Conventional and amended bioretention soil media for targeted pollutant treatment: A critical review to guide the state of the practice

RA Tirpak, ARMN Afrooz, RJ Winston, R Valenca… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Bioretention systems are widely used green infrastructure elements that utilize engineered
bioretention soil media (BSM) for stormwater capture and treatment. Conventional …

Biochar-based bioretention systems for removal of chemical and microbial pollutants from stormwater: A critical review

BK Biswal, K Vijayaraghavan, DL Tsen-Tieng… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar has been increasingly used as a filter medium in engineered low impact
development systems (eg, bioretention systems) for decontamination of urban stormwater …

[HTML][HTML] Sponge city practices in China: From pilot exploration to systemic demonstration

D Yin, C Xu, H Jia, Y Yang, C Sun, Q Wang, S Liu - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, China has been committed to strengthening environmental governance and
trying to build a sustainable society in which humans and nature develop in harmony. As a …

Biological-based methods for the removal of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and heavy metals

M Meena, P Sonigra, G Yadav - Environmental science and pollution …, 2021 - Springer
The current scenario of increased population and industrial advancement leads to the
spoliation of freshwater and tapper of the quality of water. These results decrease in …

Sustainable urban stormwater management in the tropics: An evaluation of Singapore's ABC Waters Program

HS Lim, XX Lu - Journal of Hydrology, 2016 - Elsevier
Summary The Active Beautiful Clean (ABC) Waters Program was implemented in 2006 as
part of Singapore's stormwater management strategy and reflects the country's move …

A critical literature review of bioretention research for stormwater management in cold climate and future research recommendations

H Kratky, Z Li, Y Chen, C Wang, X Li, T Yu - Frontiers of Environmental …, 2017 - Springer
Bioretention is a popular best management practice of low impact development that
effectively restores urban hydrologic characteristics to those of predevelopment and …

Water treatment residual: A critical review of its applications on pollutant removal from stormwater runoff and future perspectives

D Xu, LY Lee, FY Lim, Z Lyu, H Zhu, SL Ong… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, many studies have been conducted on using different filter media in
bioretention systems for stormwater runoff treatment. This critical review paper provides a …

A review of nitrogen removal for urban stormwater runoff in bioretention system

M Osman, K Wan Yusof, H Takaijudin, HW Goh… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
One of the best management practices (BMPs) for stormwater quality and quantity control is
a bioretention system. The removal efficiency of different pollutants under this system is …

Valorization of agro-industry residues in the building and environmental sector: A review

P Ricciardi, G Cillari… - Waste Management …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Environmental pollution has become a relevant issue as the population rises and resources
decrease. Reuse and recycling still have the greatest potential as they turn the waste into a …

Effects of submerged zone, media aging, and antecedent dry period on the performance of biochar-amended biofilters in removing fecal indicators and nutrients from …

ARMN Afrooz, AB Boehm - Ecological Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Biochar has demonstrated promising performance as an amendment to biofilter soil media
in removing fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) from simulated stormwater. However, there is no …