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Enhanced Bioretention Modeling At The Catchment-Scale: An Integrated Drainmod-Urban And Swmm Approach, Ghada Diab
Enhanced Bioretention Modeling At The Catchment-Scale: An Integrated Drainmod-Urban And Swmm Approach, Ghada Diab
Doctoral Dissertations
Bioretention systems are increasingly being adopted in stormwater management as an effective measure to promote infiltration and restore more natural hydrology in urbanized watersheds. Given the significant financial investment in these practices, reliable bioretention models are necessary to predict the effectiveness of these practices prior to installation. One such model, DRAINMOD-Urban (DM-Urban), was recently developed to produce hydrographs with a high temporal resolution at the site-scale, showing substantial promise during initial testing. However, the dataset used for initial testing was limited, consisting of one bioretention area with minimal occasions of overflow. Additionally, DM-Urban is an input-heavy model and there is …
The Performance Impacts Of Real-Time Control On Bioretention, Padmini P. Persaud
The Performance Impacts Of Real-Time Control On Bioretention, Padmini P. Persaud
Doctoral Dissertations
Bioretention is a green infrastructure practice used to restore natural hydrologic regimes and improve stormwater quality. Extreme weather combined with demands for treatment of a growing number of priority pollutants has put a strain on these systems, making meeting performance goals difficult. The addition of smart stormwater technology has the potential to help address these issues as more control is provided to modify internal conditions and optimize sometimes conflicting outcomes. The use of real-time control is tested in this research to determine how bioretention performance is impacted by this technology. Column studies incorporating forecasts and historic rainfall were used to …
A Study Of Drainmod-Urban For Enhanced Bioretention Cell Modeling, Whitney A. Lisenbee
A Study Of Drainmod-Urban For Enhanced Bioretention Cell Modeling, Whitney A. Lisenbee
Doctoral Dissertations
Bioretention has become a leading infiltration-based stormwater control measure for mitigating urban hydrology by reducing urban stormwater runoff volumes and peak flows. Despite widespread field and laboratory studies, less investigation has been directed toward effectively modeling these systems. This is critical, as modeling of bioretention systems provides an avenue for evaluating their effectiveness prior to devoting time and resources into installation. Many hydrologic models capable of simulating bioretention consist of lumped parameters and simplifications that do not fully account for fundamental hydrologic processes such as soil-water interactions. One model, DRAINMOD, has overcome many limitations of other models by incorporating the …
Urban Forestry And Stormwater Management: Investigating The Benefit And Health Of Urban Trees In Green Infrastructure Installations, Richard Andrew Tirpak
Urban Forestry And Stormwater Management: Investigating The Benefit And Health Of Urban Trees In Green Infrastructure Installations, Richard Andrew Tirpak
Doctoral Dissertations
Bioretention is a green infrastructure practice commonly implemented to manage urban stormwater worldwide. While studies have described the many benefits trees provide to urban areas, including improved air quality, wildlife habitat creation, and heat island mitigation, knowledge of their contributions to stormwater management in bioretention is limited. There is a need to characterize tree health in bioretention and the performance benefits they provide to inform appropriate plant selection and maximize the functionality of these systems. In response, several studies were implemented to investigate the role of trees in bioretention practices.The health of trees in existing bioretention practices was compared to …