Output details
15 - General Engineering
University of Greenwich
Article title
Modeling heavy metal behaviour in sustainable drainage systems: a case study
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
CLEAN – Soil, Air, Water
Article number
n/a
Volume number
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Issue number
-
First page of article
n/a
ISSN of journal
1863-0650
Year of publication
2013
Number of additional authors
1
Additional information
Improved on our previous work on Sustainable Drainage System design by incorporating pollutant retention in a model that predicts the fate of heavy metals, applied to a rain garden system for a roundabout in Kent. Results show that levels of lead can build up in the upper layers of the system, but only constitute a health hazard after 10 years, while copper was successfully retained. Given concerns of preferential flow bypassing bioretention facilities, macropore flow was examined; results indicated it was not a threat to groundwater. The model is deemed useful for design including the use of climate change scenarios.
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
3 - Sustainability in Civil Engineering Research Group
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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