Evaluation of Best Management Practices for Highway Runoff Control

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Highway Runoff ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Runoff Control

scholarly journals Assessing The Impact Of Sediments On Best Management Practices (Bmps) For Highway Runoff Control At Wolaita Sodo Town

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 734-748
Author(s):  
Dagimwork Asele Manuka ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Sediment Yield ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Highway Construction ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Highway Runoff ◽  
Detention Ponds ◽  
Sediment Control ◽  
Best Management ◽  
The Impact

The goals of this work are to estimate the amount of erosion and to evaluate the impacts of sediments on Best Management Practices (BMPs) for highway runoff and also used to estimate the annual erosion and sediment yield from the construction sites considering various erosion control management methods that might be used in the sites. Once the sediment yield is found, a model was designed to estimate the sediment capture efficiency of different Best Management Practices (BMPs) and to evaluate the service year of each BMP before it is filled with sediment. The two major objectives of this project are: to predict sediment yield from highway construction sites under different erosion management conditions and secondly to estimate the service year of sediment control BMPs treating runoff from highway construction sites. The BMPs selected for evaluation were: detention ponds, infiltration trenches, grass lined swales, grass lined swales with rock check dams, and bio retention areas. Each respective BMP requires different measures of efficiency to accurately assess its effectiveness and service year.

Life cycle optimisation for highway best management practices

2006 ◽  
Vol 54 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 477-484 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.G. Lee ◽  
J.P. Heaney ◽  
D.N. Rapp ◽  
C.A. Pack
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Best Management Practices ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Cycle Performance ◽  
Point Source Pollution ◽  
Highway Runoff ◽  
Continuous Simulation ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Simulation Optimisation ◽  
Highway Drainage

Highway runoff can cause a number of water quantity and quality problems. Stormwater management systems for highways have been developed based on a fast drainage for large storm situations. Non-point source pollution from highway runoff is a growing water quality concern. Stormwater quality control needs to be integrated into highway drainage design and operation to reduce the stormwater impacts on the receiving water. A continuous simulation/optimisation model for analysing integrated highway best management practices (BMPs) is presented. This model can evaluate the life cycle performance of infiltration and/or storage oriented highway BMPs. It can be directly integrated with spreadsheet optimisation tools to find the least cost options for implementing BMPs throughout a specified life cycle.

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