Application of a Monitoring Plan for Storm-Water Control Measures in the Philadelphia Region
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 139, Issue 8
Abstract
Storm-water control measures (SCMs), also known as storm-water best management practices (BMPs), are increasingly being used to mitigate the impacts of development and restore the hydrologic cycle. This paper presents a three-tiered monitoring plan that can be used to determine the effectiveness of structural, nonproprietary SCMs in the Northeast United States. The monitoring plan offers three levels of monitoring: high, medium, and low. This 1-2-3 approach is common in environmental monitoring. The monitoring protocol integrates hydrologic, water quality, and ecological factors and recommendations for equipment with the level of monitoring. The monitoring plan is then applied to a rain garden on Villanova University’s campus in Villanova, Pennsylvania, and a cost analysis of the different monitoring levels is provided.
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Acknowledgments
This work was supported in part by the William Penn Foundation. The authors gratefully acknowledge their support. The opinions expressed by the authors do not represent the views of the William Penn Foundation.
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Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 139 • Issue 8 • August 2013
Pages: 1108 - 1118
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Received: Jul 6, 2012
Accepted: Apr 1, 2013
Published online: Apr 3, 2013
Published in print: Aug 1, 2013
Discussion open until: Sep 3, 2013
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