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Phosphorus And Heavy Metals Removal From Stormwater Runoff Using Granulated Industrial Waste For Retrofitting Catch Basins, Viravid Na Nagara, Dibyendu Sarkar, Rupali Datta

Michigan Tech Publications

Phosphorus and heavy metals are washed off and transported with stormwater runoff to nearby surface water bodies resulting in environmental and human health risks. Catch basins remain one of the primary gateways through which stormwater runoff and pollutants from urban areas are transported. Retrofitting catch basins to enhance their phosphorus and heavy metal removal can be an effective approach. In this study, aluminum-based water treatment residual (WTR, a non-hazardous byproduct of the water treatment process) was granulated via a green method to serve as a sustainable filter material, called WTR granules, for enhancing the capabilities of catch basins to remove …