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Article

Water Quality Improvement and Pollutant Removal by Two Regional Detention Facilities with Constructed Wetlands in South Texas

by
Javier Guerrero
1,*,
Ahmed Mahmoud
2,
Taufiqul Alam
3,
Muhammed A. Chowdhury
3,
Adeniyi Adetayo
3,
Andrew Ernest
2 and
Kim D. Jones
3
1
Research, Applied, Technology, Education and Service, Inc., Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX 78540, USA
2
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX 78539, USA
3
Department of Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX 78363, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sustainability 2020, 12(7), 2844; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12072844
Submission received: 9 March 2020 / Revised: 27 March 2020 / Accepted: 30 March 2020 / Published: 3 April 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Green and Sustainable Solutions for the Environment)
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Abstract

Stormwater runoff introduces several pollutants to the receiving water bodies that may cause degradation of the water quality. Stormwater management systems such as detention facilities and wetland can improve the water quality by removing various pollutants associated with the runoff. The objective of this research project is to determine the performance and efficiency of two major regional detention facilities (RDFs) with different designs and structures in reducing pollutants based on various storm events in McAllen, Texas. The two sites are the McAuliffe RDF and the Morris RDF; each site was incorporated with a constructed wetland with a different design and structure to enhance the pollutant removal process. The McAuliffe RDF reduced the concentration and load of many stormwater constituents in comparison to the Morris RDF. The observed concentrations and pollutant loads of suspended solids were much lower in the runoff of the inlet compared to the outlet for both sites. The McAuliffe RDF showed better concentration and load reduction for nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, of different species. However, both sites did not show a significant improvement of organic material. In addition, the indicator bacteria concentration represented a fluctuation between the inlet and outlet at each site.
Keywords: stormwater management; urban runoff; load reduction; green infrastructure; wetland; indicator bacteria; nutrients; semi-arid stormwater management; urban runoff; load reduction; green infrastructure; wetland; indicator bacteria; nutrients; semi-arid

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Guerrero, J.; Mahmoud, A.; Alam, T.; Chowdhury, M.A.; Adetayo, A.; Ernest, A.; Jones, K.D. Water Quality Improvement and Pollutant Removal by Two Regional Detention Facilities with Constructed Wetlands in South Texas. Sustainability 2020, 12, 2844. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12072844

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Guerrero J, Mahmoud A, Alam T, Chowdhury MA, Adetayo A, Ernest A, Jones KD. Water Quality Improvement and Pollutant Removal by Two Regional Detention Facilities with Constructed Wetlands in South Texas. Sustainability. 2020; 12(7):2844. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12072844

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Guerrero, Javier, Ahmed Mahmoud, Taufiqul Alam, Muhammed A. Chowdhury, Adeniyi Adetayo, Andrew Ernest, and Kim D. Jones. 2020. "Water Quality Improvement and Pollutant Removal by Two Regional Detention Facilities with Constructed Wetlands in South Texas" Sustainability 12, no. 7: 2844. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12072844

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Guerrero, J., Mahmoud, A., Alam, T., Chowdhury, M. A., Adetayo, A., Ernest, A., & Jones, K. D. (2020). Water Quality Improvement and Pollutant Removal by Two Regional Detention Facilities with Constructed Wetlands in South Texas. Sustainability, 12(7), 2844. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12072844

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