Stormwater Runoff from Shopping Centers

Author

Thomas P. Donigan, University of Central Florida

Keywords

Runoff, Shopping centers, Water pollution, Brevard County, Florida, Parking lot runoff, Organic and inorganic carbon concentrations, Turbidity and color trends, High-frequency storm sampling (2-minute intervals), Merritt Square Shopping Center

Abstract

This is a brief investigation of stormwater runoff from a large shopping center located in Brevard County, Florida. Merritt Square Shopping Center has a parking area for 4,700 automobiles and is located on the shore of Newfound Harbor which is classified as recreation waters (Class III). A literature survey of runoff studies in other areas has been made for both "state of the art" and evaluation of findings. Water samples were initially collected from five locations. Review of the analysis of these samples indicated that while color and turbidity appeared to decrease linearly with time, organic and inorganic concentrations did not. During a later storm a second series of samples was taken from a single location at two minute intervals. In the analysis of these samples the organic and inorganic carbon concentrations decreased with time from the beginning of the storm. However, an upturn in concentration in the final stages of runoff may be noticed.

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Graduation Date

1975

Advisor

Yousef, Yousef A.

Degree

Master of Science (M.S.)

College

College of Engineering

Format

PDF

Pages

43 pages

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Access Status

Masters Thesis (Open Access)

Identifier

DP0012003

Subjects

Runoff; Shopping centers; Water -- Pollution -- Florida -- Brevard County; Dissertations; Academic -- Engineering; Engineering -- Dissertations; Academic; Urban runoff--Analysis; Urban runoff--Measurement; Urban runoff--Research; Urban runoff--Environmental aspects; Shopping centers--Environmental aspects

STARS Citation

Donigan, Thomas P., "Stormwater Runoff from Shopping Centers" (1975). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 147.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/rtd/147

Contributor (Linked data)

Yousef, Yousef A. [VIAF]

Yousef, Yousef A. [LC]

University of Central Florida. College of Engineering [VIAF]

University of Central Florida. College of Engineering [LC]

Collection (Linked data)

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

Accessibility Status

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