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Stormwater Management in Cool and Cold Climates
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Stormwater Management in Cool and Cold Climates

A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2020) | Viewed by 11639

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Lian Lundy

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1. Department of Natural Sciences, Middlesex University, London NW4 4BT, UK
2. Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Lulea university of technology, 97187 Lulea, Sweden
Interests: sources, behaviour and fate of diffuse urban pollutants; sustainable drainage systems; risk assessment
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Assoc. Prof. Tone Muthanna

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering，NTNU, Norway
Interests: urban water systems; stormwater management and nature-based solutions; urban hydrology in a changing climate
Prof. Maria Viklander

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Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering，LTU, Sweden
Interests: sustainable urban water systems; stormwater and snow melt quality quantity

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Whilst there is no single definition of cool climates, there is a commonality in research themes, challenges, and questions that brings together those working on stormwater research in these regions. Does your research address topics such as managing winter precipitation, infiltration into frozen/partly frozen grounds or maintaining system performance under multiple thawing/freezing cycles? Are you focused on the impacts of de-icing materials in receiving waters or the multifunctional use of ‘green–white’ infrastructure from engineering, hydrological, environmental, societal, institutional, or financial perspectives? What are the challenges facing stormwater management in your regions—particularly in terms of climate change-driven impacts on weather patterns—and how can stormwater management systems be adapted to maintain their current performance or contribute to new, innovative approaches to managing urban water cycle needs? In this Special Issue, we welcome papers on all of these topics at all geographic scales, including transboundary. We also invite contributions that describe novel analytical methods, data analysis approaches, and use of advanced modeling methodologies to better understand the complex relationships between climate and stormwater management under current and future scenarios.

Prof. Lian Lundy
Assoc. Prof. Tone Muthanna
Prof. Maria Viklander
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • stormwater management through SUDs and nature-based solutions (NBS)
  • Interchanging freezing and thawing in infiltration-based SUDs
  • cold weather
  • deicing materials
  • multiple benefits
  • green–white infrastructure
  • socioeconomic impacts

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Infiltration Response of Adsorbent Amended Filters for Stormwater Management under Freezing/Thawing Conditions
by Carlos Monrabal-Martinez, Elena Scibilia, Sønke Maus and Tone M. Muthanna
Water 2019, 11(12), 2619; https://doi.org/10.3390/w11122619 - 12 Dec 2019
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Coastal cold climates experience frequent intermittent melting and freezing periods over the cold period. This intermittent freezing in stormwater systems affects the infiltration capacity and hence the performance. This paper investigates the infiltration capacity of engineered filter media (composed of sand mixed with [...] Read more.
Coastal cold climates experience frequent intermittent melting and freezing periods over the cold period. This intermittent freezing in stormwater systems affects the infiltration capacity and hence the performance. This paper investigates the infiltration capacity of engineered filter media (composed of sand mixed with charcoal, pine bark, or olivine) under freezing temperatures in a column-based laboratory setup. Infiltration into partially frozen filter media was replicated using a climate room. The filter media in the columns were brought to −2.5 °C, and water at +2 °C was percolated through the columns with a constant head of 5 cm. Infiltration performance was assessed by observing the time until breakthrough, and the infiltration rate 24 h after breakthrough. The results were compared to the observed hydraulic conductivity for the unfrozen filter media. A novel approach combining the unfrozen water content curves with X-ray tomographic (XRT) images of the materials was adopted to better understand the thermal and infiltration processes. Breakthrough was observed between ca. 21 and 56 h in all columns. The column with homogeneously mixed filter media with sand yielded the quickest breakthrough. The infiltration rates were higher than recommendations for infiltration-based systems in cold climates, making them a suitable option in cold climates. Full article
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Microplastics in a Stormwater Pond
by Kristina Borg Olesen, Diana A. Stephansen, Nikki van Alst and Jes Vollertsen
Water 2019, 11(7), 1466; https://doi.org/10.3390/w11071466 - 15 Jul 2019
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Large amounts of microplastics (MPs) enter our environment through runoff from urban areas. This study presents results for MPs in stormwater from a wet retention pond in terms of its water, sediments, and vertebrate fauna. The analysis was done for the size range [...] Read more.
Large amounts of microplastics (MPs) enter our environment through runoff from urban areas. This study presents results for MPs in stormwater from a wet retention pond in terms of its water, sediments, and vertebrate fauna. The analysis was done for the size range 10–500 μm, applying a focal-plane array-based µFourier transform infrared (FPA-µFTIR) imaging technique with automated data analysis. Sample preparation protocols were optimized towards this analytical method. The study revealed 270 item L−1 in the pond water, corresponding to 4.2 µg L−1. The MPs in the pond were highly concentrated in its sediments, reaching 0.4 g kg−1, corresponding to nearly 106 item kg−1. MPs also accumulated in vertebrates from the pond—three-spined sticklebacks and young newts. In terms of particle numbers, this accumulation reached levels nearly as high as in the sediments. The size of the MPs in the pond water and its fauna was quite similar and significantly smaller than the MPs in the sediments. A rough estimate on MPs retention in the pond indicated that MPs were retained at efficiencies similar to that of other particulate materials occurring in the stormwater runoff. Full article
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