Grantee Research Project Results
2019 Progress Report: Toward Sustainable Urban Stormwater Management with New, Green, Low-Cost Sorbent-Coated Wood Mulch
EPA Grant Number: SV839355Title: Toward Sustainable Urban Stormwater Management with New, Green, Low-Cost Sorbent-Coated Wood Mulch
Investigators: Deng, Yang , Yang, Lisitai , Soleimanifar, Hanieh
Current Investigators: Deng, Yang
Institution: Montclair State University
EPA Project Officer: Page, Angela
Phase: II
Project Period: March 1, 2018 through February 29, 2020 (Extended to December 31, 2021)
Project Period Covered by this Report: March 1, 2019 through February 29,2020
Project Amount: $75,000
RFA: P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet - Phase 2 (2017) Recipients Lists
Research Category: P3 Awards , P3 Challenge Area - Safe and Sustainable Water Resources , Sustainable and Healthy Communities
Objective:
The project aimed to enable pilot-scale design capable of demonstrating long-term performance of water industry wastes for mitigation of urban stormwater pollution. The wastes, generated at an urban water cycle and originally disposed in landfills or land applied in a remote place, is now reused to address pollutants in urban stormwater runoff. Laboratory and field studies, in combination with life cycle analysis, are performed to pursue a more sustainable urban water management approach.
Progress Summary:
In the second year, we evaluated the adsorption patterns and leaching of sewage sludge-derived biochar (SSDB) for adsorption of phenol, a representative synthetic organic compound, in urban runoff. The key kinetic and equilibrium data were input to the system design in continuous-flow filtration systems. We constructed on-site stormwater treatment devices loaded with these low-cost adsorbents for treatment of roof runoff. The treatment system was designed based on the consideration on both treatment performance and hydraulic conditions. A peer-reviewed journal article was submitted to discuss the basic principles of low-cost adsorbents for urban stormwater treatment.
Future Activities:
Sewage sludge derived biochar is capable of rapidly and effectively adsorbing phenol, a typical synthetic organic compound, in urban stormwater, suggesting the capability of the low-cost adsorbents for alleviating organic runoff pollution. The treatment data obtained from batch studies were used for design of a continuous-flow treatment infrastructure. For design of an efficient and environmentally friendly stormwater treatment system using the low-cost and green adsorbents, two aspects should be considered and balanced, including the treatment and hydraulic performance. More specifically, treatment performance is assessed in terms of both pollutant removals and unwanted chemical leaching. The principles will be a guidance for developing sustainable urban stormwater treatment strategies.
Journal Articles on this Report : 1 Displayed | Download in RIS Format
| Other project views: | All 6 publications | 2 publications in selected types | All 2 journal articles |
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Deng Y. Low-cost adsorbents for urban stormwater pollution control. Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering 2020;14(5):1-8. |
SV839355 (2019) SV839355 (2020) SV839355 (Final) |
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Supplemental Keywords:
Urban Runoff; Non-point Pollution Sources; Phenol; Water Industry Waste; Adsorption; BiocharRelevant Websites:
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Progress and Final Reports:
Original AbstractP3 Phase I:
Low-Cost Active Coating Mulch for Urban Runoff | Final ReportThe perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.