirectly reduces total sewershed nutrient pollution during a storm event. Bioswales' direct nutrient removal was determined by analyzing nitrogen and phosphorus levels in water samples at seven bioswales located in the Bronx, New York City (NYC) over 42 storm events, while a bioswale's indirect nutrient removal through combined sewer overflow reduction was estimated by quantifying water retention at one of the bioswales. The study results indicated that: 1) the bioswale retained about 40% of stormwater conveyed to it from a drainage area 231 times its size, 2) bioswales leach nutrients into the subsurface, and 3) nitrogen leaching from bioswales varied seasonally, while phosphorus leaching decreased steadily over the study period. Although the studied bioswales leached a median 1.3 kg nitrogen per year into the subsurface, they provided an aggregate decrease in watershed nutrient pollution, from 7.7 to 6 kg nitrogen per year, due...Continue Reading

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Mar 22, 2020·The Science of the Total Environment·Nandan H ShettyPatricia J Culligan

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