Bioretention systems for stormwater management: Recent advances and future prospects

K Vijayaraghavan, BK Biswal, MG Adam… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bioretention is a popular stormwater management strategy that is often utilized in urban
environments to combat water quality and hydrological impacts of stormwater. This goal is …

Emerging investigator series: The role of vegetation in bioretention for stormwater treatment in the built environment: Pollutant removal, hydrologic function, and …

CP Muerdter, CK Wong, GH LeFevre - Environmental Science: Water …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Vegetation influences both the hydrologic and pollutant-removal performance of bioretention
cells for green infrastructure stormwater management in the built environment. Vegetation …

Review of dissolved pollutants in urban storm water and their removal and fate in bioretention cells

GH LeFevre, KH Paus, P Natarajan… - Journal of …, 2015 - ascelibrary.org
Storm-water pollutants are widely recognized as a major cause of surface water quality
degradation. Most storm-water treatment efforts have focused on capture of particles and …

Evaluation of pilot-scale biochar-amended woodchip bioreactors to remove nitrate, metals, and trace organic contaminants from urban stormwater runoff

N Ashoori, M Teixido, S Spahr, GH LeFevre, DL Sedlak… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Stormwater is increasingly being valued as a freshwater resource in arid regions and can
provide opportunities for beneficial reuse via aquifer recharge if adequate pollutant removal …

A review on plant-microbial interactions, functions, mechanisms and emerging trends in bioretention system to improve multi-contaminated stormwater treatment

T Mehmood, GK Gaurav, L Cheng, JJ Klemeš… - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Management and treatment of multi-polluted stormwater in bioretention system have gained
significant attraction recently. Besides nutrients, recent source appointment studies found …

It is not easy being green: Recognizing unintended consequences of green stormwater infrastructure

VJ Taguchi, PT Weiss, JS Gulliver, MR Klein… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Green infrastructure designed to address urban drainage and water quality issues is often
deployed without full knowledge of potential unintended social, ecological, and human …

Contaminants of emerging concern in urban stormwater: Spatiotemporal patterns and removal by iron-enhanced sand filters (IESFs)

DJ Fairbairn, SM Elliott, RL Kiesling, HL Schoenfuss… - Water Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Numerous contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) typically occur in urban rivers.
Wastewater effluents are a major source of many CECs. Urban runoff (stormwater) is a major …

The role of plants in bioretention systems; does the science underpin current guidance?

D Dagenais, J Brisson, TD Fletcher - Ecological Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Plants are essential components of bioretention systems, with bioretention design-guides
around the world providing extensive advice on the role of selection of plants to maximize …

Engineered infiltration systems for urban stormwater reclamation

JE Grebel, SK Mohanty, AA Torkelson… - Environmental …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Urban stormwater contains a variety of contaminants that can adversely impact receiving
waters. Contaminants of greatest concern include compounds derived from paving materials …

Contamination of urban stormwater pond sediments: a study of 259 legacy and contemporary organic substances

K Flanagan, GT Blecken, H Osterlund… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Stormwater ponds improve water quality by facilitating the sedimentation of particles and
particulate contaminants from urban runoff. Over time, this function entails the accumulation …