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Effectiveness of urban stormwater control measures in a 100-acre test site
Citation:
Talebi, L., Y. Ma, R. Pitt, D. O'Bannon, AND M. Simon. Effectiveness of urban stormwater control measures in a 100-acre test site. Presented at EWRI, Portland, OR, June 01 - 05, 2014.
Impact/Purpose:
Presenting ongoing research to technical public.
Description:
Kansas City, Missouri chose a test area (100 acres) and a control area (80 acres) to test the effectiveness of urban stormwater control (SCM) deployment in conjunction with the USEPA, University of Alabama, University of Missouri-Kansas City and TetraTech. Both the test and control areas are adjacent and experience similar precipitation. The SCMs in this study are all raingarden-type installations built in the public right-of-way. In the test area, there are 135 SCMs completed in June 2012. The total test area treated by SCMs is 54%. The flow monitoring in the combined sewer has been done 2008-2013 for the test and control areas separately which also provide before and after runoff information. The data from the combined sewers has been analyzed by two different methods, as well as a lot-scale stormwater model which examine the watershed-level runoff response from the SCM installation.
