research by ncsu bae stormwater - apwa-nc chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/content/chapters... sites sa...
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater
NC APWA – Winston Salem, NC – October 22, 2018
Alisha Goldstein
Extension Associate
North Carolina State University
Representing the Stormwater Team
![Page 2: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Research Project Locations
![Page 3: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Optimizing performance
How can we retrofitting existing SCM to improve WQ performance?
Are we taking appropriate nutrient credit for SCM practices specifically with respect to vegetation and age of practice?
Should design and maintenance recommendations be modified?
![Page 4: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Dry Detention Basin
![Page 5: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
SitesSA = 4,400 SFWatershed = 15 ac26% Impervious
SA = 4,500 SFWatershed = 6 ac42% Impervious
SA = 7,000 SFWatershed = 7 ac37% Impervious
SA = 8,300 SFWatershed = 10 ac20% Impervious
Acknowledgement to Austin Wissler
![Page 6: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Does type of vegetation matter?
![Page 7: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Preliminary Hydrology Results
![Page 8: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Preliminary Results
TSS TN TP
Mean Influent EMC (mg/L)
Mean ER%
Mean Influent EMC (mg/L)
Mean ER%
Mean Influent EMC (mg/L)
Mean ER%
Overgrown1 (n=18) 13 39% 1.06 10% 0.11 6%
Overgrown2 (n=12) 33 -10% 0.82 -5% 0.09 -2%
Maintained1 (n=10) 191 31% 34.2 67% 2.5 65%
Maintained2 (n=4) 40 -25% 3.12 23% 0.27 14%
ER = Efficiency Ratio
![Page 9: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Dry Detention to Constructed Wetland
![Page 10: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Dry Pond
• Sedimentation
• Short Detention Time
Constructed Wetland
• Filtration
• Biological Processes
• Sorption
• Longer Detention Time
Acknowledgement to Katy Mazer
![Page 11: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Changing in Elevation
WQVolume
4” orifice Overflow Weir
Retrofit, Total Cost <$2000
$860 $30
Vegetation consisted of 1,500 plugs for $1,000
![Page 12: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Cost = $420
Dry Pond Retrofit
$20
500 Plugs Installed $400
Infiltrated within 48 hours
![Page 13: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Retrofit Load Reduction
Pollutant LSM Reduction
TSS 89%*
TP 60%*
OP 57%*
TN 71%*
TKN 75%*
NO2,3-N 39%
ON 75%*
TAN 69%**Bold values are significant to α = 0.05
![Page 14: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Retrofit Cost Savings
TN TP
Initial Load (kg/yr) 43.4 7.29
LSM Reduction 71% 60%
Reduction (kg/yr) 30.6 4.36
Falls Credit Costs $21,000 $54,000
Jordan Credit Costs $268,000 $99,100
Tar-Pam Credit Costs $16,800 $34,000
Cost of Retrofits $2,000 $2,000
Costs for nutrient offset credits were retrieved from NCDEQ’s Department of Mitigation Services (2018)
![Page 15: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Do these load reductions hold up over time?
Year 1 Year 15Bioretention
Acknowledgement to Jeffrey Johnson
![Page 16: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Site Characteristics
Characteristic Chapel Hill BRC
Year constructed 2001
Underlying soil Clay, clay loam, and silty clay
Drainage area (m2) 600
Imperviousness 100%
Surface area ratio 14.9%
Bowl storage (mm) 95
Media depth (m) 1.2
Original media P-index 4-12 (3.7 – 11.1 ppm)
Vegetative cover Perennial grasses, trees, shrubs
Inflow
Outlet
![Page 17: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Monitoring Year Comparison
Initial
Monitoring
Current
Monitoring
Pollutant Mass
Percent
Reduction
Mass
Percent
Reduction
TN 40 69
NO3-N 13 84
TKN 45 68
NH3-N 86 83
TP 65 77
Ortho-P 69 68
![Page 18: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Aged Bioretention
Nutrient Reduction Calculations
• Median effluent concentrations for TN and TP
Period TN (mg/L) TP (mg/L)
NC DEQ Credit 1.20 0.12
2002 – 2003 1.23 0.17
2017 – 2018 1.12 0.09
![Page 19: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
![Page 20: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
![Page 21: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Regenerative Storm Conveyance
Acknowledgement to Simon Gregg
![Page 22: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Performance
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Vol. Red
Peak Red
TSS Red
TN Red
TP Red
![Page 23: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Recommendations
![Page 24: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Wet Ponds
![Page 25: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Sand Filter study
Column study to quantify nutrient removal
![Page 26: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Bioretention Media Study
– Collect filter media
samples from 30
BRCs of different
ages in Jordan Lake
watershed
– Analyze for trends
in C, N, & P
accumulation
![Page 27: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Bioretention + Grass Swale = Bioretention
Acknowledgement to Rebecca Purvis
![Page 28: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Bioswale Design Recommendations
LONGER HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME!
Acknowledgement to Rebecca Purvis
![Page 29: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
IWS Efficiency and Slope
![Page 30: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Effective Swale Design for Highway
Stormwater Runoff Treatment
Research Objectives:
1. Impact of channel length, shape, and slope on the hydrologic and water quality performance of a vegetated swale
2. Runoff reduction and water quality treatment benefits of a rock-lined swale and a rock-lined bioswale
Rock-Lined SwaleVegetated Swale
NCSU Research Facility
Acknowledgement to Sujit Ekka
![Page 31: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Suspended Pavement
Silva CellTM
- Deeproot (2018)
• What are the hydrologic
impacts of an unlined
system?
• How do loading ratios
and underlying soils
affect treatment?
Acknowledgement to Katie Balaze
![Page 32: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Two Sites
Fayetteville, NC Goldsboro, NC
![Page 33: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Maintenance
• High sediment
loading from
landscaped areas
and gravel
parking lots
![Page 34: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Design optimization of Stormwater
Wetlands and Bio-retention Cells
Using near-continuous sampling and
active outlet system
• Evaluate Real Time Control for large ponds and wetlands
• Long term modeling study to compare EMC vs near-continuous WQ data
Acknowledgement to Sheida Moin
![Page 35: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Predict the value of a hydrologic metric
based on the watershed attributes
Predictors Responses
Hydro RegimeClimate
Land Form
Land Cover
Sub-Surface
Machine-learning
RegressionAcknowledgement to Charlie Stillwell
![Page 36: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Applications
Predictions of hydrologic metrics in ungauged areas
Predict the theoretical pre-development hydrologic metric in disturbed watersheds
![Page 37: Research by NCSU BAE Stormwater - Apwa-Nc Chapternorthcarolina.apwa.net/Content/Chapters... Sites SA = 4,400 SF Watershed = 15 ac 26% Impervious SA = 4,500 SF Watershed = 6 ac 42%](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022070816/5f0f86e47e708231d4449a87/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
www.bae.ncsu.edu/stormwater
Thank you to Project Partners
+ many more