Long-Term Simulation of a System for Catchment, Pretreatment, and Treatment of Polluted Runoff Water
Publication: Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 136, Issue 12
Abstract
The effects of pollutants in runoff on the environment have forced the development of several water treatment systems with the aim of reducing this kind of pollution before its final discharge. Nevertheless, many of these systems do not behave satisfactorily and, additionally, there is a low level of confidence in the treatment performance. This paper introduces the results of research on the long-term performance of a laboratory prototype of a system for catchment, pretreatment, and treatment (SCPT) designed to deal with the polluted runoff water. Solid and oil treatment efficiency were the focus of the study. After 14 consecutive simulated rain events, the treatment efficiency levels achieved by the prototype are higher than 80% of solids and 90% of oils.
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
Acknowledgments
This paper was possible thanks to the research project entitled “Development of New Systems of In-Situ Reception, Pre-Treatment and Treatment of Water Contaminated by Hydrocarbons from Urban Runoff in Car Parks with Impermeable Pavements (TRAPI)” (CTM2006 00310/TECNO), developed by the University of Cantabria with the support of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology.
References
Begum, S., Rasul, M. G., and Brown, R. J. (2008). “A comparative review of stormwater treatment and reuse techniques with a new approach: Green Gully.” Wseas Trans. Environ. Dev., 4(11), 1002–1013.
Boving, T. B., and Neary, K. (2006a). “Attenuation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from urban stormwater runoff by wood filters.” J. Contam. Hydrol., 91, 43–57.
Boving, T. B., and Neary, K. (2006b). “Testing the efficiency of a stormwater runoff treatment structure with anthropogenic tracers.” Environ. Eng. Geosci., 12(2), 115–124.
CALTRANS. (2007). “Treatment BMP technology report.” Final Rep., Sacramento, Calif.
Castro-Fresno, D., Rodriguez-Hernández, J., Fernández-Barrera, A. H., and Calzada-Pérez, M. A. (2009). “Equipment for pollution treatment of impervious surface runoff using up-flow limestone and geotextile filtration media.” Proc., 4th IASME/WSEAS Int. Conf. on Water Resources, Hydraulics & Hydrology (WHH’09), WSEAS, Cambridge, UK, 90–93.
Hossain, M. A., Alam, M., Yonge, D. R., and Dutta, P. (2005). “Efficiency and flow regime of a highway stormwater detention pond in Washington, USA.” Water, Air, Soil Pollut., 164(1–4), 79–89.
Lundberg, K., Carling, M., and Lindmark, P. (1999). “Treatment of highway runoff: A study of three detention ponds.” Sci. Total Environ., 235(1–3), 363–365.
Milton, J. S., and Arnold, J. C. (2003). Probabilidad y estadística con aplicaciones para ingeniería y ciencias computacionales [Probability and statistics: With applications for engineering and the computing sciences], McGraw-Hill Interamericana, Mexico City, Mexico.
Newman, A. P., Pratt, C. J., Coupe, S. J., and Cresswell, N. (2002). “Oil bio-degradation in permeable pavements by microbial communities.” Water Sci. Technol., 45(7), 51–56.
Pratt, C. J., Newman, A. P., and Bond, P. C. (1999). “Mineral oil big-degradation within a permeable pavement: Long term observations.” Water Sci. Technol., 39(2), 103–109.
Rodríguez Bayón, J. (2008). “Análisis de los aspectos de depuración y degradación de los hidrocarburos presentes en las aguas prodecentes de la escorrentía urbana, en los firmes permeables [Analysis of aspects of depuration and degradation of hydrocarbons present in water from urban runoff, at pervious pavement].” Ph.D. thesis, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain.
Taebi, A., and Droste, R. L. (2004). “Pollution loads in urban runoff and sanitary wastewater.” Sci. Total Environ., 327, 175–184.
Zafra Mejía, C. A., and Temprano González, J. (2005). “Análisis granulométrico y contenido de metales pesados en los sedimentos acumulados sobre una vía urbana [Particle size analysis and heavy metal content in the accumulated sediments on an urban road]. M.S. thesis, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Journal of Environmental Engineering
Volume 136 • Issue 12 • December 2010
Pages: 1442 - 1446
Copyright
© 2010 ASCE.
History
Received: Feb 24, 2010
Accepted: May 8, 2010
Published online: May 29, 2010
Published in print: Dec 2010
Authors
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.