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Urban Watershed Research Facility at Edison Environmental Center
Citation:
O'CONNOR, T. Urban Watershed Research Facility at Edison Environmental Center. Presented at Region 2 Science Day , Edison, NJ, June 10 - 16, 2009.
Impact/Purpose:
To inform the public.
Description:
The Urban Watershed Research Facility (UWRF) is an isolated, 20-acre open space within EPA’s 200 acre Edison facility established to develop and evaluate the performance of stormwater management practices under controlled conditions. The facility includes greenhouses that allow all-season operation, analytical laboratories for on-site analysis of common chemical and microbial stressors, a high-bay engineering development and support area, automated electronic monitoring and automatic sampling equipment, office spaces, and storage. On-site storage tanks, mixing, transfer, and distribution equipment provide collected stormwater to the practice under evaluation. The facility routinely monitors and records climatic data. Outdoor facilities include pilot-scale swales, wet ponds, and wetlands allowing for controlled-condition evaluations of these common control practices under varying loading and design conditions. The facility provides a safe location to collect engineering data needed for design and evaluation. The Edison Pipeline Test Apparatus consists of four types of experimental pipelines representative of systems in use at operational facilities. These pipelines have been installed at the UWRF to support controlled-condition experiments on water and wastewater conveyance systems. The test pipelines at Edison enable convenient study of different pipe and backfill materials; of equipment designed to monitor for leaks and corrosion and to prevent backflow and contamination; and of remote-control instrumentation and inspection technologies. The “test-pit” area enables replacement of 20-ft spool sections and pipes are installed at various locations along the buried pipelines to provide access to the wall without the need to excavate.
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Science Day (PDF, NA pp, 101 KB, about PDF)Abstract
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