Effect Of Floating Treatment Wetlands On Control Of Nutrients In Three Stormwater Wet Detention Ponds

Keywords

Best management practice; Floating treatment wetland; Nutrient reduction; Stormwater management; Wet detention pond

Abstract

Stormwater wet detention ponds hold a permanent pool of water and offer many beneficial uses including flood mitigation, pollution prevention, downstream erosion control, increased aesthetics, and recreational uses. The reduction efficiency of nutrients is generally low in stormwater wet detention ponds in many urban areas. To enhance nutrient reduction, floating treatment wetlands (FTWs), which are a new best management practice (BMP) in stormwater management, can be installed in wet detention ponds to offer an innovative solution toward naturally removing excess nutrients and aiding in stormwater management. This study assesses nutrient reduction in three Floridian stormwater wet detention ponds where FTWs have recently been installed. Both episodic (storm event) and routine (nonstorm event) sampling campaigns were carried out at the three ponds located in Ruskin, Gainesville, and Orlando. Most notably, nutrient reduction rates after installation of the FTWs reached levels of 33% for total nitrogen at the Ruskin pond during storm events, 71% for total phosphorus at the Gainesville pond during storm events, and 17% for total nitrogen at the Orlando pond during nonstorm events.

Publication Date

8-1-2016

Publication Title

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volume

21

Issue

8

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001387

Socpus ID

84978686234 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84978686234

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