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Journal article
Forensic Investigation of Four Monitored Green Infrastructure Inlets
Water (Basel), v 13(13), p1787
01 Jul 2021
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Abstract
Green infrastructure (GI) is viewed as a sustainable approach to stormwater management that is being rapidly implemented, outpacing the ability of researchers to compare the effectiveness of alternate design configurations. This paper investigated inflow data collected at four GI inlets. The performance of these four GI inlets, all of which were engineered with the same inlet lengths and shapes, was evaluated through field monitoring. A forensic interpretation of the observed inlet performance was conducted using conclusions regarding the role of inlet clogging and inflow rate as described in the previously published work. The mean inlet efficiency (meanPE), which represents the percentage of tributary area runoff that enters the inlet was 65% for the Nashville inlet, while at Happyland the NW inlet averaged 30%, the SW inlet 25%, and the SE inlet 10%, considering all recorded events during the monitoring periods. The analysis suggests that inlet clogging was the main reason for lower inlet efficiency at the SW and NW inlets, while for the SE inlet, performance was compromised by a reverse cross slope of the street. Spatial variability of rainfall, measurement uncertainty, uncertain tributary catchment area, and inlet depression characteristics are also correlated with inlet PE. The research suggests that placement of monitoring sensors should consider low flow conditions and a strategy to measure them. Additional research on the role of various maintenance protocols in inlet hydraulics is recommended.
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- Title
- Forensic Investigation of Four Monitored Green Infrastructure Inlets
- Creators
- Leena J. Shevade - Lafayette Coll, Civil & Environm Engn Dept, Easton, PA 18042 USAFranco A. Montalto - Drexel Univ, Coll Engn, Civil Architectural & Environm Engn Dept, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
- Publication Details
- Water (Basel), v 13(13), p1787
- Publisher
- Mdpi
- Number of pages
- 27
- Grant note
- CMMI 1325676 / National Science Foundation's Coastal SEES program 34724 / NYS Attorney General under the Bronx River Watershed Initiative CBET: 1150994 / National Science Foundation through CAREER: Integrated Assessments of the Impacts of Decentralized Land Use and Water Management NA15OAR4310147 / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA); National Oceanic Atmospheric Admin (NOAA) - USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering; Center for Public Policy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000671143800001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85109374309
- Other Identifier
- 991019168118504721
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