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Removal of Nutrients, Sediment, and Heavy Metals by a Stormwater Treatment Train; a Medium-Density Residential Case Study in Southeast Queensland
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Urban stormwater runoff from a medium-density residential development in southeast Queensland has been monitored in the field since November 2013. A treatment train installed on the site includes rainwater tanks collecting roofwater, 200-micron mesh baskets installed in grated gully pits, and two 850-mm-high media filtration cartridges installed in an underground 4-m3 vault. The site has been monitored over a 4.5-year period. Removal efficiencies were observed at this site for the regulated pollutants; the corresponding values for total suspended solids (TSS), total phosphorus (TP), and total nitrogen (TN) for the pit baskets were 61%, 28%, and 45%, respectively. The cartridge filters removed 78% of TSS, 59% of TP, 42% of TN, 40% of total copper, and 51% of total zinc. As the measured influent TSS and TP concentrations to the cartridge filters were low when compared to industry guidelines, the U.S. field dataset was truncated to anticipated guideline levels, confirming results at 90% for TSS and 76% for TP. The total gross pollutant generation rate from the medium-density residential catchment was observed to be 0.24 m3/Ha/year, with a corresponding air-dried mass of 142.5 kg/Ha/year. Less than 2% of the gross pollutant mass was anthropogenic. This paper concludes that the treatment train, and in particular the media filter, provides good removal of total copper and total zinc as well as TSS, TP, and TN from urban stormwater runoff, with higher inlet concentrations producing better performance. Field test data from 58 months of operation and standard maintenance suggests that breakthrough of TSS and TP has not occurred yet.
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“To that end, GSI installed in series in what is known as a ' treatment train ' could be a way to manage large stormwater energy gradients and pollutant concentrations (Drapper and Hornbuckle 2018; Osman et al. 2020; Schussler et al. 2022).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Drapper, D., & Hornbuckle, A.
- Affiliations
- Drapper Environmental Consultants (DEC), 12 Treetops Avenue, Springfield Lakes 4300, QLD, Australia
- SPEL Environmental (SPEL), 96 Cobalt St, Carole Park 4300, QLD, Australia
- Corresponding author
- Drapper, Darren
- ORCID
- Drapper, Darren
- Venue
- Water
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2018-09-22
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1307
- ISSN
- 2073-4441 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2893175976
- Cited by
- 10
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 0.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- dx.doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Water (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Preprints.org (acceptedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Keywords
- urban stormwater treatment, residential catchments, total suspended solids removal, total phosphorus removal, total nitrogen removal, heavy metal removal, copper, zinc, rainwater storage tanks, Moreton Bay, South East Queensland
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