Developing high performance bioretention media and media filter systems: water quality treatment performance to-date
Presentation Abstract
The Washington State Municipal Stormwater Permit requires the use of low impact development (LID) for large jurisdictions as of January 2017 and will require LID in 2018 for smaller jurisdictions across western Washington State. Consequently, the use of LID best management practices (BMPs) in both the public and private sector will increase dramatically in Washington State. Due to this trend away from traditional stormwater controls (e.g, wet ponds and vaults) and toward the use of LID BMPs, developing specifications and designs which maximize effective water quality treatment and runoff volume control to protect receiving waters is critical. To understand how well the LID approach protects receiving waters, effectiveness must be examined at various scales and with appropriate metrics. This presentation is part of a session that examines LID application and performance at the watershed, regional, BMP and aquatic organism level. Specifically, the presentation will: briefly outline the process for developing high performance bioretention and media filter systems; provide current water quality treatment performance data for primary media beds, chemically active polishing layers and integrated systems for ultra-high-performance water quality treatment; and next steps for development of these evolving systems.
Session Title
The Performance of Low Impact Development Applied Across Land Use Scales Using Flow Control, Water Quality and Biological Metrics
Conference Track
SSE12: Land-Use, Growth, and Development
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2018 : Seattle, Wash.)
Document Type
Event
SSEC Identifier
SSE12-213
Start Date
4-4-2018 4:00 PM
End Date
4-4-2018 4:15 PM
Type of Presentation
Oral
Genre/Form
presentations (communicative events)
Contributing Repository
Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Bioswales--Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.)
Geographic Coverage
Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.)
Rights
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Type
Text
Language
English
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Developing high performance bioretention media and media filter systems: water quality treatment performance to-date
The Washington State Municipal Stormwater Permit requires the use of low impact development (LID) for large jurisdictions as of January 2017 and will require LID in 2018 for smaller jurisdictions across western Washington State. Consequently, the use of LID best management practices (BMPs) in both the public and private sector will increase dramatically in Washington State. Due to this trend away from traditional stormwater controls (e.g, wet ponds and vaults) and toward the use of LID BMPs, developing specifications and designs which maximize effective water quality treatment and runoff volume control to protect receiving waters is critical. To understand how well the LID approach protects receiving waters, effectiveness must be examined at various scales and with appropriate metrics. This presentation is part of a session that examines LID application and performance at the watershed, regional, BMP and aquatic organism level. Specifically, the presentation will: briefly outline the process for developing high performance bioretention and media filter systems; provide current water quality treatment performance data for primary media beds, chemically active polishing layers and integrated systems for ultra-high-performance water quality treatment; and next steps for development of these evolving systems.
